Fun with Paper Toys
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Imaginative Toys Made from Paper and Cardboard
Let's have some fun with free paper toys. Paper toys are popular with children and adults. As a child I spent hours drawing and cutting out paper dolls and animal toys, making dioramas and cardboard villages, folding origami ornaments, and putting together tab and slot paper toys for myself and 5 siblings.
The simple appeal of taking a flat sheet of paper and turning it into a paper toy with 3 dimensions is a universal hobby enjoyed by all generations. Some paper toys are functional, while other paper toys are elaborate sculptures made from card stock. Adults and children alike enjoy making and playing with paper toys.
Some of my most ambitious paper toy projects were wearable toy horses made from 2 cardboard boxes and a broomstick. These "broncos" had heads that moved, reins to hold and openings below the saddle area for our legs to step through. A couple other big cardboard box paper toy creations I've made as an adult are a playhouse and a puppet theater I made with my daughters when they were kids.
The simple appeal of taking a flat sheet of paper and turning it into a paper toy with 3 dimensions is a universal hobby enjoyed by all generations. Some paper toys are functional, while other paper toys are elaborate sculptures made from card stock. Adults and children alike enjoy making and playing with paper toys.
Some of my most ambitious paper toy projects were wearable toy horses made from 2 cardboard boxes and a broomstick. These "broncos" had heads that moved, reins to hold and openings below the saddle area for our legs to step through. A couple other big cardboard box paper toy creations I've made as an adult are a playhouse and a puppet theater I made with my daughters when they were kids.
Techniques for Making Paper Toys
Instant Fun with Paper Toys
You can create paper toys using a variety of techniques: folding, cutting, notching or gluing. Complex paper toys are small engineered models or sculptures. Simpler constructions may be equally appealing and have elaborate designs or decorations.Some paper toys are delicate while others are quite durable. The paper toy selection runs from paper dolls and origami to folded constructions and replicas of famous buildings, machines and fanciful paper craft creatures.
The most interesting, and possibly the most difficult paper toys to craft are paper toys that move - kinetic paper sculptures.
Image credit: Lee Hansen aka Pastiche
How to Make Paper Ninja Star
DIY Frisbee-type paper toy
Fold 8 pieces of square paper to create a fantastic Ninja star that can also be used as a paper Frisbee toy. So simple a kid can make it - in fact, this excellent YouTube video how to features a young boy making a folded paper origamin ninja star.
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Simple Paper Toys
Easy and fun, these paper toy projects are best for small fingers
- Make a Magic Wand - Paper Craft Print and Cut
- Printable magic wand paper craft, cut and paste activity sheet.
- Printable Craft Masks, Star Shaped Eyeglasses Groovy Goggles Craft Sheet
- Printable masquerade craft sheet star shaped eye glasses free mask craft activity to cut and paste.
- Arts & Crafts: Paper Toys
- Want simple projects to keep little fingers busy? Instructions to a whole bunch of boredom busters that mostly require a sheet of paper and an active imagination.
- Printable Thanksgiving Craft Sheet-Turkey and Feathers Cutting Page
- Printable Thanksgiving turkey craft sheet to cut and paste, a free paper crafts kids activity sheet.
- Folded Paper Fortune Teller
- The perennial kids paper folded toy favorite. Sometimes known as the cootie catcher ...
- African Animal Crafts for Kids
- African Animal Crafts for Kids to make: Giraffes, lions, rhinoceros, Zebras, elephants and a hippo.
- Origami Finger Puppets
- Choose from three cute and easy paper finger puppets.
- Animal Cube Puzzle
- 4 cubes in a little box tray. Match up the pictures to make a scene.
- Printed Pinwheels - The HP Community Wiki
- Printed Pinwheels for play or package decor
- Alphabet Animal Puppets
- These great animal letter puppets are sure to help your child learn the alphabet!
- Flying Bat Finger Puppet
- Quick and easy wing-flapping Halloween bat finger puppet.
- Coffee Filter Snowflakes
- Why waste paper trimming a 8 1/2 x 11 paper down to a square, then folding it and rounding off the edges to make snowflakes. Just use soft round white coffee filters as the base for cutout paper snowflake crafts..
Paper Masks, Hats & Disguises You Can Make
Instant Masks and Costume Accessories
- Instant Masks - Printable Masks for Halloween, Mardi Gras, Masquerade, Carnivale
- Instant Masks - Quick Masks you can make for Halloween,Mardi Gras, Carnivale or any masquerade party or costume ball.
- Pirate Party Printables - Pin the Eye Patch on the Pirate
- Printable pirate eye patches and pirate party game activity sheets for Pin the Eye Patch on the Pirate.
- Medieval Helmets
- 3-D mask helmets: knights and gladiators full face coverage.
- Zombie Mask
- Sometimes watching your favorite zombie movie just isn't enough. Sometimes you want a little more personal involvement...
- Skull-A-Day: 72. Papercraft Skull (with Articulated Jaw)
- Papercraft Skull (with Articulated Jaw)Cut & Folded Custom Paper Toy. The jaw moves via a tab that sticks out the back.
- A Magic Fairy Wand
- A fairy wand made of paper - print, cut and glue.
- Printable Star Shaped Eyeglasses Groovy Goggles Craft Sheet
Printable star shaped eye glasses free mask craft activity to cut and paste.
- Pirate Hat Paper Toy Craft
- Easy to make folded newspaper Pirate Hat
- Surprise paper animal masks - black and white, ready to color and craft
- 8 different animal face masks ready to color and cut out.
- Mardi Gras Crafts - Make a Paper Mask
- Kids love crafts, and Mardi Gras is a crafters delight, a fun-filled holiday of masquerade, parades, music, parties and merrymaking before Lent. This lens is about Mardi Gras crafts for kids but the truth is these Mardi Gras masks and paper crafts are fun for everyone.
- Masks for parade, costume party or carnival
- Carnival masks to be cut and color for kids. / Carnival and Party activities for kids / Activities : 38 craft ideas and activities for kids
- Printable Chinese Masks and Coloring Pages | Fantasy Jr.
- 10 Chinese masks and Chinese mask coloring pages to print. Great for Chinese New Year, Halloween, or just for fun.
- Egg carton bunny nose Kids Activity
- How to make a bunny nose mask (or other fun animal noses) from cardboard egg carton cups.
- Moshi Monsters Coloring Pages & Printables
- Cute collection of Moshi Monster Coloring masks for kids to print out, color, decorate, and wear.
Paper Toy Craft: Pirate Hat and Eye Patch
For play time, pirate party or Halloween dress up
It's easy and lots of fun to make paper pirate hats.You can make a tried-and-true classic folded newspaper hat, or you can cut out a simple pirate hat shape from black paper, then glue on a white skull and bones emblem to the front.
Paper Pirate Hat Directions
Measure the child's head and add 2 inches or so. Cut a 1 inch wide strip of black paper as long as the head measurement, then attach the hat to the strip, matching the bottom of the hat shape to the bottom of the strip and centering the hat in the middle of the head band lengthwise. Place on child's head and tape ends of the headband together.
Paper Pirate Eye Patch Directions
To make a pirate eye patch, trace around a drinking glass onto black paper. Cut out the circle and trim off about a fourth of the circle shape, starting from the top if desired.
Using the child's head measurement, cut two ribbon or yarn lengths for eye patch fastening ties. Fasten ties to each side of the eye patch with tape or by punching holes and threading a tie through on each side of the eye patch. Place eye patch over one eye and tie ends loosely around child's head to hold the patch in place.
Pirate Hat and Eye Patch Paper Craft Pattern
Crazy Paper Folding Toy
Cut, tape and go crazy with this shape shifting paper toy
This video in fast time lapse shows you how to cut up a single piece of paper and tape it into a 3D shape you can play with like a Rubik's cube.
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Paper Dolls - Flat Paper Toys
Use recycled food boxes for the cardboard - glue to the printed side.
Flat Paper Toys and Paper Dolls are easy and fun to make. Designing new clothes and accessories for the dolls can occupy hours of play time.To make a basic paper doll toy, find a simple coloring book drawing, photograph or magazine picture of a person, building or animal. You can also draw your own paper doll, or use a pattern for the basic shape, then color it in yourself.
Trim away to make a general outline around the shape. Glue the picture to card stock or recycled cereal box cardboard. After glue has dried, trim the edges close to the picture.
Place a sheet of white paper over the doll and trace the basic shape of clothing pieces. Add foldover tabs to the traced shape at the shoulders, waist or legs as needed (these will form the little "ears" that hold the clothes on the doll).
Color in the clothing with markers, crayon, colored pencils or use bits sticky paper. After all coloring is done, cut out the clothing with the tabs and dress up your doll with his/her new outfit!
Image: public domain paper doll
- Marilee's Paperdolls Page: Printable Paperdolls, Links, Books
- Three printable paperdolls, plus links to hundreds of other paperdoll sites to print or play with on-line.
- Paper Dolls & Animals to Color, Cut Out & Dress
- Kids, cats, dogs and bunnies.
- Frankenstein Bobblehead Paper Model
- Unique un-dead Valentine! He's dead but he sure is cute! Print-out, cut-out, Glue and give
- Free Paper Dolls
- Free Paper Dolls. Copyright-free Free Vintage Paper Dolls and wardrobes.
- Princess Paperdolls
- Printable paperdoll princesses, dresses and clothing.
- Bruce Lee Paper Doll
- Color and cut out this free paper doll of Bruce Lee, martial arts master, complete with weapons and clothes.
- United States Presidents Paper Dolls
- Presidents paper dolls are an excellent learning toy to teach children about US history, government, politics and American culture. Every four years, the United States Presidential elections reinforce every American kid's dream that one day he or she could become President of the United States.
- Paper Dolls and Outfits, Full Color
- 6 different free paper dolls to print and dress with many outfits, including Halloween Costumes!
- A Paper Doll Childhood
- Mine was a paper doll childhood. From the time I was five until the time I was ten, my father owned a restaurant. The 'Roundup' employees often picked me up from the bus stop. They served me my dinner, and they served as my distracted baby sitters.A couple times, when we were going to be at the rest
- A Fanciful Twist: Paper Doll Garlands & More {A Tutorial}
- Don't you just love paper doll garlands? I simply adore them. They are so much fun to make and so easy. They are one of those super fulfilling projects because you get a handful of joy, from one cutting... The...
- How To Make Japanese Paper Dolls
- Tiny paper dolls made from cut and folded papers.
Royal Family Paper Dolls
Kings, Queens, Princes and Princesses
Dress the monarchs in their fabulous fashions with these collections featuring historic kings and queens to Royal Wedding 2011 paper dolls.
Presidential Election Paper Doll-Barack Obama
Barack Obama Paper Dolls
The people have spoken, and the US has its first African American president. These paper dolls were issued during the election campaign and are a wonderful collectible paper toy from Dover.
Obama Paper Dolls: Collectible Campaign Edition
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American Girl Paper Dolls
Kit and her friends with lots of outfits and scenes for imaginative paper doll play
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Kit's Paper Dolls [With Scene, Accessories, Outfits] (American Girls Collection Sidelines)
Amazon Price: $9.59 (as of 02/14/2012)
12 outfits with accessories plus a book you can make. Also included are backgrounds.The book forms a portfolio, perfect for travel. Recommended by kids and adults - check out the Amazon reviews for this paper doll toy.
Paper Toys - Animals
- Snap-Up Squid - Free 3D Paper Toy
- Use this quirky squid toy as a novelty bookmark or a surprise insert in a greeting card.
- Paper Box Animals
- Animals to print, cut out and fold to make free toys.
- Grevy's Zebra Paper Sculpture
- A beautifully striped Grevy's zebra to print, cut out and assemble from Yamaha.
- Agreeable Sheep
- Flying Pig moving paper toys. Print, cut out and put together at home. Woolly friend agree...cut...
- Action Cow Model
- Print, cut out and assemble a genuine black and white cow with head that moves!
- Stand-up Dinsosaur Cutouts
- Print, cut out the background, fold and add the slip on stand.
- Dragon Paper Craft Toy
- Printable paper dragon craft stick puppet, very easy to color and glue.
- Paper Jointed Puppy Puppet
- Make this cute marionette toy dog and have fun walking him around.
- Circus Animals
- Circus Animals. Copyright-free Stand Up Circus Animal Cut Outs,
- Cheshire Cat Paper Toy - Alice 2010
- The familiar Cheshire cat with his big eyes and wide grin, in fabulous 3D paper toy form. Download, cut and assemble this cool cat from Alice in Wonderland.
Flat Paper Toys - Trading Cards and Card Games
- Free Printables : Photo Cards
- Make photo cards for matching, picture exchange and other activities.
- Free Printables : Game Cards : SEN Teacher ~ Free teaching resources for Special Needs.
- Generates various sets of cards for matching and sorting games. Numbers, coins, colors, vowels, shapes and so on.
- Free Printable Halloween Dominoes
- Kids dominoes your can print and cut out, Halloween picture themes.
- PocketMod: The Free Recyclable Personal Organizer
- Use a single sheet of paper to create a mini book - organizer, shopping list, game pad or many other choices.
Paper Toys You Can Make Yourself
The toys in this book are simple enough for younger children yet whimsical to intrigue older kids, as well as the young at heart.
The Toymaker: Paper Toys That You Can Make Yourself
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The Toymaker: Paper Toys That You Can Make Yourself contains the following toys: a Sun Box, Spinners, Marble Mice, Tooth Fairy Gazebo, The Happy Bus, A Bug Box, A Bear Wagon, Florimel the Magnificent, A Butterfly Basket, A Window to Fairyland, A Penny Aeroplane, The Toy Shop, A Dream Theater, two Penny Butterflies and a Cootie Catcher with instructions.
Make a Carton Costume for Playtime or Dress Up
Use cardboard boxes to make an animal toy your child can wear! How about a rodeo horse, camel or circus elephant?
You'll need 2 large cartons made from corrugated cardboard, 1 large enough to fit around your child's body and 1 to cut up to make the head and legs.
Choose a corrugated carton large enough for the child's body to fit into. Cut away the bottom flaps, and cut a hole in the top of the box to step into. Attach fabric, yarn or lightweight rope straps to the top at the a 4 corners. Have the child step into the box and hold it at approximately waist height. Tie the straps at the shoulders.
From a second cardboard box, cut out a head with neck shape for the animal. Fold over about 2 inches at the neck end and glue the neck to the animal body box at the front.
The child's legs can be the animal's legs, or you can make cardboard legs and attach them to the bottom edges of the box. Make the legs extend only as far as your child's knees so he/she won't trip while "riding."
Make a tail from yarn or string and attach itto the back end of the animal body box.
Decorate your cardboard animal with paint, paper and other decorations to create the animal's body. When dry, have child step into the hole and place straps over shoulders.
You can also make flat sandwich style cardboard costumes - they're easy and fun!
Landmark Buildings Paper Toy Models
Great American Buildings: Origami Cutouts of Everybody's Favorite Landmarks
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Model Buildings to Make from Paper
Simple to elaborate structures
Make simple buildings from cardboard boxes. Tape the bottoms closed, then draw on windows, doors, trim, bricks and other features. Paint or color the buildings, and if desired, cut out window openings and doors.
To make taller buildings,stack boxes one atop the other and tape together.
You can get really fancy by gluing on cardboard strips, colored paper or foam shapes to add texture or landscaping to your cardboard buildings.
More Paper Toy Buildings and Architecture Models
To make taller buildings,stack boxes one atop the other and tape together.
You can get really fancy by gluing on cardboard strips, colored paper or foam shapes to add texture or landscaping to your cardboard buildings.
More Paper Toy Buildings and Architecture Models
- Build a Medieval Castle
- Print, cut and assemble a model Medieval Castle
- Make a Town - Free Software for Kids to Make a Town
- Kids can create their own town with this free educational software. Build 10 houses, 8 stores and a library; arrange a town and plan how it grows.
- Pirate Castle Preschool Craft Activity
- Black pirate castle made from recycled materials.
- Doctor Who Custom paper Toys
- Cubeecraft Templates by CyberDrone on deviantART features 6 pages of free printable paper toys based on Dr. Who
- Parade of Paper Houses - Tiny Paper Houses You Can Make
- Use these adorable tiny paper houses to build a village, make tree ornaments or crafty party decorations. These designs are adaptable to many purposes.
Big Paper Toys Projects and Patterns
Free Paper Toy Projects & Printables
- Hawaiian Lei Flower Necklace, Printable Luau Crafts
- Paper flower craft fun for children to prin, cut an assemble a Hawaiian hula party lei necklace. Option for coloring your own flowers or using preprinted flowers.
- PaperToys and Models
- Paper toys and custom paper models made to your specifications.
- Paper Toys From The Toymaker!
- Free collection of print and make paper toys, holiday cards, valentines, sun boxes, toy baskets and bags, origami and ephemera...
- Jaws-Shark- Free download cardmodel
- 3-D Paper Shark with moving mouth. JAWS!
- Canon 3D Paper Toys
- Use this page to download free 3D papercraft patterns.
- Paper Toy Model Tank
- Simple tab and slot construction. Full color simple model artillery tank.
- Haunted Paper Toys
- Free haunted paper toys for you to print out and enjoy. 3D construction: masks, games, coffins ... scary stuff!
- Flying Fish Car
- Fantasy fish vehicle in full color, ready to print, cut out and assemble
- American Flag Paper Piece Toy
- American Flag quilting pattern for paper piece crafts by Christine Thresh.
- Readymech Series 002 - Paper Toys
- Readymechs are free, flatpack toys for you to print and build.
- PaperToys - Dozens of Cut and Fold Glue-less Paper Toys
- Strange creatures, people, animals, birds in 3D free-standing paper toys.
- Pyramid Diorama Template
- Printable template with fold lines - make a pyramid diorama using this paper toy template.
- Extreme Cards and Papercrafting Projects
- Projects Welcome to the Extreme Cards and Papercrafting project page, a selection of projects from the Extreme Cards and Papercrafting blog: how to make pop up cards, mechanical cards, origamic architecture, and many more unusual paper craft projects and tutorials.Click the speech bubble on the bo
- Toddle Tees - Paper: the least expensive toy EVER?!!
- From origami, to reusing cardboard boxes. Mix in a child's imagination and there's endless fun to be had!
- HP Creative Studio. Free Printable 3D Paper Crafts for Kids.
- Browse and download free printable 3D paper crafts for kids at HP Creative Studio. Site offers a variety of paper toy templates that are easy to print at home.
- Tammy Yee's Origami Page- easy paper folding crafts for children.
- Easy origami and crafts for children. Learn the art of paper folding with these instructions and diagrams, from Hawaii. Keiki can even print their origami projects! These origami paper crafts are simple folded projects that reveal a printed design when completed.
- How To: Make a Cardboard Toy Barn | Real Simple
- Corral homemade animals (yarn-ball sheep! wine-cork horses!) in this sweet stable, complete with toothpick hay sheaves and a Popsicle-stick fence.
- Paper Bling: Origami Paper Ring
- Fold iridescent crepe paper into an origami paper ring.
Paper Cutting Tools - Craft Knife
X-ACTO X3251 Designer Series Craft Knife, Pink
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* Premium soft grip and ergonomic handle provides cushion and comfort
* Front designed to keep your finger from slipping into the blade area
* Rear blade release to change blades safely and easily
* For delicate, precision cutting, detailing, trimming, and stripping
Paper Toys Amazon Voting (Plexo)
Who do you love?
Paper dolls, paper airplanes, origami or pop ups - vote for your favorite, or vote down those you don't think deserve to rise to the top
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Origami Video - Paper Toy How-Tos
Folded paper toys made with the Origami technique
Fold a paper toy peace crane, Hawaiian shirt and a heart with a pocket
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Cutting Mat
Ek Success EKCB16 13 by 13-Inch Cutter Bee Self-Healing Pink Mat
Amazon Price: $4.70 (as of 02/14/2012)
Self healing surface protects tables, prevents slips.
Paper Toys that Move: Mobiles & Hanging Paper Models
Mobiles are fun and easy paper crafts. Make a set of 4 to 6 paper ornaments decorated with feathers, glitter or other findings. Attach strings to your ornaments and then suspend them one by one from a simple dowel, stick or wire clothes hanger.- Rainbow Shamrocks Mobile Paper Craft
- Happy St. Patrick's Day mobile features green shamrocks suspended from a rainbow. Print, cut and assemble paper toy craft.
- Car Mobile for Kids
- Simple race car mobile to color, cut out and assemble.
- Slide-Together Polyhedral Constructions
- Slide - Togethers
This page shows a type of paper polyhedral construction which is fun and easy to make because the pieces just slide together. - curious kangaroos: Make a Paper Top
- Easy to follow instructions for making a toy top from paper strips and a toothpick.
How to Make Paper Mobiles and Paper Wind Catcher Toys
Mobiles & Other Paper Windcatchers
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Clear, concise information and diagrams for making mobiles and every other kind of hanging decoration. Ideas for kid projects from readily available materials.
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Create a Winter Wonderland Any Time of Year
Paper snowflakes for every season or reason
Imagine a birthday party or wedding with beautiful cut paper snowflakes hanging from the ceiling or tree branches - no matter if it's in the summer time, these beauties will never melt.
Snowflakes for all Seasons: 72 Fold & Cut Paper Snowflakes
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Paper Toys That Fly
Airplanes, helicopters, kites, balloons, mobiles
- Paper Airplane Designs
- Paper airplane designs (video and diagrams) on Alex's paper airplanes. LEARN TO FLY...
- Paper Airplanes by Jim Cornish
- This site presents a list of links to web pages related to paper airplanes.
- How to Make a Kite
- While kites are inexpensive to buy, making one adds to the fun. You'll be especially proud when your diamond-shaped creation takes to the sky.
- How to Make a Carp Windsock
- Gather the kids to make this fun windy-day project - fly if for Childrens Day in May, or for any windy sunny day.
- Space Shuttle Paper Toy Model
- Print, cut and assemble a paper version of the space shuttle aircraft.
- Paper Airplanes
- Print, cut and fold up a paper airplane that really flies.
Paper Airplanes Book with Patterns and Posters
Up in the Air Junior Birdsmen
Everything kids need to fold and fly.
Kids' Paper Airplane Book
Amazon Price: $4.57 (as of 02/14/2012)
Kids learn how to design their own planes, do stunts, and build a 3-D airport with stuff found around the house in this charming paper airplane book. 16 models and 76 full-color planes, plus a full-color poster of an airport, a pilot's license and flight log, and a field guide to common aircraft.
Kinetic Paper Toys - Paper Toys with Moving Parts
- Chuckles Paper Toy of the Month for August
- Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, it's the lovable yet sorta creepy antics of Chuckles. Chuckles has a magic kinetic motion when his arms sway his eyes rock back and forth.
- Simple Paper Windmill
- Easy to make, vanes blow in the breeze.
- Make Pinata!
- A fun filled figure of an animal found at Mexican celebrations but popular world wide for party fun. Fill with toys and treats, hang from a hook or branch, and let the kids break it open. Or, keep it as a decoration or plaything.
- Nintendo Papercraft - Slingshot
- Link's slingshot is one of the many items he uses in the Legend of Zelda series. It is one of the long-range items that precedes the bow, and while it cannot trigger switches, it does have its own uses.
- How To Make a Pencil Pinwheel | How To Do Things.com
- Making a pinwheel is easy! Just follow these simple instructions.
Paper Toys That Fool Your Eyes - Illusions and Tricks
- Moving Skeleton's Skull
- Skeleton's ENTIRE HEAD will seem to turn as you walk by, following your every move.
- Monster Head-in-a-Box Illusion
- Moving Frankenstein Monster Head-in-a-Box Illusion
- Crafts: Create An Optical Illusion
- Spinning disk optical illusion toy - easy to make. Use their design with cloud and lightning bolt, or try a birdcage and a bird.
- Make Your Own 3-D Glasses
- Easy DIY instructions from NASA to make 3D glasses from cardboard and colored plastic film.
- Monster Head-in-a-Box Illusion
- FrankenPaper Moving Frankenstein Monster Head-in-a-Box Illusion Paper Toy.
3-Dimensional Paper Toys - Puzzles and Lacing Cards
Print, cut, assemble pieces then figure out how to put the puzzle together
Lacing Cards
To make lacing cards, glue a simple picture to a piece of cardboard or laminate a colorful picture at home or at a copy shop. Punch holes spaced about 2 inches apart around the picture edges or following the general shape of the illustration. Children can lace the patterns on the cards with shoe laces or yarn pieces with ends stiffened with tape or a dot of glue.
Make Your Own Puzzles
Glue a picture to cardboard or card stock, or even a recycled cereal box. After glue dries, draw a jigsaw pattern on the back, then cut out the shapes to make a puzzle.
Puzzle Cubes
To make a multi-sided puzzle, purchase or make 4 to 6 blocks from wood or cardboard boxes. Arrange the block shapes in 2 rows, and place close together.
Select 6 pictures for your puzzle (1 for each view/side of the blocks when completed). The pictures should each measure approximately the dimension of the closely arranged boxes.
Glue a picture to cover the entire surface of one side of the arranged blocks. When dry, cut carefully along the edges of the blocks to separate,then turn each block over in the same direction and arrange the set close together again. Repeat the picture gluing and cutting apart steps until each of the 6 different sides of your boxes or wood blocks have a picture piece attached.
To make lacing cards, glue a simple picture to a piece of cardboard or laminate a colorful picture at home or at a copy shop. Punch holes spaced about 2 inches apart around the picture edges or following the general shape of the illustration. Children can lace the patterns on the cards with shoe laces or yarn pieces with ends stiffened with tape or a dot of glue.
Make Your Own Puzzles
Glue a picture to cardboard or card stock, or even a recycled cereal box. After glue dries, draw a jigsaw pattern on the back, then cut out the shapes to make a puzzle.
Puzzle Cubes
To make a multi-sided puzzle, purchase or make 4 to 6 blocks from wood or cardboard boxes. Arrange the block shapes in 2 rows, and place close together.
Select 6 pictures for your puzzle (1 for each view/side of the blocks when completed). The pictures should each measure approximately the dimension of the closely arranged boxes.
Glue a picture to cover the entire surface of one side of the arranged blocks. When dry, cut carefully along the edges of the blocks to separate,then turn each block over in the same direction and arrange the set close together again. Repeat the picture gluing and cutting apart steps until each of the 6 different sides of your boxes or wood blocks have a picture piece attached.
- Canon 3D Papercraft - Globe Puzzle
- Use this page to download free 3D papercraft patterns. Learn about the science and culture of the earth by building it yourself!
- Lace Up Cards
- Print, laminate and punch holes in these colorful alphabet cards to make easy-to-do sewing cards for children to lace up with shoelaces or yarn.
- Make your own Kaleidocycle!
- Make your own full color origami Kaleidocycle from your own photos.
Paper Game Pieces and Printable Board Games
- Free Printables : Game Dice
- Large dice with symbols which match game cards. Many options for choice of pictures printed on all 6 sizes of a cube you print, cut and fold to assemble.
- Paper Dice Templates
- Print, cut out and assemble these many different game piece dice toys.
- Teaching Heart Mom Back to School Game
- Printable customizable game to print and play with children. The object is to collect all four back to school charms to put on your chalkboard. When your chalkboard is full, you are done and very lucky! Includes all the printable pieces on 2 free sheets.
Free Paper Toy Lenses
Print, cut, fold and glue - wonderful paper toys.
Paper Toy Classics - Paper Puppets You Can Make
Paper Bag Puppets - Squidoo lens - all about paper bag puppet making
Easy Paper Puppets - Brenda's Friends blog has some cute creative paper puppets with moving mouths. Use the pictures as a guide to make your own paper toy puppets.
Paper Plate Chicken Puppet - Print out the head, tail, and wings then glue to a paper plate. Cocka-doodle-dandy paper puppet chicken toy.
Stick Puppy Puppet - Cute spotted dog face on a stick.
Easy Paper Puppets - Brenda's Friends blog has some cute creative paper puppets with moving mouths. Use the pictures as a guide to make your own paper toy puppets.
Paper Plate Chicken Puppet - Print out the head, tail, and wings then glue to a paper plate. Cocka-doodle-dandy paper puppet chicken toy.
Stick Puppy Puppet - Cute spotted dog face on a stick.
Recycled Paper Crafts - Paper Toys & Gifts
Recycle Paper, Cartons and Card Into Crafty Gifts and Toys
You can make fun toys and beautiful gifts for family and friends by recycling paper scraps, food cartons, magazines and other paper or cardboard into creative crafts.
- Earth Day Crafts - Recycling Crafts
- Earth Da, crafts made wth ecycled materials - totally green arts and crafts help the planet and teach lessons about repurposed materials.
- Candy Wrapper Crafts
- Blog filled with tips on making Candy wrapper purses. Techniques for cutting wrappers, folding links, joining and creating finished purses with candy wrapper link strips.
- Craft of the Day: Super Simple Squirrel Craft
- Simple Squirrel crafty toy made with a paper bag and pine cone. Easy enough for young kids.
- Recycled Crafts - Free projects and DIY gift ideas from Craftbits.com
- Recycled Crafts - Save the environment or your money with these frugal recycled craft projects. Recycle tins, cans,paper, card and much much more to create some unique and wonderful craft projects.
- Crafty Cool Projects to Make from Trash and Recycled Stuff
- Get creative with recycled materials with these ideas from CountryLiving.com.
- Paper Mache Globe Craft for Kids
- Make a replica of our planet Earth - Recycle old papers into a paper mache globe and paint on all the continents and oceans.
- Egg Carton Lady Bugs
- How to craft a cute lady bug from old egg cartons.
- Making a Photo Cube from a 3-D Ball
- How about making an unique photo cube from a 3-D ball? How cool would this be for a gift for the proud grandparents, or for a Christmas or Holiday gift, or even as your own brag "book" for the office? What makes it even cuter is that this ball flattens out so you can mail it in an
- How To Make Paper from old papers
- Making homemade paper is a fun experience for you and the kids,and it's a handy way to recycle waste i into new envelopes, greeting cards, artwork and more.
- Recycle milk cartons into basket weave vases
- Repurpose a couple of milk or juice cartons and spaghetti sauce jars into basketweave vases.
Paper Toy Blog Posts
- Paper Toy Workshop at the Museum of Early Trades & Crafts in Madison
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- Port Huron Museum displays toy exhibit
- By BOB GROSS Karlie Emmert, 3, amuses herself with a paper helicopter while her mother, Jennifer, both...
- Paper Monsters: un pò platform, un pò…Little Big Planet – La recensione di ...
- ?Cartoon? non per modo di dire, atteso che tutti gli elementi a schermo sono disegnati pensando ai...
- Debutta online il Facebook magazine 'Fan di Stelle' firmato Imille
- Ogni striscia è un'avventura illustrata composta da tre immagini singole e ha come protagonisti...
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- Our original free paper models that we have designed for your enjoyment
- Papercraft Inspirations
- Free Craft Papers & Templates
- Free Printable Paper Crafts - Greeting Cards, Bookmarks, Labels, Tags and Stationery
- Free craft printables and paper craft sheets designed for printed paper crafts, scrapbook, crafts, web design, blog pages and art projects for school, club, church, family and classroom activities.
- Pastiche Paper Craft Printables Blog
- Printable paper crafts, coloring pages, clip art and craft patterns for home, classroom or club activities.
- Just Something I Made: Vintage Youngster Yardstick for Girls
- Adorable vintage growth chart reproduction - downland and print the PDF yardstick with fifties style kid pix.
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- I make paper dolls with my grand child. http://wizzley.com/paper-dolls-are-never-too-old/
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Paper Toys Directory - Index to Paper Toy Crafts
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- Techniques for Making Paper Toys
- How to Make Paper Ninja Star
- Simple Paper Toys
- Paper Masks, Hats & Disguises You Can Make
- Paper Toy Craft: Pirate Hat and Eye Patch
- Crazy Paper Folding Toy
- Paper Dolls - Flat Paper Toys
- Royal Family Paper Dolls
- Presidential Election Paper Doll-Barack Obama
- American Girl Paper Dolls
- Paper Toys - Animals
- Flat Paper Toys - Trading Cards and Card Games
- Paper Toys You Can Make Yourself
- Make a Carton Costume for Playtime or Dress Up
- Landmark Buildings Paper Toy Models
- Model Buildings to Make from Paper
- Big Paper Toys Projects and Patterns
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- Free Paper Toy Projects & Printables
- Paper Cutting Tools - Craft Knife
- Paper Toys Amazon Voting (Plexo)
- Origami Video - Paper Toy How-Tos
- Cutting Mat
- Paper Toys that Move: Mobiles & Hanging Paper Models
- How to Make Paper Mobiles and Paper Wind Catcher Toys
- Create a Winter Wonderland Any Time of Year
- Paper Toys That Fly
- Paper Airplanes Book with Patterns and Posters
- Kinetic Paper Toys - Paper Toys with Moving Parts
- Amazing Moving Paper Toy Illusion - YouTube
- Paper Toys That Fool Your Eyes - Illusions and Tricks
- 3-Dimensional Paper Toys - Puzzles and Lacing Cards
- Paper Game Pieces and Printable Board Games
- Free Paper Toy Lenses
- Paper Toy Classics - Paper Puppets You Can Make
- Recycled Paper Crafts - Paper Toys & Gifts
- Paper Toy Blog Posts
- Printable Paper Craft Resources
- Paper Crafts and Paper Toys
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