Origami, letterpress, linocuts, laser-cuts, pepakura, pop-ups, flip-books, silhouettes, maché, and more.
Where I grew up, we called these little paper contraptions fortune tellers. Later, I heard them referred to as cootie catchers. Either way, they are loads of fun. I loved, l-o-v-e-d when a friend would whip one up and we’d spend ages going through, seeing what fortunes we could get. It was such a simple […]
Andrew Lewis recreates a cool early 20th century vintage toy using a few pieces of bamboo, tissue paper, and a rubber band.
Use Japanese paper tape to create unique and colorful custom wrapping paper
For all the bookworms out there, this is your event! NYC Resistor is hosting a “super-mega DIY Book Arts workshop” this Saturday, Oct. 8. What will you learn? Book binding techniques Paper engineering mechanisms An introduction to printing with the Intaglio press For one afternoon, it sounds like you’ll learn quite a bit! You can […]
This candy corn party favors tutorial from Craftberry Bush is definitely ready to do some crafty double duty. They’re perfect right now for making Halloween treats a little more fun, but then you can use the idea again at Thanksgiving to get rid of all of that leftover candy corn! I love multipurpose crafting!
Turn your entire house into one oversized luminary by creating very large paper silhouettes for all of the windows.
These lovely paper bag trees by Katie at Matsutake are one more reason that I wish I had a talent for paper crafting. She combined lunch bags, yarn pompons, and Mod Podge, and somehow ended up with a seasonal project fit to display on any mantle. I am seriously impressed! Head over to her site […]
