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Paper Crafts

Paper crafts come in a variety of styles. Decorating flat paper with stamps, drawings or stickers can be done by anyone. Macaroni portraits are a fun craft for kids to make - all that is needed is elbow macaroni, paper, glue and a little bit of creativity. Paper can be cut out into different shapes and then glued onto other shapes to create a very interesting layered effect.

Many paper crafts involve folding paper into different forms, either sculptural forms such as paper airplanes and origami, or to aid and duplicate cutting, such as cut out snowflakes. To make a paper snowflake, just fold a square piece of paper many times, not necessarily in any order, then use scissors to cut angles on the edges of the paper. When the paper is unfolded it will have the pattern of a snowflake.

Origami is an ancient paper craft that originated in China before being largely taken over by Japan. It has been around since the invention of paper and is one of the oldest practiced non-useful crafts that is still around today. The Japanese paper crane has become an international peace symbol, and is produced with a few clever folds of a thin, small square paper, often made from rice.

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