Paper crafts are a fun and versatile hobby that can range
from simple projects to intricate works of art.
I just love doing paper crafts.
Here are some popular types of
paper crafts, along with ideas to get you started:
🌟 Popular Paper Craft Types
- Origami – The Japanese art of paper folding
- Starter
ideas: Paper cranes, butterflies, frogs, or simple boxes
- Card Making – Handmade greeting or occasion cards
- Materials: Cardstock, stamps, stickers, markers, washi tape
- Occasions:
Birthdays, holidays, thank-you notes
- Scrapbooking – Decorate pages with photos, mementos, and embellishments
- Themes:
Vacations, baby milestones, weddings
- Paper Flowers – Great for decoration or gifts
- Types: Roses, peonies, tulips, sunflowers
- Use:
Bouquets, wall decor, gift toppers
- Paper cutting – Cutting detailed designs into paper
- Styles: Silhouettes, mandalas, lace-like borders
- Tools:
Precision knife, cutting mat
- Decoupage – Decorating items with paper and sealing them with glue
- Surfaces: Boxes, jars, picture frames, furniture
- Tip:
Use Mod Podge for a smooth finish
- Quilling – Rolling and shaping strips of paper into decorative designs
- Projects:
Cards, wall art, jewelry
- Junk Journaling – Creative journaling using recycled paper bits and art supplies
- Inclusions: Tickets, postcards, magazine cutouts, doodles
🛠️ Basic Supplies
- Scissors or craft knife
- Glue (white glue, glue stick, or hot glue)
- Ruler and pencil
- Colored or patterned paper
- Cardstock or construction paper
- Cutting mat (optional but useful)
- Decorative extras: stamps, ribbon, stickers, washi tape, sequins
🎨 Beginner Project Ideas
- Paper chain garland – Easy and colorful for parties or room décor
- Mini notebooks – Staple or sew folded pages together
- Pop-up cards – Add a 3D element to cards
- Bookmark corner monsters – Fun for kids using folded squares
Here are some easy paper craft ideas you can try — great for beginners, kids, or just a quick creative moment:
🌟 Super Simple Paper Crafts
- Paper Chain Garland
- Cut strips of paper and make interlocking loops with glue or tape.
- Fun
for parties or decorating a room.
- Corner Bookmarks (Bookmark Monsters)
- Fold a square of paper into a triangle to fit on a book corner.
- Decorate
with eyes, teeth, or stickers.
- Simple Paper Flowers
- Cut out petal shapes and glue them in a circle around a centerpiece.
- Add
a stem with a rolled green paper strip.
- Accordion Fan
- Fold paper back and forth (accordion style).
- Open
out to make a fan or flower shape.
- Paper Snowflakes
- Fold paper and cut out shapes to make snowflake designs.
- Great
for winter or holiday decorations.
- Paper Pinwheel
- Cut a square, make diagonal slits, fold in every other corner to the center, and pin or glue.
- Works
well with patterned paper.
- Mini Envelopes
- Fold
and glue paper into tiny envelopes for notes or gift cards.
- Paper Collage
- Tear or cut colorful paper and glue onto a background to create a design or picture.
Here’s a straight list of easy paper craft ideas anyone can do:
- Paper Chain
- Snowflakes
- Simple Paper Flowers
- Paper Fans
- Corner Bookmarks
- Pinwheels
- Mini Envelopes
- Paper Collage Art
- Paper Hats (like newspaper hats)
- Origami Boats
- Paper Bracelets (rolled paper beads)
- Folded Greeting Cards
- Accordion Fold Animals (add eyes & legs)
- Paper Masks
- Simple Paper Puppets
Here's a quick how-to for each easy paper craft — you can glance through and pick one to try:
- Paper
Chain
- Cut paper into strips.
- Make a loop and glue/tape the ends.
- Thread
the next strip through and repeat.
- Snowflakes
- Fold a paper square into a triangle (multiple times).
- Cut small shapes along the edges.
- Unfold.
- Simple Paper Flowers
- Cut petal shapes.
- Glue petals in a circle around a small paper circle (center).
- Add
a stem with rolled paper or pipe cleaner.
- Paper Fans
- Accordion fold a rectangle of paper.
- Pinch at one end and tape/glue the handle.
- Spread
open the top part.
- Corner Bookmarks
- Fold a square into a triangle.
- Fold the two corners up to the top point.
- Tuck and glue the corners inside to make a pocket.
- Decorate.
- Pinwheels
- Cut a square.
- Cut diagonal slits from corners, almost to the center.
- Fold every other point to the center and pin/glue.
- Stick
on a straw or pencil.
- Mini Envelopes
- Cut a rectangle or square.
- Fold sides in, then bottom up, and top flap down.
- Glue
side seams.
- Paper Collage Art
- Tear or cut colorful paper pieces.
- Glue
onto a background paper in any design.
- Paper Hats (Newspaper Hat)
- Fold a large rectangle in half.
- Fold corners to the center top.
- Fold the bottom flaps up and crease them.
- Origami Boats
- Fold a rectangle in half lengthwise.
- Fold corners to meet in the middle.
- Fold up bottom edges.
- Pull
open and flatten into a boat shape.
- Paper Bracelets (Rolled Beads)
- Cut triangle strips of colorful paper.
- Roll tightly around a toothpick.
- Glue end.
- String
onto elastic/thread.
- Folded Greeting Cards
- Fold cardstock or thick paper in half.
- Decorate the front with drawings, stickers, or collage.
- Accordion Fold Animals
- Accordion fold a strip.
- Glue
on paper head, legs, tail, or face.
- Paper Masks
- Cut mask shape from card stock.
- Cut eyeholes.
- Decorate.
- Add a
string or attach to a stick.
- Simple Paper Puppets
- Draw a character on paper.
- Cut out.
- Glue to a stick (straw, popsicle stick, pencil).
- Use for pretend play.
