papercrafts (or otherwise entitled - Sam this is for you.)

For inspiration we used the fantastic and beautiful book Paper, Scissors Sculpt! for the Giraffe (you knew that this was a Giraffe, I am hoping!)

Firstly, I would say that to make the models truly effective you need card or heavier paper, but because this was a prototype, I used cheap and cheerful photocopier paper.

We should have started with some thing easier, like the fish at the beginning of the book, but where is the fun in that? No, it was decided that it was better to really challenge ourselves by trying out a project from the very middle of the book.

Note :: Instead of spending ages copying the lovely photo example, turn the page and what ho! There are step by step instructions. I felt such a wally when my daughter pointed this out to me.

We also got out Usborne Book of Papercrafts for Mb, as he was finding the folding and scoring a little bit tricky, and he settled upon the birds in a tree project, although he added his own twist (of course.)

I was so pleased with his end result that I have framed the finished product, it's rather large - which the picture doesn't accurately convey. The frame is 30 x 40 cm.

I love it.

It's a happy reminder that Spring is juuuuust round the corner.


I've added this to the new OLM link up Saturdays Artist. It was a happy co-incidence that I was posting this today any way!