paper crafts

Cardstock creative projects

Paper crafts are creative activities that use paper as the primary material—folding, cutting, gluing, or shaping it into decorative or functional objects.

The category includes origami, scrapbooking, card-making, papier-mâché, and quilling.

She got into paper crafts during the pandemic.

The term usually implies hobbyist or children's projects rather than fine art.

Related

quilling · kirigami · folding · accordion fold · stencil · crane · decoupage · silhouette · crease · shadow box · valley fold · mountain fold · embellishment · ephemera · negative space · washi tape · tessellation · die-cutting

Categories
Opposites
medium/material

paper craftsmetalworking

Shaping raw ore industrially

woodworking · ceramics · glassblowing · textile crafts · pottery

digital vs. physical

paper craftsdigital design

Computer-based visual creation

digital art · computer graphics · graphic design · 3D modeling · digital illustration

scale/industrial process

paper craftsmass production

Large-scale standardized fabrication

industrial manufacturing · factory production

Family

papercraft

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G