hey there,

Papermaniacs!
Welcome to the book that really isn’t a book at all—it’s an
epic crafting adventure, just for you! The pages here have cool
projects for you to cut up or punch out, color or doodle all
over, build into a 3-D sculpture, or rip out and paste on a wall
near you. Some crafts take about five minutes; some are
perfect for filling a boring afternoon. Some you may want to
make copies of, so you can share them with your friends.

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Well, what are you

waiting for? Turn the page
and pick your first craft!
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4 masktastic
There’s a myriad of
masks right here, all in
one! You can go tribal
in a full-on headdress,
or be a mystery at
a masquerade ball.

1) Punch out
the mask . . .

. . . then decide if
you want one big
mask, or cut out
a few smaller ones.
Poke out eyeholes.

2) Add some
decorations.

3) Secure
with string
and wear!
 These plain white masks
just won’t do! Clearly, you
need something more
festive. Color them in
however you like, or glue
on glitter, sequins, or
stuff you find outside.

Whoa! Check
out all the
different
masks you
can make !
 1) Cut out a robot body 2) Your fingers 3) Glue on cool
9 robot finger puppets on the dotted lines. can be legs . . . or arms! parts. (Find more
on the next page!)
Go bionic! Mix and match the robot parts here
to build a ’bot that you can wear on your hand.
Most parts attach with tape or glue; others or
have tabs that wrap around your fingers.
 slaprocket 13
A few scissor snips, bits of tape
and dabs of glue, a smack of
your palm, and BLAMMO! This
rocket’s headed for deep space.
Assemble and put it in orbit!

1) Cut out your rocket parts

along the dotted lines.

2) Fold the launching pad

along the dashed line.

3) Fold the flaps so they

overlap the purple spaces,
making a dome shape. Tape.

4) Fold and glue the

rocket launcher so the
narrow tab is inside
the tube. Spread the
bottom tabs.

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5) Poke the tube up through
the launching pad’s hole. Glue
down the tabs on the inside.

6) Refold. Tape the

sides of the pad down
to seal air inside.

7) Fold and glue the

rocket so the narrow
tab is inside the tube.
Crease and spread out
the top flaps.

8) Wrap the rocket top

into a cone, with the pale
red areas overlapping
inside. Glue.

9) Glue the rocket top

onto the rocket’s tabs.

10) Slide the rocket

over the launching
tube. Smack and
watch it take flight!
(To reinflate the
launching pad, blow
through the tube.)
24 foldamajig
Mesmerize all with this card‘s
countless combinations of wacky
pictures! Glue it together and let
the weird wonder unfold. 1) Cut out the four strips 2) Crease on both 3) Line up the strips 4) Glue the top strip 5) Glue the bottom
along the dotted lines. dashed lines so the like this, so that the to the vertical strips. strip so that the red
strips fold backward colored dots are The green and orange and blue dots align.
and forward easily. matched up. dots should align.
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6) Unfold the card to see all its cool configurations.
37 mini home cinema
Lights, camera, action! Make your directorial debut
with a tiny cinema that plays a movie you scripted
and animated all by yourself. (Or use the goofy sample
movie strips we’ve made for you on the right!)

1) Find the cinema

template and place it so
that the yellow side is
faceup. Punch out the
template—don’t forget
the tiny slits and holes.

2) Fold the top flap

down so that it’s flat
and the holes align.
Glue down.

3) Fold this flap so that

if the paper is on a table
in front of you, the flap
stands up straight. Fold
down the tabs on the
side of the flap. (This is
the cinema’s ceiling.)

4) Fold the left “wing”

over so that the top is
flat against the tiny
tab, then glue in place.
The wing has a top tab
with a hole in it and a
long tab on the side—
crease them backward.

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5) Continue folding this
wing over until the
narrow tab is flat against
the cinema back and the
top holes align. Glue!
Repeat on the other side.
7) Fold up the bottom
flap to make a floor and
glue it in place. All holes
should now align. Twist
in two #2 pencils!
9) Tape the ends of the
film strip to the pencils,
then . . .
6) Make “steps”: Fold
the sections with holes
in them up, and the lower
sections down. Fold up the
bottom tabs; glue them
to the lower sections.
8) Cut out a strip of “film.”
Think of a story to tell, then
draw a scene from it in each
square. Write your lines for
each scene on the back.
10) . . . twist the left pencil
clockwise. The first scene
should show in the cinema’s
window. (To show your
movie, twist the right pencil
while you tell your story.)
11) Punch out the decorations
(they’re three pages ahead)
and affix them to the
theater’s front. Voilà, your
mini cinema!
38 spy cipher
Some things are too secret
to write down the regular
way! Use this gizmo to pass
encoded notes to friends.

1) Cut and punch out

the cipher parts.

2) Fold the top ring’s

tabs down. Insert in
the big ring’s hole.

3) Flip over. Glue the

tabs to the small circle.
The top ring should
still spin freely.

TIP

Before you build your

cipher, photocopy or
trace this page so your
correspondent can build
her own decoder.

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 4) Fold the dial in
half on the dashed
line; glue. Fold the
sides to make a base.

5) Glue the dial to the

top ring.

TO ENCODE:
1) Make up a message!
2) Spin the dial and pick
any symbol. Write that
symbol down, and keep it
visible in the window.
3) Find the first letter
of your made-up message
on the outer wheel.
4) Look at the inner
wheel to see what letter
lines up with the first
letter. Jot it down next
to the symbol!
5) Continue encoding,
TO DECODE: keeping the same symbol
1) Find the symbol in the window.
at the start of the 6) Give your note (and
message. Spin the dial the dial!) to a friend.
until that symbol
appears in the window.
2) Keep the symbol
visible! Locate the
message’s first letter
on the inner wheel.
3) Find the letter that
lines up on the outer
wheel; write it down.
4) Keep going until your
message is revealed!
40 whirligigs!
Sure, all things that go up have to
come down, but some stuff looks
way cooler on the descent! Let 2) Fold down the 3) Insert the 4) Give these a good
these colorful spinners loose and 1) Punch out the wings that have tiny wings into the flick of the wrist when
watch them twirl-a-whirl all over. twirler and cap. cuts at their ends. slits on the cap. you let them go!
 Psst! These whirligigs are actually an experiment.
TIP Play with dropping them from different heights
or throwing them upside down—or even on their
sides to make them “cartwheel”! Get inventive
and discover their best airborne antics.