Paper models you print, cut and fold at home.

Pick a design, print it on thick paper and follow the numbers. Making it feels like the afternoons you spent crafting as a kid, and the model you finish is yours to keep.

5.0 from 21 reviews
A printed paper pattern is cut out, folded along its lines, glued at its flaps and made into a paper check mark

How it works

No experience needed

Every piece is printed with its fold lines and numbers, so you always know what comes next. Picture-by-picture instructions come with every design.

  1. A freshly printed pattern held up in front of a laptop showing the same pattern

    Print

    Print on thick paper.

  2. Scissors cutting the first numbered piece out of the sheet, the second piece already cut free

    Cut

    Cut out each piece.

  3. Both paper pieces folded along their printed lines, ready to be glued

    Fold

    Fold on the printed lines.

  4. The finished paper check mark, glued together, held in two hands

    Glue

    Glue the matching numbers.

What you need

You already have everything you need

How will you cut it?

Thick paper, a printer, scissors, a ruler, an empty pen and glue. Probably all at home already.

Thick paper, glue and your cutting machine. It draws, scores and cuts for you.

Cutting machine guides
  • A woman taking a mirror selfie holding a red paper heart my first one, pretty happy with it
  • A hand holding a yellow paper star over a bed one done, 5 more to go
  • A silver paper diamond on a cutting mat next to glue and paper scraps Making more of these!
  • A woman smiling on a sofa holding a red and white paper candy cane easier than it looks
  • A white paper star on a patterned tablecloth Going to paint it Gold
  • A hand holding a yellow paper bell on a sunny balcony sturdier than I thought it would be
  • A smiling woman holding a big yellow paper ring with a blue gem, friends beside her everyone wanted it, amazing
  • A man holding a red paper heart close to the camera took me about an hour
  • A child holding a black and white paper football on a rug my kid helped with the gluing
  • A hand holding a large yellow paper ring with a pale blue gem, a friend laughing behind bigger than I expected, in a good way
  • A smiling woman holding a red paper heart on a balcony I can craft! lol
  • Three kids at a wooden table cutting and gluing paper footballs did a few of these with the kids

Why make it

An hour off your phone, with something to show for it

  • Off your phone

    Once it's printed, the screen can stay off.

  • Calm, steady work

    Cut, fold, glue. The hour slips by.

  • Made by you

    Friends will ask where you bought it.

  • Better shared

    Make one with your kids, or give it away.

The designs

Choose your first make

Every design is ready to download and print at home.

See all designs
Heart

Heart

US$ 2.49₹ 149
Bell

Bell

US$ 2.49₹ 149
Candy Cane

Candy Cane

US$ 2.49₹ 149
Diamond

Diamond

US$ 1.99₹ 99
Lipstick

Lipstick

US$ 2.49₹ 149
Ring

Ring

US$ 3.99₹ 249
5 point star

5 point star

US$ 1.99₹ 99
Football / Soccer ball

Football / Soccer ball

US$ 2.99₹ 199

Our studio

Where art meets engineering

Makeitpaper is a small team of designers and engineers who fell for papercraft and never got over it. A flat sheet turning into something you can hold still delights us.

  • Designed and engineered

    Our designers decide how it should look. Our engineers model it in 3D and work out how a flat sheet folds into it.

  • Built by hand, many times

    Every model is cut, folded and rebuilt at our own table until each fold falls into place.

  • Care in every fold

    We fuss over details nobody asked for, like a flap that sits flush or an edge that meets exactly.

Modelled in 3D
Hands pressing the folded yellow prongs of the paper ring around its blue diamond
Test-built by us
The finished paper diamond ring, held up in both hands
Every fold checked

Reviews

In their own words

5.0out of 5

The average of 21 reviews from verified buyers.

Every review here is from someone who bought a pattern, quoted in their own words. We never reword them.

I've started so many hobbies and given up on every one of them, so I didn't expect much. Sat down after dinner to do a few pieces and when I looked up it was midnight. Best money I've spent all month.

Megan Verified buyer

Put it on my desk at work and three people have asked where I bought it. Nobody believes it's paper.

Shreya Verified buyer

Honestly the most relaxing evening I've had in ages. Phone in the other room, just me, some paper and a bit of music.

Claire Verified buyer

Took me longer than I thought, but when it was done I couldn't believe I'd made it myself.

Sana Verified buyer

A couple of the small tabs had me swearing a bit, not going to lie. Finished it anyway and I've already bought my next one.

Tom Verified buyer

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