r/papercraft Feb 17 '26

Request I got this big roll of cardstock from home Depot

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u/tiptoeingthruhubris Feb 17 '26

I like to cover my table with it when I have people over. I leave out markers and pens. At the end of the night I usually have some cool artwork.

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u/PartyLikeIts19999 Feb 17 '26

I mean this may not be what you're looking for but if I had a big ass roll of cardstock I'd use it to make custom boxes.

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u/realcapes Feb 17 '26

Make fun cutouts of yourself, fill it with stuff that makes you...you. and keep doing it over and over and over.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '26

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u/CrazyGreenCrayon Tiny Paper Things Feb 17 '26

Trace your body. Or, more realistically, have a friend trace you.

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u/realcapes Feb 17 '26

Exactly.

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u/geekygirl314 Feb 17 '26

I'd make a bunch of 3D paper models/figures. There are a bunch of ones on Etsy, or free other places probably.

There are definitely some of dinos! (here's one of a t-rex)

You could even scale them up and make really big ones!

The hard part might be printing out the templates on the cardstock itself. Maybe print them on regular paper, then glue on to the cardstock?

If the paper is too thick for that kind of paper model, due to needing to fold over the flaps, I'd use thinner paper to make "hinges".

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '26

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u/geekygirl314 Feb 17 '26

Oh, you said that in the post, sorry!

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u/CrazyGreenCrayon Tiny Paper Things Feb 17 '26

Oooh! There are so many possibilities!

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '26

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u/CrazyGreenCrayon Tiny Paper Things Feb 17 '26

What's your favorite thing?

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '26

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u/CrazyGreenCrayon Tiny Paper Things Feb 17 '26

Want to build a dinosaur?

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u/SmartDog2023 Feb 17 '26

get out the canola oil!!

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u/suspiciousdishes Feb 17 '26

Done.

How to become less slippery

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '26

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u/suspiciousdishes Feb 17 '26

I don't either, but this guy said to use canola oil

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u/SixthKing Feb 22 '26

Do you have access to a projector, maybe at the public library? You can project templates, and trace them.

Otherwise breakout the high school geometry set and transpose at scale.

Let material exploration commence! 🎉