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How to make gift bows out of maps, old magazines, random scraps of paper etc….

One of the most awesome things I’ve seen all year. This lady makes plushy toys based on your kids’ drawings.

cute and clever tea packaging!

Amazing papercraft by Sara Burgess

chandelier made of 2 litre soda bottles

Can be used for multiple occasions – just circle the holiday for your gift. Clever!

Gorgeous popup book by David Pelham.

While the future of reading may belong to ereaders, the future of books belongs to popups!

Scarf knitted with the fibonacci number pattern by Diana Eng

A magical miniature theatre performance projected behind a pop-up-book stage set.

Lamp made of vintage doilies by Shannon South.

A desktop 3d printer. If this thing really works as advertised, I want one!

Website dedicated to paper toys with lots of downloadable PDFs!

paper snowflake maker that creates a PDF for you to make a 3d snowflake based on your name (by Karsten Schmidt for TBWA).

Richard Sweeney makes beautiful paper sculptures.

a chandelier made of 15 globes by Benoit Vieubled

No need to kill a tree for xmas.

look what you can make with plastic bottles

miniature indoor gardens!

Sculptural pieces made of recycled styrofoam packaging by Jason Rogenes

Forgo wasteful ziplocs! A neat idea.

How to make woven lamps out of strips of wood veneer. (not that I have time to do this kind of stuff…)

quilts!