Make: Paper Inventions
Simple Supplies, Creative Engineering, Extraordinary Fun!
2nd Edition
Published on 3. October 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-1-68045-867-1 (ISBN)
Description
Paper is incredible stuff. It's easy to cut, but amazingly strong. It's disposable, but can last for centuries. It can stand as stiff as a board, pop up like a spring, or float like a leaf. And its invention changed the world forever.
Perfect for kids, parents, and educators, Make: Paper Inventions is a project-based book with full-color illustrations, step-by-step instructions, supply lists, and templates that enable you to follow along with the book or devise something entirely new. Each chapter features new projects that will challenge and intrigue, from beginners to experienced makers.
Learn the history of papermaking and how to use simple STEAM principles to make fun and creative paper inventions of your very own!
Perfect for kids, parents, and educators, Make: Paper Inventions is a project-based book with full-color illustrations, step-by-step instructions, supply lists, and templates that enable you to follow along with the book or devise something entirely new. Each chapter features new projects that will challenge and intrigue, from beginners to experienced makers.
Learn the history of papermaking and how to use simple STEAM principles to make fun and creative paper inventions of your very own!
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Sebastopol
United States
Publishing group
O'Reilly Media
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 189 mm
Width: 236 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
552 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-68045-867-1 (9781680458671)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Kathy Ceceri
Make: Paper Inventions
Machines That Move, Drawings That Light Up, and Wearables and Structures You Can Cut, Fold, and Roll
Book
10/2015
Make Community, LLC
€20.50
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Person
Kathy Ceceri is an award-winning writer and educator, and the author of more than a dozen books of hands-on STEAM activities for kids, teens, and adults. Her favorite projects are built around ordinary crafts and household materials and easy-to-use electronics. She believes in helping learners try new areas of exploration by expanding upon the skills they already know, connecting new information to interests they already enjoy, and drawing on the creative energy and excitement of activities that let you explore, experiment, and have fun!
Formerly the Homeschooling Expert at About.com (now ThoughtCo), Kathy develops introductory technology projects for organizations including Adafruit Industries, and helped the Girl Scouts of the USA create their series of robotics badges. The mother of a videogame designer and programmer and a filmmaker, Kathy bikes, kayaks, and grows amazing veggies along the Hudson River in Upstate New York.
Formerly the Homeschooling Expert at About.com (now ThoughtCo), Kathy develops introductory technology projects for organizations including Adafruit Industries, and helped the Girl Scouts of the USA create their series of robotics badges. The mother of a videogame designer and programmer and a filmmaker, Kathy bikes, kayaks, and grows amazing veggies along the Hudson River in Upstate New York.