Paper ToysBIBLE

Town People

General Assembly Instructions• Sharpscissors.• Paper-cuttingknife(recommended:X-Actoknifewitha#11blade).• Sturdytweezerswithsmoothedges.(Tweezerswithroughedgesorteeth

willmarthesurfaceofthepieces.)• Metalrulertomakeastraightcutorscore.• Toothpicksforreachingintotinycornersandspreadingdropsofglue.• Whiteglueandgluestick.• Cuttingsurface(recommended:acuttingmat).• Drypen(noink)orbluntknifeforscoring.

TOOLSNEEDED

Usually,apieceforacardstockmodeliscutoutintwostages.First,thepieceisseparatedfromtherestofthepiecesbycuttingroughlyarounditwithscissors.

Don’tcutalongthelinesatthisstep.Oncethepieceisseparated,youcanworkonitwithoutdamagingotherpieces.It’sbesttodo

thescoringandfoldingbeforeproceedingtothefinecutting.

Cutting

Work on one piece at a time:• Scorealongthedottedlines.• Cutalongthesolidlines.• Foldalongthedottedlines,butdon’taddgluetoanypiecesyet.

VERY IMPORTANT: Tryoutthepiecestobegluedbeforeapplyingtheglue.Thiswillhelpyouunderstandhowthepiecesfittogether,andyouwillbeabletotakenoteofanyadjustmentsthatmightbeneeded.Thenapplyasmallamountofglueonthetabindicatedbyablackdot.

Mountain fold

Valley fold

Scorethefoldlinestomakeacrispstraightfold.It’sespeciallyimportantforthesmallestpiecestobescoredbeforefolding.Toscore,placeametalruleralongthefoldline,andthenpresswithadullpoint(adrypenordullknife)alongthefoldlinetocompressthepaper.Thiswillhelptoachieveacrispfold.

Therearetwokindsoffolds:

Mountain foldgenerallymeansthatthetextureisontheoutside,whileonavalley foldthetextureisusuallyinside.

Mostpiecesonthemodelrequireamountain fold,thoughafewuseavalley fold.Valleyfoldswillbeindicatedonthemodelpieceswiththevalleyfoldsymbol.

Scoring

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glue

• Printpages5to12onwhitecardstockpaper(sometimescalledCoverPaperorBristol),160grammes(recommended)or190-200grammes(110lbs),preferablynonglossybutwithamatfinish.

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Foldslightlyonthearmbeforegluingtogiveasmall

effect.

NOTE:Theseinstructionsapplytothebasicshapeofallthepapercharacters.Additionalpartswillbeaddedtosomemodels.

Theformationofeachpartincludesthesebasicsteps:s cuttingoutpiecess scoringalongdottedliness puttingglueontabsmarkedwith

asmallblackdots gluingthepiecestogether

Tip:Whencuttingaroundthefeetorarmsorothersimilarpartsofotherfigures(theleavesofthepalmtreeforexample),youdon’tnecessarelyhavetocutrightontheblackline.Youcancutamilimiterortwofromitoutsideinthecoloredarea.

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