Make Your Own Paper Characters

Imagine it. Make it. Bring it to life.

Fast Drying Tissue Paper Collage
Choose your colors, follow your imagination, and see who appears.

Ready to create your own?

Gather a few simple materials and let’s create.

You’ll need:

  • Paper — tissue paper (from craft store or gift wrap) white printer paper
  • pencil or crayons (Sharpie-optional)
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • A craft stick/popsicle stick if you want to turn your character into a puppet
  • A little imagination

Change the colours. Change the shapes.
Add wings, wild hair, funny feet—
or invent something completely different.
Your character doesn’t need to look like ours.
The fun is discovering what you create.

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And then… take your character on an adventure.

Where will they go?


A garden? Under the table? Behind a tree? To another planet?

Make up a story, take a picture, or simply play with what you create.

Where Kiki’s creative world began

Make Your Own Paper Characters was inspired by the handmade world of Kiki and the Pink Dragon, whose illustrations were created with layers of tissue paper.

Curious about the story?

Kiki and the Pink Dragon Title Page
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