Click on the templates below, then print. Fold along the dotted lines first, then cut along the thin solid lines across the top and bottom. In the photos above, I printed out two cityscapes. For the people, I thought it looked best to leave some white around the edges when cutting. I printed on a matte photo paper.
UPDATE: Here are links to the Paper City Vehicles and Helicopter!
Heehee, I love your little people! I think I'll just make myself happy making up stories about their lives... Are they French? They do look ever so French! And the city they live in reminds me of the little town my grandparents used to live in: I spent my pre-school years living there with them and they are some of my fondest memories - my grandpa would take me out for walks, to the playground and to art galleries, it was such a charmed existence... : )
ReplyDeleteThats a really great idea. Thanks for the templates.
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Fridica, you really make this little city sound like a wonderful place to spend time in! And yes, the people do look French don't they. I didn't plan it that way. I just drew the kind of clothes that I like.
ReplyDeleteHello Joel !!!
ReplyDeleteSabrina speaking ! from Boucle d'or !!! from Brussels !! completely "MAGNIFIQUE" !!!!
I hope you enjoy the Calder Exhibition ? I saw it last summer with my daughter hannah in Paris ! We had a very nice moment !! Did you see the film about the circus he created with his wife ?
Happy easter !
Sunday I'm leaving Europe to go visitinf friends in San Francisco !!! so happy !
ciao !!!
Thanks! Boucle D'Or, yes I loved the Calder Exhibition. The circus movie is amazing, too. I hope you have a great time in San Francisco! It's a very nice city.
ReplyDeleteAwh thank you so much for the template, so coool!
ReplyDeleteThis is great Joel, I'm going to add a link to this project on my blog. It does look very European - c'est super! Love everything you do, as you know.
ReplyDeleteHope you and your family have a fabulous Easter weekend!
oohhh .. they are just super cute..
ReplyDeleteVery cute! Thanks a lot for sharing :o)
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter!
Looks great, if I had children, I would immediately use your cute city for them. :) Wonderful idea that you had!
ReplyDeleteThank you. I'm going to print this out for my kids to play with later.
ReplyDeleteHi Joel, brilliant tutorial. I'll be printing them out for my boys to road-test tomorrow. Perfect activity for a rainy day. I've featured you on my blog - wanted to spread the word!
ReplyDeletethis makes me wish my little boy was older to play with these! (he is only 3 months) but you better believe I will still print it out and save it....we will see if I can remember in a few years!
ReplyDeletethats cool.
ReplyDeleteyou are an artist!
yes youm are!
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Hi Joel, I like your drawings, you are very creative.
ReplyDeleteGREAT, GREAT !
ReplyDeletegreat rainy day activity. thank you for this wonderful gift.
ReplyDeleteThese are brilliant. Very creative.
ReplyDeleteOh it's so beautiful ! I made a little town with my 5 years old pupils... The result is less beautiful than yours but they do loved making up their own town and their own little people ! And it's funny to think that on the other side of the world (I live in Bordeaux, in France) some people have the same idea in the same time !
ReplyDeleteOne more wonderful post. Everyone should have Such a dad. Thank you Joel it's a real easter spirit.
ReplyDeleteThanks everybody! Glad you like it.
ReplyDeletegreat ... thanks for the gift, kids are going to love it !!
ReplyDeleteThis is fun ........ my little girls are going to love these. Thank you.
ReplyDeletethese are great! thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteI just love your drawings and people and the way you describe them as being French .... that's funny because I am French and I just cannot see what's french in them and what difference there is between those people and others ! Go on entertaining us with all your lovely creations... It's just fantastic ! thanks for enlightening my visits in your website
ReplyDeleteThis is a perfect idea for today, my little boy has some fever so... thanks a lot!!
ReplyDeleteVraiment cool. Thank you
ReplyDeleteWe just printed your templates- My 6 and 4 year olds love it! Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteThese are wonderful! I just sent them to the printer... it will give my almost-3-year-old something new to do this weekend. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI love this... so cute!!! will print some for my nephews next time i see them!
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteI love your site, u r very talented & have a great imagination!
I Have linked your blog to my blog:
http://thismumsworld.blogspot.com/2010/04/paper-toys.html
hope thats ok
Thanks, kt
I too am in love with your blog and have linked it to my own (weeklyolive.blogspot.com)... I hope this is ok with you!
ReplyDeleteAnd I can't wait to buy your book!
Joel, I'll be sure to feature this on The Brothers Trimm blog, come check us out! We're all about celebrating boyhood..
ReplyDeleteVery sweet city, have shared it on Twitter...
ReplyDeleteK
I Loved your work, so much fun for you and your kids. We also live in Portland and I'm starting my blog , you can check it out here (http://momsaregirls.tumblr.com/) and I feel that here there are so much creative people. I like to post alway that I found somebody from Portland.
ReplyDeleteCongrats
Thanks for the template! I've posted about this on my blog - hope that is ok.
ReplyDeleteJoel,
ReplyDeleteWhat a great blog and what amazing ideas you have! I used one of your little people for an invitation (http://jesupo3.blogspot.com/2010/05/grote-jongensfeest.html).
I'm a (Belgian) fan!
I love it ! Bravo…
ReplyDeleteWe're in Seattle temporarily, and we stumbled into that Calder exhibit by accident. My one-year-old was fascinated.
ReplyDeleteClearly you're not short on fan mail, but I'm just now browsing your blog for the first time and I can't take my eyes off it. I appreciate that everything here is 100% original, practical in the sense that it barely costs a thing, and still so...rad. It shows that you both understand kids and how to make things not ugly. Thank you for posting stuff that's worth blogging about. I hope you're not offended that I'm not going to print and use your city - as a compulsive maker of stuff, I couldn't stand to let someone else do the fun part for me - so I'm just going to steal your idea and expand on it for my own son (when he's a tidge older). I run a small business that involves children's drawings, and I always find a home-brewed copycat or two whenever I Google my company name. I can't blame them - that's what I would do, too.
Uh. In conclusion: hot dang and thumbs up.
Thanks for the very nice comments everybody. Glad you're in enjoying this one!
ReplyDeleteoh, i so love this! thanks for your creative outlook on life...
ReplyDeletei've linked to this, and the cars and helicopters on my blog she's crafty-
http://crafty.littlerockmamas.com/index.php/2010/06/01/paper-city-and-cars/
What a very cute idea! I don't have any kids, but I would sure want to play anyway! I think I can find some neighbor kids to play with me!!
ReplyDeleteThis is perfect for another rainy summer day here in Seattle! Thanks! Great site, by the way!
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome! Definitely in our workshop for summer.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
Just found your site...what a nice idea and how nice of you to share!!! THANK YOU!! I have some grandchildren who will be happy with what you have shared here.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth
These are so cool! Thank you! My boys are going to have fun with this tomorrow. :-)
ReplyDeleteThese are great Joel!
ReplyDeletejust wanted to say thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteHey, Thank you so much. These are adorable inspiring and creative. Printing now:). Lynne
ReplyDeleteLove it! Well done. And Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteMy 3 and 4 1/2 year old sons loved these so much... I think I'm gonna color them, cut them out, and mod podge them to some pieces of scrap wood... then add them to their everyday toys!
ReplyDeleteTHANKS!! Love your drawing and details!
:)
Thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteMy boys love this! I sent a link to all my siblings for their kids to enjoy too!
ReplyDeleteOh, super cute! I am so envious of people who can draw. :>) I linked on my weekly roundup - thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteOMG...this is too cute! I can't wait to print & play. :)
ReplyDeletesend me a bill i want to buy those
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linda, thank you
Oh, génial !
ReplyDeleteC'est une merveilleuse idée surtout pendant ce temps de vacances d'été (mais sous la pluie, il faut bien occuper les journées !), mes 3 enfants vont adorer, j'en suis certaine !!
Thanks' !
Thankyou so much for generously sharing your paper city for us to enjoy. We have spent a fabulous day indoors yesterday out of our blustery, rainy, wintry weather and built one of our own - one still in the making. I hope you enjoy seeing it here: http://ceelew.blogspot.com/2010/08/family-colouring-our-paper-city.html
ReplyDeleteYou are very talented and we are so fortunate to be a recipient of your generous sharing.
Thanks everybody! you are all too kind!
ReplyDeleteCee - Awesome city! You guys are amazing artists! Thanks so much for the link.
thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome! We hope you don't mind, we shared this with our readers in an upcoming post on fun things to do with your kids. We used your top photo, gave a short description, credited you, and provided a direct link back to this post. Thank you in advance for sharing but if you'd prefer we remove the reference we will. Just reply to our comment.
ReplyDeletehello joel,
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing this beautiful city and people with us! i will surprise my kiddo during the looong flight we are going to take to europe. i also printed the matching game. i can't imagine any better toy for her (and my sanity:)
ltege
Hello, I just found your blog, and I love it! I'm having lots of trouble printing out the city and helicopter, though (haven't tried the other stuff). I'm not sure if I need to change a setting on my printer or what. The city printed out fine, except the "internet address" line at the bottom of the page cut off part of the last building. Then, I tried the helicopter, and it printed so big, that on a regular piece of paper, it only showed 3/4 of the landing pad! Help please!
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone!
ReplyDeleteMerry Jo - Sorry you're having trouble printing. Everybody's printing software (on their computer) is different, and there are so many settings that you can make to print things. I suggest clicking on my city image, then instead of printing from your web browser, save the image to you computer (usually right-click, or control click, then choose "save image"). Then open the image in your computers' photo viewing application (doesn't matter which one) and print from there. If that all sounds too crazy and overwhelming, then try doing what you've been doing, but look for a "scale to fit" button in your print dialog window. Good luck! You can do it!
If you still can't get it to work, then email me and I'll send you a pdf for everything. That might help too.
Thanks a lot for the ideas! I so appreciate it. I'll try printing again today. :)
ReplyDeleteI love this city! My kids will be doing it this morning. Just linked to you on my blog. www.froggooseandbear.com What lucky kids to have such a cool creative Dad!
ReplyDeleteThank you thank you thank you. Rainy gross day out and we're having fun inside. My little girl loves it! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteFabulous! We just printed and are so excited!
ReplyDeleteMy twins and I did your city paper. Lot of fun!! Thank you very much. You can see here:
ReplyDeletehttp://bajoeldientedeleon.blogspot.com/2010/09/ciudad-de-papel-de-joel.html
:)
Pilar (from Madrid)
Hi! I'm an Italian teacher and I'm going to use these lovely templates to teach city words to my pupils. Thank you so much for your work!!!!
ReplyDeleteGiusy
wow really cool, I want to try this for my kids, my son will prob just eat it
ReplyDeleteMy daughter will love this! Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteIt's great!!! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited about this! Just now found out about it. But every time I print it, the image looks "lossy." Any idea why? I've saved it to my computer, scaled to fit, no luck. Please help?
ReplyDeleteWhoops, never mind. I figured it out. I was saving the image directly from the blog post, not clicking on the image & then saving it. Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteOoh good, glad you figured it out!
ReplyDeleteThanks again for the kind comments everybody!
Wow! What a great project! I printed this out for my boys last night, and they have been playing with it all morning!
ReplyDeleteGood to get children playing at make believe rather than on a game console.....
ReplyDeleteMy 8y/old girl makes all sorts of characters and houses just with boxes and imagination , i put a box down that is to be recycled and she has the tools out before i know it!
I am amazed and have gladness in my heart that she likes boxes as i did as a child.......
I think I'll decorate the city for Xmas and put it on my mantle.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
Just did this with my kids! I think I had even more fun than they did!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
Love it! We'll have to make some of these for our little boy to play with.
ReplyDeleteOK I may play with them too...
Love, love, love this! Thank you so much for sharing your creativity! I will be sharing your links to my friends :)
ReplyDeleteJust discovered your blog via Inhabitots... love all your creations! :-)
ReplyDeleteI have visited your blog before and am always amazed at your creativity. Just found these little beauties and we are going to print them out and use them for a Christmas Advent activity... which brings me to my next idea... these would be great with a little Christmas flair added in. Wish I could do it myself, but an artist I am not. Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful ideas. Happy Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteThis is just so neat. Thanks!!
ReplyDeleteBravo Joel! Thank you so much for sharing your ideas. The children have left the sewing machine behind and they have now become cardboard connoisseurs!
ReplyDeleteWe made the animals, and trees etc with the paper clip stands and they worked brilliantly. Some of the sets will now be shipped out to family and friends for Christmas. Please stop by and have a look http://twothirdssky.blogspot.com
Best wishes and thank you again, Nessa
I was born in Seattle and am now "stuck" in Germany. If you made a paper city with the Space Needle in it, I'd be soooo happy!
ReplyDeleteNice art idea! I've been assigned to find Christmas activities for children while on a community party. Before the exchanging gift starts, there will be an activity that will enhance the kids' artistic creativity. The paper city is a great inspiration!
ReplyDeleteI'm also excited for their exchanging gift activity. My pretty neighbor, Alyssa, wants to have a lovely 18 in doll. Clothes and doll accessories are my niece, Darlene, wishes for Christmas. Daisy wants 18 inch doll clothes. On the other hand, my friend's son, Dave, wishes to receive lots of stuffed toys. Christmas is really for kids!
Thanks for sharing paper city! You're very talented, Joel!
I found your blog, through Sew Mama Sew's Handmade Holidays. Love this little city! I host a monthly Kid's Craft Along on my blog and will be featuring this project during the month of January! Links to this post and credit for pictures are included of course! Thank you for sharing this fun idea!
ReplyDeleteYou can view the post on Jan 1 at http://simpleanalogy.typepad.com/simple_analogy/2011/01/january-kids-craft-along-paper-city.html
These are awesome! Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteWonderful! My oldest is learning about rainforests at the moment so going to use your idea but with rainforest trees, plants & animals. Thank you so much for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteHi Joel...I have trawled through your blog several times but this past weekend I was properly inspired to get craftier...starting here with your fab paper city was the easiest, but I have been trying out some other ideas since. Thanks SO much for the inspiration...good luck with the book, hope to get a copy when it comes available. I have paid a little tribute to you here:
ReplyDeletehttp://fionaeason.com/2011/01/11/made-by-joel-the-paper-city-et-al/
Hope it gets you a little traffic and perhaps some future business. Your ideas are simply wonderful! Thanks for sharing.
Hi Joel I just did your city with my 3 and 6 year olds who loved it (me too). My 6yo had a couple of good ideas: he suggested we cut slots in the top of the vehicles so the people could go 'inside' and stick out the top. This worked quite well. Also he suggested we cut out the low window of the house in the city so we could put one of the people looking out! Thanks for sharing the template. Very generous!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much everybody!
ReplyDeleteVic - I love those ideas your son had! Too cool! I must try them as well. Tell him that I like the way he thinks!!
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ReplyDeleteI've had this beautiful city of yours bookmarked for a long time now. But what I finally managed to throw together with my kids is an insult to your talent. I wrote about my lameness and included a link to this page in my most recent blog post: http://doasisayandasido.blogspot.com/.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work and inspiration! And I promise, if I use another one of your ideas in the future, I will do it justice!
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ReplyDeleteSuper! Absolutely love the idea. Keep exploring ours :)))!!!
ReplyDeleteHi there! It's a wonderful little city. Love it. Best regards from France! bananako
ReplyDeleteStupendo!
ReplyDeleteciao
Giuliana
Thank you for your paper city! I look forward to coloring this and making us stories. Well done!
ReplyDeleteHi Joel,
ReplyDeleteI'm writting you from Spain. In two hours we are driving to spend some relaxing days by the beach. Paper City is already packaged to play some hours with our 18 months old Sara.
Thank you, and congratulations for your work!
Hello Joel! Found your blog just a couple of days ago! Love your work and thanks for sharing SO MANY awesome ideas. I am an art teacher and used your paper people idea in my Saturday class last weekend. It was a big hit. I posted pictures on flickr.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your book.
Hi Joel,
ReplyDeleteLove your work. We have included some of your great projects on our monthly newsletter. Can't wait till your book is out.
I'm sure it'll be greater seller for you!