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This Colorful Paper Cities Craft lets kids build their own happy town using bright paper, basic shapes, and big imagination!
Colorful Paper Cityscape with Shapes!
This Colorful Paper Cities Craft is full of charm, color, and personality! Using simple paper rectangles, triangles, and a few fun details like googly eyes and drawn-on smiles, kids can create a playful little city bursting with character. Whether you’re studying neighborhoods, learning about architecture, or just want a creative afternoon activity, this paper city is a wonderful hands-on project that can grow and grow with your child’s imagination!
Materials Needed To Make A Colorful Cityscape
- Colorful City Template, if desired to use! Feel free to cut your own triangles and rectangles!
- Bright colored construction/cardstock paper
- White cardstock or background paper
- Pink Cardstock
- Scissors
- Glue stick
- Black marker or crayon
- Googly eyes
- Hole punch, to make pink cheeks if desired
How to Make a Colorful Paper City
STEP ONE:
Create Your Building Shapes
Cut out a variety of rectangles in different colors and sizes to use as the building bases. OR use our free template to trace and cut shapes to recreate our skyline
Create Doors and Windows
Cut smaller rectangles and squares from white paper to make windows and doors. Add window and door details with a black Sharpie marker.
STEP TWO:
Add roof details to your triangles with crayons, markers or colored pencils.
STEP THREE:
Assemble Your City
Glue all your buildings onto a piece of cardstock. Layer some taller ones in the back and shorter ones in front to create a little cityscape. Top all of your buildings with your desired roof pieces.
STEP FOUR:
Add Doors and Windows
Glue your windows and doors to your desired buildings.
STEP FIVE:
Give Them Personality
Add googly eyes, glue on pink cheeks (we made our cheeks using a hole punch), and use a black marker to make silly or sweet smiles. Let each building have its own “face” and expression!
