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The author describes his tissue paper project aimed at making students become familiar with color application, shape-based thinking, and working with various sized brushes. Topics discussed include challenge he had as an art educator of helping students understand the difference between drawing and painting, how students learn about color theory, and reason there are almost no neutral colors in the project.

The article offers information on making of a icosahedron with the help of a paper. Topics discussed include how it gave students the opportunity to create a 3D sculptor, benefit of using geometric concepts for creation of patterns, and satisfaction of students in seeing their artwork hanging from the ceiling of art room.

The focus of the article is to introduce a cardboard construction project inspired by the wall sculptures of abstract artist Elizabeth Murray. It aimed at diversifying a fifth-grade art curriculum primarily focused on 2D assignments. It involves students working with cardboard to create layered compositions, which they later paint with acrylics, drawing inspiration from Murray's use of color and playful elements in her art.

The article informs that paper bag masks are an engaging way for students to express themselves at home or in the art room and Saul Steinberg drew various playful masks on brown paper bags and photographed them in artful compositions in the 1950s.

The article offers information on fold, cut and adhere project for the sixth-grade class. Topics discussed include starting of the project using palate of paint and blank canvas; folding of the papers or curling of the paper to make paper sculpture; and impact of light on the sculptures and the its impact on the viewers.

The article presents a lesson plan for elementary education which uses scraps to make paper fish.

The article describes an activity program for high-school art classes which asks students to design a mixed-media freestanding paper sculpture that has a color portrait on one side and a written document using text from their journals on the other.

A paper art lesson plan for high school art students is offered.

The article describes the three-dimensional (3D) paper toys that combine fine art, craft and design created by Chilean illustrator, artist and graphic designer Angello García Bassi. Topics include Bassi's education background, a description of his paper toy design Cubotoy, and Bassi's process for creating his designs.

The article focuses on the relationship between three-dimensional and two-dimensional space through her large-scale installations of marbleized, illusionistic, architectural wallpaper designs and painted sculptures made from plaster and paper pulp. It mentions that Renaissance and Baroque artists were masters of illusionistic wall and ceiling painting; along with the interview Lauren Clay, a sculpture and installation artists regarding elements of painting, design, and sculpture.

In the article, the author discusses an experiment conducted by her seventh- and eighth-grade students in which they analyzed the process of printing leaves on watercolor paper using mordants and steam. Also cited are tips on note-taking as discussed in the book "Wild Color: The Complete Guide to Making and Using Natural Dyes" by Jenny Dean, and the activities under the experiment like gathering of leaves, making accordion books, and oxide immersion.

The article presents the step by step instructions for teacher to instruct middle school students to make an animal armature with paper.

The article presents a lesson plan for middle school education which teaches about creating and mixing colors using various shades of colored paper.

The article presents a lesson plan for high school education that teaches students about Chinese contemporary art and paper-cutting techniques through the creation of a cut paper construction inspired by the work of a paper artist residing near Beijing, China.

The article presents a lesson plan for high school art education that teaches students about the National Standard of creating, conceiving and developing new artistic ideas and work through the creation of paper-based wigs inspired by fashion, history, comics and television.

The article presents a lesson plan, in which students will design their own patterned wallpaper based on an original motif.

The article presents a lesson plan, in which students will use new techniques and creative problem-solving to change an object into a celebratory animal with the help of paper lanterns.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for processing the marble paper.

The article offers step-by-step instructions to create scratch-paper animals.

The article presents a lesson plan for middle education which teaches concepts about three-dimensional vertical paper sculptures with Six Pillars of Character.

The article presents a lesson plan for the use of discarded shredded paper to create a textural object and teaches how students changes one geometric shape into another.

The article presents a lesson plan for high school education in which students will learn about the National Standard of creating, conceiving and developing new artistic ideas and work through the creation of mixed media sculptures made of old books.

The article evaluates the Stonehenge fine-art paper from Legion Paper.

An evaluation of the textured paper, Creative Collection Crinkles, from Wansau Paper is presented.

The article shares an art teacher's "playful teaching method" to teach first grade art students about paper cutting. Students can play while they learn and learn while they play. To help students understand how to keep the paper connected when cutting a design into it, the teacher made a game about little ants going for a walk.

The article describes an activity program for elementary art studies classes which asks students to manipulate strips of paper by bending, curling, and interlocking for creating a three-dimensional playground.

The article focuses on the SPORE Project developed by Doug Rhodehamel in 2005 to support creativity and art education by constructing and planting mushrooms made from brown paper lunch bags in the U.S. Topics include how the idea behind the paper bag mushroom started, how it can be used by teachers as an instructional tool, and the opportunity it provided to discuss collaboration and temporary art.

The article reviews the website Ultimate Paper Mache, located at www.ultimatepapermache.com, created by Jonni Good.

Photographs of paper toys Cubotoys created by Chilean artist and graphic designer Angello García Bassi are presented.