Paper inventions : machines that move, drawings that light up, and wearables and structures you can cut, fold, and roll / Kathy Ceceri.

Includes index.

Preface -- The Paper Inventions Supply Cabinet -- 1. Paper Science: The Invention of Paper ; The Science of Papermaking ; Project, Make Your Own Super Easy, Super Quick Recycled Paper ; Materials ; Edible Paper? Why Not? ; Project, Make Edible Rice Paper ; Materials; Self-Folding Paper Models ; How to Turn Two Dimensions into Three : Project, Make Self-Folding Paper Models ; Materials -- 2. Paper Tech: Paper Circuits ; Atoms and Charged Particles ; Electricity and Circuits ; How to Create a Paper Circuit ; Project, Build a Basic Paper Circuit ; Materials ; More About Circuits, Adding Switches and Multiple LEDs ; Project, Make a Light-Up Paper Cat ; Materials ; Paper Sensors and Special Effects ; Project, Make a Paper Tilt Sensor ; Materials ; Paper Generators ; Project: Make a Paper Generator ; Materials ; Version 1, Rubbing Generator ; Version 2, Tapping Generator -- 3. Paper Engineering: Paper Structures ; Paper Under Pressure ; Building with Shapes ; Project, Make a Tabletop Tetrahedron ; Materials ; Project, Make a Geodesic Dome Out of Newspaper ; Materials ; Paper Machines ; Project, Make a Paper Cam Sampler ; Materials ; Project, Build a Paper Space Rover Automaton -- 4. 3-D Paper Art: Paper as an Art Material ; Curling Paper into Art ; Project: Learn to Make Quilling Shapes ; Materials ; Project, Make a Quilling Sun Spiral Design ; Materials ; Weaving Paper ; Project, Make a Woven Paper Wristband ; Materials ; Project, Open Weave Paper Link Basket ; Materials -- 5. Paper Math: Paper Fractals ; Project, Fold a Paper Dragon Curve Fractal ; Materials ; The Amazing, Versatile Box Pleat ; Project, Action Origami Robot Worm ; Materials ; The Math of Cut Paper ; Project, Fold-and-One-Cut Star ; Materials ; Project, Make a Mobius Strip ; Materials ; Project, Make a Hexaflexagon ; Materials -- Appendix A. Templates: Tips for Copying or Drawing Your Own Templates ; Self-Folding Paper Model Templates -- Appendix B. Paper Tech Templates -- Appendix C. Cam Sampler -- Appendix D. Space Rover -- Appendix E. Mobius Strip Results.

Projects in this book include: DIY flavored edible paper and ink, Self-folding paper models, Light-up paper projects, Paper windmill and paper machines, 3D designs with paper, and Origami and other fold and cut designs.