Papercraft Contest

Overview

In honor of Cricut's new Cricut Explore machine, they're partnering with us to run our largest papercraft contest ever!

Paper is part of everyday life. From the birth certificates on the day we are born to the resumes we create when we interview for our first job. But paper doesn't have to be so constraining and boring.

We want to see what you can do with paper! Fold it, cut it, stretch it, wear it! It doesn't matter, as long as it's paper, you have a shot at winning the latest and greatest that Cricut has to offer.

Please keep in mind that instructables must contain your own original images and text to be eligible for entry into the contest.

Multiple entries are accepted, but each entrant can only win one prize. Contest is open to entries from US, Canada [excluding Quebec], UK, China, Belgium, the Netherlands, Australia, Colombia, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, India, New Zealand, and Denmark. The Contest begins at 12:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PT), January 27, 2014. Contest closes for entries at 11:59pm PT, March 24, 2014.

The winner(s) will be solely responsible for complying with any and all applicable statutes, laws (including, without limitation, common law, if applicable), rules and regulations and for bearing any personal income tax, VAT, withholding taxes, customs duties, or other taxes, fees, insurance, surcharges or other costs relating to receiving, claiming or collecting any prize.

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Grand Prize

Winners

Winners Finalists All Entries

Grand Prize (1)

Interactive Origami Sculpture by watchmeflyy

First Prize (3)

Simple Elegant Paper Lantern/Lamp Easy! by mulrich125 in Lighting

67K

Letz Build an Ironman Mark 7 Paper Model (no Pep) by mchau2 in Paper

86K

Paper Crow Skeleton by sinansoykut in Paper

27K

Second Prize (5)

Create Faceted Papercraft-objects by krummrey in Paper

2.1M

Paper Bag Floors by Spyridoula Nemesis in Paper

169K

DIY Air Vase by wold630 in Paper

66K

Book Sculpture: H.C. Andersen by ruudcreates in Paper

15K

DIY Swirly Paper Flowers by Muhaiminah Faiz in Paper

1.3M

Runner Up Prize (9)

Paper Roller Coasters :) by Biodynamic in Education

408K

How to Bind a Book by sursula in Books & Journals

34K

How to Print and Bind a Book by lonesoulsurfer in Paper

182K

Modular Geometric Paper Lamps, 5 Designs by Tarun Upadhyaya in Paper

63K

Tiny Origami Dragon Puppet / Pequeño Dragón Marioneta De Origami by kleffa in Paper

19K

How to Design Pop-up Cards by belsey in Paper

95K

Origami Picture Puzzle Cube by emilyvanleemput in Toys & Games

19K

Doctor Who Birthday Card by goldlego in Cards

29K

18 Prizes

Grand Prize (1)

One Grand Prize winner will receive:

a Cricut Explore machine
a year’s supply of Cricut accessories, including one 12x12 cardstock paper pack, one roll of vinyl and one roll of iron-on per month
a Cricut Tool kit
a year online Cricut subscription
a Blue Cricut Cuttlebug
a copy of "Playing with Stencils: Exploring Repetition, Pattern, and Personal Designs"
a copy of "How to Make 100 Paper Flowers: Ideas and Instruction for Folding, Cutting, and Simple Sculptures"
a copy of "Playing with Paper: Illuminating, Engineering, and Reimagining Paper Art"
and an Instructables prize pack including a robot apron.

First Prize (3)

Three First Prize winners will receive:

a Cricut Explore machine
a Cricut Tool kit
a Blue Cricut Cuttlebug
a copy of "How to Make 100 Paper Flowers: Ideas and Instruction for Folding, Cutting, and Simple Sculptures"
a copy of "Playing with Paper: Illuminating, Engineering, and Reimagining Paper Art"
and an Instructables prize pack including a robot apron.

Second Prize (5)

Five Second Prize winners will receive:

a Cricut Explore machine
a copy of "Playing with Paper: Illuminating, Engineering, and Reimagining Paper Art"
and an Instructables prize pack including a robot apron.

Runner Up Prize (9)

Nine Runner Up winners will receive:

a Cricut Tool kit
a Blue Cricut Cuttlebug
and an Instructables prize pack including a robot apron.

How It Works

Write an Instructable

Create a new Instructable that fits the guidelines outlined in the contest description above. To be eligible, Instructables must be published between Jan 27, 2014 and Mar 24, 2014 (11:59pm PT).

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Enter

Upon publishing your Instructable you'll see checkboxes for open contests. Select Papercraft Contest. If you have entries currently eligible for entry, it will also show up by clicking "Enter this Contest" on the right side of this page.

Accepting

Entries are accepted by Instructables staff within one business day Monday - Friday. What matters is the submission time, not acceptance time.

Judging

A panel of judges made up of Instructables staff and respected members of the community rate the finalists. The averages of the ratings determine the winners.

Winners

When the winners are decided they will be notified and announced here on the contest page.