Good on paper
Collage featuring a crafty White man surrounded by a rainbow of colorful paper, crafting scissors, a hand modeling a paper ring and pieces of origami.

Analog hobbies: so in right now. Paper crafts will make a comeback this year, as Boomers and Gen Z turn to quilling, origami and paper art to satisfy their crafty cravings.

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Good on paper

How to make paper rings

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Origami instructions

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Paper mache furniture

+60%

Quilling art

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Paper animal

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How to make paper rings

+1725%

Origami instructions

+175%

Paper mache furniture

+60%

Quilling art

+60%

Paper animal

+385%

Behind the trend

A desire to digitally detox drives this paper art trend. People are looking for ways to switch off and unwind, and they’ve found a therapeutic outlet in the analog. It’s a mindful art form that’s imaginative and inclusive to a mix of ages.²

Variety of images depicting fruit- and leaf-shaped paper cut outs, a rainbow of colorful paper, young hands doing paper crafts and origami.

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