My Little Bonsai

Hi and welcome to the paper sculpture world.
I'm Bruno from France and today I'm gonna show you how to make a little funny Bonsai!
I am always impressed to see what can be done with just a simple sheet of paper. I'm specialized in paper sculpture creation and today I'm gonna share you a small and easy project. It will be a pretty thing for your Home Decor room.

DIY PAPERCRAFT TEMPLATE - WHAT DO YOU NEED?
Here is the list of what you should need:
- Download the free Papercraft Template (PDF format)
- 2 or more paper sheets (both A4 & US Letter)
- A black printer
- Cutter or scissors
- Glue or double sided tape

For this 3D Low poly sculpture I did use 3 colors:
- Green for the tree foliage and the grass (page N°2)
- Brown for the bonsai trunk (page N°1)
- Orange for the pot

I generally use a thick paper (300 gsm) but you are free to use another thin paper. it works too.

Print the pages from the PDF provided. A black & white printer is enough.

Now cut all the pieces needed for the assembling of the bonsai sculpture.
I use a cutter to get perfect line but if you are more comfortable with scissors, this is perfect too!

Fold all the pieces.

Each pieces contain some important folding informations. They are represented by 2 different type:
- Short narrow lines = Mountain fold
- Long spaced lines = Valley fold

To help you more, here is a quick video tutorial from my YouTube Channel showing you how to do a mountain and valley fold.

I use double sided tape for my Paper Crafts but if you prefer to use standard glue this is perfect too.
I prefer double sided tape because it does clean sticking without smudge.

Apply double sided tape for all the pieces.

This step is definitively my favorite! I take a real pleasure to assemble and see the progress of the papercraft.

Let's tart with the piece N°1 that consists of the tree foliage.

Assemble the piece number 2 with the piece number 1.

Now assemble the piece number 3.

And finish with the piece number 4 to get the entire foliage of the bonsai. It should look like the photo.

Continue by assembling the trunk with the piece number 5.

The piece number 6 consists of the grass in the pot.

Start the pot with the piece n°7.

TIPS: it is recommended to begin with the n°13

Youhooo! here is the last piece! The piece N°8 to close the pot.

TIPS: it is recommended to start with the little number 8.

Congratulation! you can now use it to decorate your room.

ACCESS TO THE FREE PAPERCRAFT PDF FILE

If you love assembling paper sculpture I propose DIY Pre-cut Kit of many sizes.
Here is a sample of The Cute Unicorn.

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