PAPER DAYS OF CHRISTMAS - Candy Coated Deer

My last sweet ornament for the season - introducing candy-coated deer. He'll be grazing on your licorice lawn while you're out for a spin in your candy convertible.



Download the file here to make your very own!

PAPER DAYS OF CHRISTMAS - Week 4 : Forest Friend

EDIT : I realized I forgot some cut-lines on the old deer template! This one should be perfect now! Sorry guys! Here you go!

My whole Christmas tree is coated with animal ornaments. I have raccoons, cats, deer, squirrels, foxes, birds, and dogs. I even have a lion and a bear! So, naturally, I wanted to add a furry friend to the pile of paper ornaments!

This will be the final ornament before we start a new pattern project for the New Year, so go ahead! Download the heck out of it, customize it, and definitely send us a picture if you make one!


Click here to download the editable PDF!

Have you had the chance to make an ornament? Send a picture our way (or if you have designed one and want to share it, feel free to send us a high res scan and we can post it for you!) We'd love to see them!

Send your pictures to chris (at) paperbicycle (dot) com along with your name and your contact information!

We'll be choosing our favorite ornament from our submissions after Christmas and I'll send the winner one of our 2012 Calendars! You have a great chance to win! All you need to do is send us a picture! Good luck and Happy folding!

PAPER DAYS OF CHRISTMAS - Sweet Ride

Continuing with my candy Christmas here is a gingerbread car (to park in front of your gingerbread house from my first design). As you can see by it's "soft top" this candy car is actually a convertible.



Download the printable version here! Don't forget to make your own from our template, and if you put any of our ornaments together take a picture, and let us see!

PAPER DAYS OF CHRISTMAS - Holiday Donuts

Continuing with my "Sweet Christmas" theme here is a delicious donut duo! I love donuts more than anything in the world - and surprisingly they're somewhat of a Holiday trend this year. If you're thinking to yourself (as you should be) "one donut just isn't enough" you can diversify your decor with these other sweet ornaments.



You can download the ornament here! If you happen to make this, or any of the other ornaments - please take a picture and send it our way!

PAPER DAYS OF CHRISTMAS - Double Decker Snowflake

I'm visiting my parents in Mequon, Wisconsin today and am having a great time. We've spent plenty of hours talking about business, countless hours discussing housing, and even more hours making crafty things together. It's great to be home for a day. I love these guys. Plus, as a bonus, I'm getting to spend some time with my brother, Brian. He's hilarious and super fun to be around. I miss everyone here. Someday maybe we'll all live closer together.

So, tonight, after working on some other more secret projects with my mom, (don't worry, I'll share those with you guys later!) I sat down to make my ornament! Here's a double-decker snowflake for you! The only thing that would make this time any better is if I could get rid of this ridiculous, nagging cough. I blame you, Chris & Francesca!!! >:O Seems like all we're doing is trading illnesses! Alyssa, you're next!




Download the high res, 8.5 x 11" letter sized version here!

PAPER DAYS OF CHRISTMAS - Week 2 : Octagon Ornament

We're on to week 2! Can you believe it's already December? I guess it's getting cold enough, right? (Well, here in Minnesota, at least). Today I've got the launch of our second awesome foldable, customizable ornament for you! This one is a two-parter!



Download the high-res, printable version here!

Okay! So here's how you do it. With this one, you've gotta grab your glue and a little tape. If you want to use both parts, you're going to have to stick-em together somehow. I'll recommend a couple of things. If you finish folding the two little guys, you can actually use a needle and thread, tie a knot at the bottom of your thread, and string 'em like beads! With the left over thread (or ribbon -- whatever tickles your fancy) just loop it over into a beautiful bow, and there you have it! An instant hanger!

Or, if you choose one of the other orientations (like the one where the little guy is stuck on the front, you might have to use some hefty double stick tape, or a little glue! Good luck and happy creating!

Remember, if you make one and you'd like to share it with our readers, send it in anytime between now and Christmas, and we'll post it to share! (Send it to chris (at) paperbicycle (dot) com!)

We'll be posting our designs soon - It'll be fun seeing what everyone does with this shape! Ha!

PAPER DAYS OF CHRISTMAS - Sweet Christmas

It's probably no surprise that my favorite thing about Christmas is all the delicious holiday food. We host Christmas at my family house each year which means tons of cooking, and baking. Everything from mac and cheese, sugar cookies, and candies, to holiday ham! One tradition that never quite caught on was the whole gingerbread house thing - probably because it's supposed to be a decoration, not food. I know it might be tempting - but do not eat this ornament.



You can download the printable version here. Enjoy!

PAPER DAYS OF CHRISTMAS - Festive Tree

You can't stop me from drawing ornament shapes. Onions and finials are the best! Of course you need a tree to hang them on. A dirty secret is I'm not a huge fan of decorating the Christmas Tree. Lucky for me, Lindsay would do it every day of the week if she could!

I'm terrible at making real mock-ups, so here's a fake one! Thread the hangloop through a gold bead for added festivities!




Download the printable version!

PAPER DAYS OF CHRISTMAS–Rocket Around the Christmas Tree

Last night I watched several documentaries. I'm recovering (hopefully) from some illness and working on an ornament in front of educational, inspirational things was the best possible idea. The first one was about the rise and fall of Disney animation, the second was about galaxies, and the third was actually the audio commentary for Wall-E. So the viewing was also sort of thematic.



You can download the full version of this ornament here! The colors may look a little weird on the download because it's a CYMK file, but it should print okay!

PAPER DAYS OF CHRISTMAS - Fancy Claus

Happy Monday-after-Thanksgiving, everyone! I hope your weekend was filled with lots of food and lots of naps. And - to our international friends, Happy Regular-old-November-Monday! I also hope your weekend was full of food and naps!

I wanted to kick this project off today by sharing my very first paper ornament: "Fancy Claus!". Everyone's beard has to have a little surprise in it, right? I chose to take this shape and make Santa's head!



Download the fold-able high res file here! In case you need a refresher on how to put these together. All of our ornaments are going to be made to be printed out on an 8.5" x 11", Letter-sized piece of paper. Then, just cut around the edge, and fold on the dotted lines! They don't come with a lot of instructions, but you'll see pretty quickly which pieces to fold in and glue together! Maybe I'll do a little Photo-demo with this one to show you how!

Besides that, I'll be dragging my faux-tree out of the basement this week with hopes of decorating it and singing along to Christmas carols. Good thing there is a radio station that plays all the Christmas Jams this early! (Yes, I know, it's still November!) Happy start to a new fun project! Hope you guys are able to create some ornaments with us!

PAPER DAYS OF CHRISTMAS - Week 1 : Teardrop Ornament

We're officially within a month of Christmas and we've been gearing up for something really special and fun for the next couple weeks! Starting this week, we're going to give everyone a link to download a super fun, paper-craft ornament! We're hoping that all the crafty people out there find awesome, fun ways of using these! Plus, we're going to be uploading our own designs for you guys to peek at and use!

Here's where the fun comes in! Each week, we'll give you a new, fun, ornament template (up until Christmas) to download and use. If you design an ornament with our template and want to share it with our readers, send it on over and we'll post it for everyone else to see and download (if you are so generous!). If you want to go the extra mile and print yours out and send us a picture, we'll post that, too! Just send your ornament files and pitures to Chris (at) paperbicycle (dot) com before Christmas Day!



CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD OUR TEARDROP ORNAMENT TEMPLATE!
Each ornament can be printed out on a sheet of letter-sized paper!

We'll be running a best-of contest, too, for our very favorite designs! How's that for a holiday bonus!

Watch for our next ornament template next Friday!
Happy Holidays and Happy Designing!