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How to Make a Paper Jewel

Print it, score it, fold it and glue it: a paper jewel in about ten minutes. Treasure for escape rooms, treasure hunts and pirate parties.

Free template

Two jewels print on one sheet of cardstock, each about 2.8 inches across.

A green paper jewel held in one hand.
A green paper jewel template cut out on a cutting mat.
1Cut it out
Scoring the fold lines with a dry pen along a ruler.
2Score every line
Folding the scored template into a jewel shape.
3Fold it up
Gluing the last tabs of the jewel with a glue gun.
4Glue it closed

What you need

  • Cardstock, any color
  • Scissors
  • A ruler and a dry pen, to score the folds
  • A glue stick or a glue gun

How to make it

  1. Print the template at 100% on cardstock. Two jewels fit on one sheet.
  2. Cut on the solid line.
  3. Score every dashed line: run a dry pen along a ruler. That is what makes the folds come out crisp.
  4. Fold each dashed line toward the printed side, so the lines end up inside.
  5. Glue the tabs inside. The two triangles at the ends of the big fan overlap: glue one over the other.