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⚙️ New range — coming soonTurn the handle.
Turn the handle.
The paper comes alive.
Same paper, same scissors — but these ones move. Each kit hides a real mechanism inside: a cam, a gear pair, a connecting rod. Children build it, then turn the crank and watch the thing they made do something.
Real paper engineering — the same cams, cranks and gears taught in D&T — set in Malaysian scenes, with instructions in English and Bahasa Malaysia.
See the kitsCam
A lump on a spinning axle. As it turns it lifts and drops whatever rests on it — that is how the teh tarik man raises his cup.
Crank & slider
Turns round-and-round into back-and-forth. The same trick as the pistons in a car engine.
Gear pair
Two toothed wheels. A big one driving a small one spins fast; the other way round spins slow but strong.
Linkage
Stiff arms pinned together, so pushing one end swings the other. It is how the wau flaps both wings at once.
What makes these different from the printables
| Comes as | A posted box of pre-cut 300gsm card. Nothing to print. |
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| Build time | 1½ to 2½ hours. Usually split over two sittings. |
| Ages | 8+ for the starter set, 9–10+ for the full toys. Younger children can build one with a grown-up. |
| Tools | Scissors and a glue stick. Everything else, including spare parts, is in the box. |
| If it jams | Send us a photo on WhatsApp. Nine times out of ten it is one axle glued a little too tight. |
The kits
New to mechanisms? Start with the Starter — it teaches all four before you build a whole toy.
Paper KitAges 8+Coming soon
Cranking Mechanism Starter
Learn the four mechanisms before you build a toy.
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Teachers: these fit the D&T syllabus
Paper automata — mechanisms, forces and simple machines, in a form children can hold. The Starter kit ships with a worksheet, and class sets of 15 or 30 come at a lower per-kit price.
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