How adorable are these paper animal kits by Mibo from Lark? Like totally adorable!

Printed on 100% recycled 200gsm card, these make-at-home animal kits from British design company Mibo make great gifts for kids and kidults alike. All you need to get started is some scissors, a ruler and glue. Each animal only takes 5 to 10 min to make (except if you’re like me… I took 20 min due to a small gluing accident…) and they are perfect for beginner crafters (again… like me…).

Love the gawjus Christmas Creatures (how cute is Rudolph!), the Wild Bunch (hello cheeky monkey!) and the serious cool of the Wise Guys owls. Loves it!

These are great gift ideas - all under $20! You can check out the entire range of Mibo on the Lark website at www.larkmade.com.au/designer/mibo.html

- 360˚ Focus (www.360focus.com.au)

I think the versatility of paper is overlooked far too often. It’s astonishing what a bit of inventive cutting and folding can do. Look at Peter Callesen’s www.petercallesen.com paper cuts and instillations, or Simon Schubert’s www.simonschubert.de paper foldings. My latest campaign (this time for paper appreciation) is all thanks to Uponafold uponafold.com.au, which is run by Sydney-sider Justine and her husband Matt.

Uponafold is a blog and online paper store. No, not a paper store in the boring “we sell stationary and witty birthday cards” sense. But a paper store in the magnificent “look at our paper artistry from around the world” sense. My absolute favourite is the perfectly engineered pop-up dollhouse. If I was the big, bad wolf - peeking through the windows and seeing the quaint paper furniture - I would think twice about blowing this house down. But the wonders don’t stop there, have a gander at the concertina books and origami tessellations!