Updated and revised, this new edition of a Make: classic ignites the imagination with hours of hands-on STEAM activities for young inventors and busy adults. Budding makers will find more than 30 fun projects and variations, from traditional decorative pastimes, amazing math oddities, and daring feats of construction to light-up, motorized, and programmable paper circuits. Projects include: Edible Paper , for disposing of secret messages - Light-Up Paper Creatures , using electric circuits, switches, and special effects - Motorized QuillBots , that jitter around the table - Paper Zoetrope , spinning illustrations to life - Infinity Mirror Mystery Box , featuring a secret compartment behind its tunnel of lights - Answer Bot Fortune-Telling Machine , for cryptic hints about the future - Blow-Out Birthday Card , with a musical, flickering LED "flame" Step-by-step instructions and full-color images by award-winning writer and educator Kathy Ceceri make it easy to learn the key craft skills and engineering techniques to transform everyday paper into extraordinary creations. Make: Paper Inventions is the perfect way to inspire a new generation of builders and dreamers! Kathy Ceceri is an award-winning writer and educator, and the author of more than a dozen books of hands-on STEAM activities for kids, teens, and adults. Her favorite projects are built around ordinary crafts and household materials and easy-to-use electronics. She believes in helping learners try new areas of exploration by expanding upon the skills they already know, connecting new information to interests they already enjoy, and drawing on the creative energy and excitement of activities that let you explore, experiment, and have fun! Formerly the Homeschooling Expert at About.com (now ThoughtCo), Kathy develops introductory technology projects for organizations including Adafruit Industries, and helped the Girl Scouts of the USA create their series of robotics badges. The mother of a videogame designer and programmer and a filmmaker, Kathy bikes, kayaks, and grows amazing veggies along the Hudson River in Upstate New York.