construction paper
noun
: a thick groundwood paper available in many colors and used especially for school artwork
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To make, follow these steps: Show kids how to fold pre-cut construction paper leaves and stems.
Attach them to the tops of your eggs with glue dots.
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Annabelle Canela, Parents, 16 Apr. 2025
This year, the Historical and Memorial Society is partnering with the Poway Friendship Quilt Guild to exhibit quilts in the park’s Nelson House and to teach children how to make a quilt with construction paper, Hilleary said.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
Plates of poor quality are printed onto cardboard and construction paper.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2025
Imagine the totality of Twin Peaks: The Return as an enormous mosaic painting consisting of 18 individual panels; each panel is hidden by a strip of black construction paper, and the artist removes them one at a time, giving you ten minutes to study one panel before revealing the next.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
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Annabelle Canela, Parents, 16 Apr. 2025
This year, the Historical and Memorial Society is partnering with the Poway Friendship Quilt Guild to exhibit quilts in the park’s Nelson House and to teach children how to make a quilt with construction paper, Hilleary said.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
Plates of poor quality are printed onto cardboard and construction paper.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2025
Imagine the totality of Twin Peaks: The Return as an enormous mosaic painting consisting of 18 individual panels; each panel is hidden by a strip of black construction paper, and the artist removes them one at a time, giving you ten minutes to study one panel before revealing the next.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Construction paper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/construction%20paper. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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