Free PDF + editable BoboCreate template

Free Paper Weaving Craft: Big Weave

Fold the mat, snip each slit from the fold to its STOP bar, and weave three wide strips over and under.

Download the free PDF Download the editable .bobo

Both downloads are the free edition. The .bobo file opens in BoboCreate Desktop.

The editable file imports in BoboCreate Free 0.3.19 or later. It uses one of Free's three design places, and its own artwork does not count toward your three uploaded images. Older versions of the app need BoboCreate activated to import it, so update BoboCreate first.

The cover: the title Scissor-to-Craft, First Paper Weaving Placemat, with a drawing of a two-color woven mat

The warm-up: strips to snip, stopping at each bar

The cut sheet: the mat with slit lines and three strips at true size

The make page: steps and a drawing of the woven mat

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A complete first craft from the First Paper Weaving Placemat pack.

Every piece is drawn at real size; the slits stop short of the edge, so the frame stays whole.

What the free template includes

A snip-and-stop warm-up
A mat and three strips at true size
A drawing of the woven mat
Easier and harder ways
A low-ink cut sheet

Cut on the fold

Fold the mat, snip from the fold to each STOP bar, and unfold: the slits stay inside the frame.

The full pack

A striped placemat, a two-color checkerboard and a mat woven with wavy strips.

Open the editable template in BoboCreate

Download and install BoboCreate Desktop for Mac or Windows.
Download the free `free-first-paper-weaving-placemat-sample.bobo` file.
In BoboCreate, choose Open or Import and select the file.
Export a PDF.
Print at 100% on US Letter.

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Always with a grown-up and child-safe scissors.

Read the Bobotemp printable guide for the ready-to-print download and practical use instructions.