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How to Make Paper Pokemon

Pokemon are a media franchise spawned from the creative minds at Nintendo Inc. Pokemon was initially launched on Nintendo's GameBoy platform back in 1996. Since its debut, Pokemon has since risen in popularity and spawned multiple media outlets on various platforms and even toys and card games. Use paper Pokemon for decorating or for play in a toy or card game.

Things You'll Need

White paper
Colored pencils
Internet
PC or Mac
Printer
Pencil
Eraser
Scissors

Instructions

- 1
  Use your favorite search engine to locate at least 3 different, vibrant pictures of the specific Pokemon you want to make paper models of.
- 2
  Right-click the image(s) and save them to your desktop in .JPG format. Right-click the icons for the pictures and open them with any graphics-editing software. Windows and Mac operating systems come equipped with a base editor.
- 3
  Use the graphics-editing program to eliminate unnecessary images from the saved pictures. Use the eraser tool to get rid of everything on the image except the Pokemon you want to create on paper.
- 4
  Enlarge the Pokemon, if needed, using the graphics software.
- 5
  Print the Pokemon.
- 6
  Trace the Pokemon with a pencil. Use the eraser for any mistakes you make along the way.
- 7
  Color the Pokemon with the colored pencils and mirror the color scheme in the image you printed and used for tracing.
- 8
  Cut the Pokemon out with appropriately sized scissors. Cut just slightly outside of the initial pencil tracing line.

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