The Sims 4 papercraft skill introduced in the newly released Adventure Awaits expansion pack is one of four new skills and my personal favorite. There are tons of different items for sims to craft out of paper, so let’s take a detailed look at this new 10 level skill.
The Sims 4 Papercraft Skill Guide
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Skill Building Activities
To build The Sims 4 papercraft skill you’ll need to purchase the DIY Delight Papercrafting Kit for §20. This item is found under the “Creative” section of the “Activities and Skills” tab of Buy Mode.
Sims 4 Papercraft Skill Overview
| Level | Rewards |
| 1 | Craft: Origami Butterflies, Paper Airplanes, and Papier-Mâché Funky Animals |
| 2 | Craft: Papier-Mâché Plants and Magical Origami Butterflies More Colors: Origami butterflies, paper airplanes, and papier-mâché funky animals |
| 3 | Craft: Cootie Catchers More Colors: Origami butterflies, paper airplanes, papier-mâché plants, and funky animals |
| 4 | Craft: Origami Frogs, Friendship Cards, and Peculiar Plumbird Papier- Mâché Masks More Colors: Papier-mâché plants and paper airplanes |
| 5 | Craft: Papier-Mâché (Better) Animals More Colors: Origami frogs, friendship cards, and plumbird masks |
| 6 | Craft: Origami Llamas and Love Cards More Colors: Origami frogs, (better) animals, friendship cards, and plumbird masks |
| 7 | Craft: Origami Cranes More Colors: Origami llamas, love cards, and (better) animals |
| 8 | Craft: Origami Jellyfish and Celebration Cards More Colors: Origami cranes and llamas |
| 9 | Craft: Consolation Cards and Wall-Mounted Papier-Mâché Animal Heads More Colors: Origami cranes and jellyfish |
| 10 | Craft: Totally Realistic Papier-Mâché Critters More Colors: Origami jellyfish and animal heads |
Skill Level Perks and Rewards
Hold on to your notebooks because there is A LOT to make with The Sims 4 papercraft skill. This is a Level 10 skill so they certainly didn’t skimp out.
Level 1
One of the first pieces of origami your Sim will be able to make with the Sims 4 papercraft skill is the origami butterfly. The starting colors are white, black, and red with more unlocking as your Sim levels up. This is consistent across all of the origami pieces.
By clicking on the butterfly in your Sim’s inventory, you can choose to make it attach to the wall or sit on a shelf.
On the top right is the Magical Origami Butterfly of which you will need to finish the butterfly and moth collection before you can make.
Your Sim will also be able to make a paper airplane right from the start. Once crafted, your Sim is able to toss them around the room and watch them fly.
Your Sim’s first papier-mâché projects will be none other than the Funky Animals collection in all their glory.
Two other papercraft items your Sim can make are actually mistakes when trying to make something else. They’re still worth a call-out because you can still display them in their monstrous glory.
Level 2
For Sims who lack green thumbs, but have a surplus of creativity, papier-mâché plants are now a possibility. No watering necessary.
At level two of the Sims 4 papercraft skill you’ll also be able to craft Magical Origami Butterflies, but there’s a catch. In order to create this amazing critter you’ll need to first finish the butterfly and moth collection. It’s absolutely worth it because not only is the Magical Origami Butterfly gorgeous, it can also COME TO LIFE by placing it in a butterfly habitat.
Level 3
Fortunes foretold by the fold. You know them. You love them. It’s time to craft the always fabulous cootie catchers.
These fully functional items can be used to tell the fortunes of friends, family, and total strangers. It’s not just for looks either, the Sim will earn a moodlet based how the reading goes.
This is by far my favorite part of the Sims 4 papercraft skill. The nostalgia hit hard with this one.
Level 4
Nothing too special here, just some lovely frogs.
How cute are these friendship cards? Not only are they adorable, but they’re also functional!
By clicking on the card either in the world or in your Sim’s inventory, you can opt to write in them. Each card comes with a specific default message for that card’s style, which is a really nice touch. I love how well thought out the Sims 4 papercraft skill is.
Once your Sim levels up to four, you’re probably wondering what the “Peculiar Plumbird Papier-Mâché Mask” is in the pop-up.
I guarantee you aren’t ready for it.
I know I wasn’t.
When wearing the mask, your Sim will get a playful moodlet and default to using the creepy walk. It comes in 8 different colors and they’re all magnificent. Sadly it’s not an item that can be displayed.
Level 5
We had our funky animals and now it’s time for (better) animal papier-mâché. Better is certainly subjective in this case because I love the funky collection better in the Sims 4 papercraft skill. Sorry ’bout it.
Level 6
Llamas. Because of course there are llamas.
Weirdly, the only origami animal in the Sims 4 papercraft skill that lacks an option to hang it on the wall.
Love cards work just like the friendship cards in that each style has its own default message, but you can change it to anything you want before gifting it to another sim.
Level 7
Origami cranes are able to be placed on shelves or hung on the wall, but what I really would have loved was the ability to hang them from ceilings.
Level 8
The residents of Gibbi Point take much pride in their jellyfish, so of course you’ll be able to make them out of origami in the Sims 4 papercraft skill.
A celebration card for special occasions. Sadly, no variants as this is the only one you can make.
Level 9
When I first read “Wall-Mounted Animal Heads” I got sad, but upon making one and realizing it’s more a mask than anything I was happy. They’re incredibly cute. I only wish my Sims could wear them like the Plumbird mask.
Like the celebration card, the consolation card doesn’t have any variants, sadly.
Level 10
Not going to lie. The “Totally Realistic Papier-Mâché Critters” had me cackling. I respect the Sims Team so much for roasting themselves for their wild bird meshes that we’ve had in game for years and years.
None of the crafts in the Sims 4 papercraft skill is a better fit for level 10 than this.
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I love the birds and how realistic they are to the game
The in game real birds look exactly like this paper bird. Awesome!