Paper Squishy Printable Templates PDF
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Squishies are such a hot trend at the moment!
Unless you've been living under a rock for a while, you'll already know that a squishy is a special type of soft squeezable fidget toy designed for stress relief - a bit like the stress balls of yesteryear, but way more fun.
But instead of those boring office appropriate designs, these ones are bright, colourful and intended for everyone, the most popular ones being shaped like either animals or food. The coolest one of the moment is the viral dumpling squishy, contained in it's own steamer box.
With an adorable smile and it's own little home it has captured peoples hearts around the world!
The other most popular designs are shaped like food packaging such as Japanese-style butter packs (longer and narrower than the typical UK butter packaging), chunks of cartoonish cheese and pieces of fruit are the most sought-after.
The downside of the trend is that the squishies are mostly made from unrecyclable plastic, and there have been reports of some toys containing dangerous chemicals, after unsafe counterfeit squishy toys were seized by Trading Standards officers, having been found to contain unsafe levels of chemical hazards as well as labelling issues, choking hazards, and a lack of age warnings on the packaging.
You can avoid all this and give the kids a really fun craft activity to keep them occupied by making your own squishies - out of paper.
A paper squishy is a homemade, squeezable toy made by coloring, decorating, and taping or gluing paper shapes together and then filling them with soft material like pillow stuffing (Poly-fil), cotton balls, or by recycling plastic grocery bags. It is a creative, low-cost DIY alternative to store-bought foam squishies, as well as giving that sense of acheivement of having made something of your own.
And there are lots of free printable squishy designs available to download and print out, including dumplings, butter packs, beautiful Japanese-style product packaging, fruit and vegetables, food and cute animals.
Here is your chance to get into the viral squishy trend with your own creativity. These are some of our favourites.
Free Printable Paper Squishy Templates
Get your paper, sticky tape, scissors and glue at the ready - here are some of the best and cutest paper squishy templates that you can print out!
Some of these designs are available as printable PDFs, while others are images.
These can be printed by clicking on the three dots at the right hand corner of your screen. If you are on a desktop computor or a laptop, you should be able to print directly from your browser. If you are viewing on a phone or tablet, you'll have to download the image and print from your image gallery.
If you don't have a printer, use the templates as inspiration to create your own squishy, draw your own design, colour it in just how you like it and then build it yourself.
- Cookie Paper Squishy Template
Yum! A warm chocolate chip cookie paper squishy template with matching round pieces, a generous sealing ring, and an optional side band.
- Mölang Paper Squishy
Molang is a French-South Korean animated preschool television series. Molang is an enthusiastic, happy and optimistic rabbit, and their roommate Piu Piu, a timid and introverted chick.
- Butter Pack Template
Butter is one of the most popular squishy templates. This classic design is a cheerful yellow.
- Cheese Squishy Template
Make this charming cheese wedge by downloading the PDF or complete ZIP pack. The files include color printables and coloring templates plus assembly steps for a soft 3D paper squishy.
- Grogu Paper Squishy
Star Wars fans will love this one - Grogu (nicknamed Baby Yoda) in the form of a squishy square.
Adorable!
- Dumpling Squishy PDF Pattern
Download a cute dumpling squishy PDF pattern and make a soft-looking squishy dumpling paper toy at home with A4 print notes and craft tips.
- Kawaii Dumpling Container Paper Squishy
An original super-kawaii dumpling container paper squishy, with a removable pink lid.
There are both full colour and coloring templates for even more creative fun.
- DIY Cookie Paper Squishy
Colour your own squishy with this quick and fun craft. Depending on how quickly you color, it should take you about half an hour from start to finish.
- Butter Squishy Paper Template
Download a free butter squishy paper template with A4 print notes, fold guides, soft stuffing tips, and original butter-style craft art.
- Avocado Paper Squishy
This is so cute, and simple to make. There is also a strawberry, pizza, cupcake and doughnut template available to download at the same time.
- Minion Paper Squishy Box Template
Bello! You can make this sweet Minon cube squishy quickly and easily.
- Slice Of Cake Template
This template is actually intended to make a whole cardboard cake in separate slices, but it would work well as a squishy too.
You could even make a whole cake as a group project!
- Dumpling Squishy Template
A really nice simple dumpling design, with the sweetest little expression on it's face.
- Watermelon Paper Squishy Template
A bright watermelon paper squishy template with matching fruit slices, layered rind colors, seed details, and two optional edge strips.
- Sour Patch Kids Box
Sweet! Make your own Sour Patch Kids box squishy with this template.
- Mochi Box Squishy Template
Mochi is actually a simple Japanese rice cake, usually eaten on at special festive occasions. Here in the UK we love the ice cream filled versions available in the freezer section of our local supermarket (I know I do!).
This squishy version is a calorie free packaging design.
- Skittles Squishy Template
Colour your own rainbow of fruit flavours with this colouring template for a Skittles packet.
- NeeDoh Squishy Printable Template
NeeDoh is a very popular brand of squishy toy. This template gives you the chancet to make your very on paper version. There are lots of colourful designs available too.
- Dice Printable Squishy Template
No Dice? Well, make your own dice squishy with this groovy, psychedelic space print template.
- Duo Owl Squishy Cube
Are you studying a language (or chess, maths or music for that matter) with Duolingo? This cute Duo squishy will always remind you to keep your streak going!