Paper Cutting Workshop
Bring The Art Of Cut Paper To Your Workplace
Looking to incorporate paper cutting into your event? It’s a great fit for special occasions like Lunar New Year, Mid-Autumn Festival, or ESEA Heritage Month, since it showcases one of the most visually striking folk art traditions across China and Japan. With just scissors or a blade and a sheet of paper, your team gets a unique, hands-on way to create something beautiful in a single session. We can run the workshop at any scale, with a full team of instructors on hand. Send us your request below!
Paper Cutting Workshop In London
designed for your event
Planning something for your team, clients or customers around an Asian festival celebration? Our paper cutting workshop works as a standalone activity or as part of a wider event, giving you a genuine hands-on, low-pressure option that produces a striking, colourful result in under an hour.
how to organise?
format
Our paper cutting workshop is often offered as one of the activities within a festive celebration — for example, creating window flowers (窗花) and lucky characters like 福 (fu) for Lunar New Year, or 囍 (double happiness) for weddings and celebrations. Our in-house instructors are qualified teachers experienced in guiding complete beginners through symmetrical folding and cutting techniques.
price
We typically quote for the whole event rather than a set fee per person for paper cutting alone — but as a guide, expect around £10pp for a small to medium beginner workshop.
set up
We bring everything needed to set up your space for paper cutting — for example, festive tablecloths or protective paper covering. All materials included.
DURATION
From our experience, each person spends around 15–20 minutes exploring the art of paper cutting when it’s offered alongside other activities.
Why choose us?
who we are
We’re cultural educators at heart, and craft teachers by trade. Dear Asia workshops exist to share ESEA heritage in a way people can actually feel — through their hands, not just a slideshow. It’s the same care and pride that goes into every workshop and event, whatever the craft.
not just craft
Our workshops work for every skill level — instructors give hands-on help throughout, so everyone leaves with a finished piece they’re proud of. But the craft is only half of it. Underneath is the story: the festivals, beliefs and traditions that ESEA communities have carried for generations, and that we bring to life in the room with you.
one stop shop event partner
Our full time team are experienced event organisers. We bring together event facilitators and craft instructors, so you don’t need to source multiple suppliers yourself. On the day, we handle setup, materials and introductions end to end — you just need to book the room.
Jianzhi 剪纸
Chinese paper cutting is one of the oldest and most recognised folk art forms in China, recognised by UNESCO as part of humanity’s Intangible Cultural Heritage. Traditionally made with red paper, jianzhi is used to decorate windows and doors for Lunar New Year, turning a single sheet of paper into intricate, symbolic designs — from lucky characters to animals and flowers.
Kirigami 切り紙
Kirigami combines the Japanese words for “cut” (kiru) and “paper” (kami), extending origami’s folding tradition with careful cutting to create symmetrical patterns — from New Year decorations to modern pop-up art.
Our client reviews
Read reviews from our clients to see how our cultural workshops have made a positive impact on workplace cultural diversity.
What a fantastic event. I have had several colleagues approach me to tell that it was their favorite event they’ve been to!
Everyone at the event gave the most positive feedback about the session and are dying to have you guys come back for other events.
I’m very pleased with how the workshop turned out. Everyone loved the mooncakes and tea, and had a fantastic time. Thanks for the quiz prizes as well.
We’ve invited Dear Asia to run events for our teams two years in a row, and they’ve been fantastic each time. We definitely recommend them.
Paper Cutting Workshop FAQs
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