# Cardboard Cut-Out Puppets: motion graphics style

> Chunky letters cut from corrugated cardboard, with fluted edges, tape and doodles, pop up on sticks behind a cardboard stage and wobble by hand. A scrappy DIY look for maker brands, kids shows and indie launches.

- Category: [Paper & Craft](https://aimotions.art/category/paper-craft/)
- Also known as: cardboard letters, corrugated cardboard text, cardboard cutout animation, diy cardboard type, kraft paper letters, cardboard puppet theater, handmade cardboard
- Demo built with: Canvas · Energy: Lively · Background: Light bg
- Live demo: https://aimotions.art/styles/corrugated-cardboard/
- Spanish version: https://aimotions.art/es/estilos/corrugated-cardboard/

## Prompt (replace [TEXT] with your text)

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Make [TEXT] a cardboard puppet show. Cut each chunky block letter roughly out of corrugated cardboard: kraft-brown faces with faint ridges and stains, and thick cut edges that show the wavy flute layer between two liners. Stick masking tape and black marker doodles (stars, arrows, scribbles) on a few letters. Mount every letter on a wooden stick behind a ragged cardboard stage front, in front of a flattened cardboard box printed with shipping arrows, its middle brushed with blue poster-paint sky and chunky white clouds. Letters pop up from behind the stage one by one with a springy overshoot, then bob and tilt independently, animated on twos (12 fps) with a little jitter as if puppeteered by hand. After a hold they duck back down one by one and the loop restarts.
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## Visual DNA

- Thick cardboard letters showing the wavy flute layer along their cut edges
- Kraft-brown faces with faint corrugation ridges, rough hand-cut outlines
- Masking tape and marker scribbles; a poster-paint sky brushed onto the box
- Letters on wooden sticks rising from behind a ragged cardboard stage front
- Hand-puppeted wobble on twos (12 fps) with per-frame jitter

The prompts are free to copy, adapt and use in personal and commercial projects, with no credit required. Republishing the collection or a substantial part of it (for example as another library or a dataset) requires written permission.

How to cite: Cardboard Cut-Out Puppets, aimotions, https://aimotions.art/styles/corrugated-cardboard/