I love Legos. I love Legos in a – buy them in secret and wait until all the kids go to bed – type of way. I remember when the Lego Simpsons and the VW T1 Camper van came out, I avoided going into the Lego store at the mall for fear I could not control myself, or worse, that Nivek would want one and I would’t get to have the coveted experience of putting them together by myself (See also: alone); I still have not had this pleasure. So, when when I saw the collection of paper trophies by Paperwolf, excited was an understatement.

The kit is delivered in pre-cut pieces made of thick paper (color of your choosing) with the folding lines already perforated. The perforations come in two patterns, and depending on which pattern it is (dash-dash-dash or dash-dot-dash), is whether you fold the paper toward or away from you. In total, this paper elephant took me roughly 8 hours, spread over a few nights. Recently Paperwolf started offering some of the trophies in black, which add a new dimension to the experience, seeing as you cannot visually see the perforations. Each piece will need to be held up against the light to see the line, and compared to a printed pattern that is included with the order. I definitely would not recommend starting with a black one, but I can’t wait. I just need to decide which one.