World Papercraft Buildings of the World Series India

Canon World Papercraft Mini-book

Buildings of the World Series India

Taj Mahal
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(section 1)
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*Cut out the card above and save it. You can collect the cards from each of the Papercraft projects to make your own mini-book! Print out pages 1 through 4, cut out each individual part along their cut lines, and fold along the mountain and valley fold lines.

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1. Build dome 1
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2. Build domes 2 - 5 and

the minaret caps

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3. Build the minarets

roll into a tube and glue together minaret caps 1 - 4

4. Build the main building

dome 2 dome 5 glue here main building roof dome 3 main building walls 1 dome 4

5. Build the base

minaret 1 minaret 2 minaret 4 minaret 3 insert into hole

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6. Put it all together

dome 1

insert into hole cut out hole

main building

base main building walls 2 minaret walls 1 - 4

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Directions

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The Taj Mahal was built by Shah Jahan, ruler of the Mughal Empire, as a mausoleum for his deceased wife. Construction took 20 years. This Islamic monument exhibits perfect symmetry. Today it is considered as one of the most beautiful buildings in the world.

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Main building walls 1

Taj Mahal

(section 2)
cut line mountain fold line valley fold line

glue to main building roof

glue to main building roof

Front steps
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E Main building walls 2

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G Dome 2 Dome 3 Dome 4

H Dome 5

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World Papercraft Buildings of the World Series India

Base
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Taj Mahal

(section 3)
cut line
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mountain fold line valley fold line

cut out

cut out

Canon World Papercraft

cut out

Buildings of the World India

Taj Mahal

cut out

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glue front steps here

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World Papercraft Buildings of the World Series India

glue to main building walls

Taj Mahal
Minaret cap 1

(section 4)
Minaret cap 2

Main building roof

cut line mountain fold line valley fold line

dome 5

dome 4

glue to main building walls

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dome 1

Minaret cap 3

Minaret cap 4

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dome 2 dome 3

glue here glue to main building walls

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Minaret walls 1

Minaret walls 2

Minaret walls 3

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Minaret walls 4

glue to underside of base

glue to underside of base

glue to underside of base

glue to underside of base

glue here