Saturday 21 July 2012

Cigarette Packet Dog

I am looking for any information on how to make a dog out of cigarette packets.

The purpose of this website is to gather as much information as possible about constructing Cigarette Packet Dogs, share the knowledge with others and hopefully prevent this craft from dying out.

I remember as a young boy in the 1950s being shown a dog made out of Woodbine cigarette packets, similar to the one pictured below. Unfortunately, I was never shown how it was made and have wondered ever since how it was done.

This seems to be another one of those crafts that is dying out. Possible reasons for this was the introduction of the flip-top cigarette packet (less material was available to use) and the legislation forcing manufaturers to add Health Warnings. The text type health warnings introduced in 1971 wasn't too bad but the  graphic type health warnings cover most of the packet and aren't very nice to look at.

In this day and age where most people are aware of the benefits of recycling, what better way of reusing your empty cigarette packets.







Measurements

Length: 14½" (36cm)
Height: 11½" (28cm)
Width:      6" (15cm)






This particular model is made from a mixture of Lambert & Butler, Raffles and Richmond Superkings 20s cigarette packets.

If you can offer any information, photos, drawings or anything else on how to construct this type of cigarette packet model, it would be very much appreciated.  Anything suitable will be added to this website for others to share in.





Basic Construction Details

After studying one of the dogs that I have, I can see that a sequence of squares made up from 4 strips is used for construction. Each strip cut horizontaly across the cigarette packet makes a flattened loop. By connecting a series of 4 strips together they form a square with 4 legs. These legs are then used to make another connecting square and so on. As yet I still have to work out where to start the model and how to make shapes.

I hope the above pictures help you get started. As I obtain  more construction details or any other information, I will add it to this site.

I would also like to add a Picture Gallery page of any  models you have. If you have any pictures please send them to kamiorijo@gmail.com and I will include them on it. If you could give me any information about pictures you send, that would be even better. Any pictures sent will be credited to yourself.

Any comments you have would be most welcome.



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20 comments:

Anonymous said...

is this for real?

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the useful guide. I remember a friend of mine having one of these, in the 1950s, that her Uncle had made for her, and I yearned for one ever since.
Remembering this, all these years later, made me search out for information on how these were made, and it's lovely to find out a bit more.

Anonymous said...

I have had the same yearning as you to keep this art alive,although at this stage I don't have the answer. Thanks for the blog sight.

printcosmo said...

How pretty these photos are looking. I always need cigarette boxes for my brand.

Unknown said...

Does anyone know roughly how much one would be worth?

Anonymous said...

I made some back in the seventies and intend to make some more and post tutorial for future reference.. will posta link here when done... mart

Richard M. said...

I have been making them since the mid-1970s and still make them.

Gene Poole said...

Full tutorial at https://cardkraftdogs.blogspot.com/. Make one yourself, its easy....

Unknown said...

I made these in the nineteen fifties. They can be made using any light cardboard such as the 12 pack Coke cans but you have to glue them together,to make strips,-180 per "standard" dog.
Search the Web for diagrams of many other Animals etc that can be made from strips of Cardboard. Hint start at the nose:- !

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Eivlys Ledurt said...

�� Je sais que sa dans les années 1970-1976, que j'en,
Fabriquait avec mes cousines et nous avions besoin
En tout de 75 paquets de cigarettes King size
Et j'ai regarder vos mesure qui sont exacte
Si je me souvient bien , de plus votre thecnique
D'entrecroisement est parfaitement bien fait
Car aucuns collage n'ai utilisé voilà ce que je
Me souviens! 😳

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Unknown said...

I saw my first one of these in Moggerhanger Park Museum this week. It was made around 1959 from Woodbine cigarette packets by a patient at the (then) hospital. I'd really like to make one, so I'll keep looking!

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Anonymous said...

My aunt showed me one of those when I was a child in the 1960's. Have made them out of soap boxes, toothpaste boxes (shiny and glittery!), even a giant one out of Cheerios boxes. Honestly, I don't understand why anyone would need instructions. Just cut some 1 by 4 strips or just a little narrower so things aren't so tight and start building. Every piece and joint is woven until the very last one, which is glued. That last one is usually hidden at the bottom. It doesn't matter where you start. I would make the dog nose and legs first as separate pieces and weave them in later. I made them at six years of age without instructions.