construction paper

American  

noun

1. a heavy groundwood paper in sheets of various sizes and colors for use especially in making posters and cutouts.

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Etymology

Origin of construction paper

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

To find out, researchers attached live mosquitoes to strips of construction paper and dangled them in front of 19 ray spiders.

From Science Magazine

Use construction paper and markers to make butterfly wings.

From Seattle Times

And just in case I had missed it, there was a framed drawing on yellow construction paper by his daughter that said in big black letters: “Pulitzer Prize Finalist.”

From Seattle Times

Using the pile of construction paper, markers, and tape, we began sketching screenshots of how we imagined our app would look, on cardboard cutouts shaped like cell phones.

From Literature

If you want to add color to your can, cut a piece of construction paper to fit the size of the coffee can all the way around.

From National Geographic Kids