My favorite papercraft projects
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Ok, the (admittedly a bit crazy) design of this toy was prompted by my 3 years old son who – not unusual for his gender and age – is somewhat fixated on guns. I am not exactly thrilled by his infatuation with guns, and I certainly don’t want to promote it.
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Here is a kind of ‘interactive’ model and actually quite a nice toy: A ‘working’ instant camera made from paper: So, what do I mean by working? Well, you can turn the crank on the right-hand side and the camera will output a picture you have taken. The mechanism is
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This is definitely one of the nerdier projects I have pursued. A multiplication machine made from paper, powered by marbles running through the machine. Here it is in action: You can build one yourself, if you are so inclined - you will find the template at the end of the
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Update: The alphabet is now available as a beautifully printed book. It makes a nice gift for preschool kids and students starting to read and write. This is the official announcement for the papercraft alphabet I just finished uploading. That was quite some work, especially with two hyperactive kids climbing
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Arrr… yes, mate, your eyes aren’t betraying you – this here is a pirate fish. And not the modern kind either, but a true buccaneer, navigating the seven seas shipless. This one turned out nicer than I expected, therefore I almost feel inclined to make a whole crew – or should
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If the earth just isn’t enough for you, here is an astronaut ready to conquer space. And if you are in for a little space race, please meet his friend the cosmonaut. 021_astronaut021_astronaut.pdf60 KBdownload-circle
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This is a small cardboard toucan. It can sit on the corner of, say, your NEC monitor. In order to make that work, you have to glue a small weight such as a coin to the inside of the feet, like so: This will give enough balance to keep the
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Another year begins, meaning it’s time for a new calendar. It just so happens I made a weekly-calendar-enabled stegosaurus: Now the most interesting feature of a stegosaurus, on which Wikipedia has to say quite a bit, are the plates. Large scaly disks, of which neither the exact configuration nor
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When it comes to finger dolls, it seems I have a slight bias for northern European forest beasts. Here is a crow: This one goes well with the fox and the bear. Here is the template: crowcrow.pdf39 KBdownload-circle
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Following the finger doll bear, here is his good friend the fox: Again, very simple to build, definitely worthwile as a beginner’s project. And here is the PDF template: foxfox.pdf39 KBdownload-circle
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Meet Randy the office rat. He’s a pretty nice guy – if you know him better. In fact, Randy’s the coworker of your dreams. If you dream of coworkers like Randy, that is. And the best thing about Randy? It just so happens you can build him yourself. Here
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Here is company for the dog and the cow: A hippo. This is admittedly somewhat complicated to assemble. The head is curved, and getting the curvature right takes a little bit of patience. The rest of the model is very simple, but the head can give you, well, some headache.