Valentines Day Pop Up Cards

Wow, Valentines Day isn't far away! As a recently married man I need to be on my A game this year :) So over the next couple of weeks I'm going to do my best to find the best papercraft and paper related goodies that you can make that special person in your life this year.

First we are going to need a card right? I'm a big fan of popup cards personally so here's a couple to get the ball rolling!

You can grab instructions for a love heart popup card here and a Valentine Candy Box popup card here.

Japanese Ship Papercrafts

You have got to love Japanese corporations approach to Papercraft, it almost seems like every business has to have a papercraft or two of their product or service, case in point check out the ships on the NYK site, I'm guessing these guys are ship builders?

Nice Models for the seafarers out there. Grab them here

C3PO paper model

Now you can be just like Anakin Skywalker and build your own C3PO model :) One of my favourite characters from the Star Wars universe, C3PO always seemed to be stressed about something and got dragged from one adventure to another with his various owners. A great looking C3PO paper model is available from this site.

Don’t forget to check out the homepage of this site for some more excellently constructed models to download.

Paper Models of Transformers

Although I really enjoyed the recent Transformers movie on the big screen, after watching it again on DVD I couldn't help feel somewhat disillusioned by Hollywood's treatment of an eighties classic, what if they had kept things simple like the good ol' days? Where's Soundwave! Where's Megatron turning into a freaking handgun? In desperation for nostalgia, I went in hunt of some Transformers papercrafts that represented the true school of Transformers and oh boy did I hit the motherload! You can check them out here, a truly impressive collection of Paper Transformers - Let's hope there is even more to come, I can only imagine the possibilities!

Papercraft V12 Engine

Via BoingBoing comes this incredible paper model of a V12 4 stroke engine, from the site:

"Each of 12 spark plugs (LEDs) is ignited accordingly to the moving cycle. Many moveable parts include a compound crankshaft, a rapid cooling fan, 12 rods and 12 pistons etc. It is made with paper entirely (except some little wood sticks, some tapes, some LEDs, some electrical wires, some switches, a motor and a battery holder."

It's an incredible creation that took two years to design and now it can be yours! For what I think is a pretty reasonable price for something that so much love has gone into designing.

You can check it out here

Paper Dolls House

Nice bunch of Japanese Papercraft Doll Houses available from this site. Not only are there household items and dioramas, you can download entire shops - magazine stands, fish and fruit stalls -it's all incredibly cute :)

Grab them all here

AirWolf Paper Model

Ah the eighties, everyone had a cool vehicle in the eighties – Magnum PI had his Ferrari, the A-Team had their van, Knight Rider had Kitt, Bj and the Bear had their mack truck, even Macgyver had his house boat. But probably the coolest TV vehicle to come out of that crazy decade would have had to been Airwolf - I mean it's a freaking supersonic military helicopter.

Show that you are a true child of the eighties with a fantastic Airwolf Papercraft.

Grab it here

Battletech Mad Cat Paper Model

It's been a while since I posted a Mech papercraft so here's one for the giant robot fans :) If you don't recognise this model, here's a brief explanation from the site:

"This is paper model of Madcat (Timber Wolf) 'Mech from Battletech"

It's a nice looking model, grab it here.

Bjork Volta Papercraft

Crazy looking papercraft for a crazy looking album cover for a crazy lady (I mean that in the best possible way too). Bjork's Volta cover was designed by M/M paris, its pretty awesome looking really and hey there's a papercraft as well. Freaking Win!

grab it here

You can purchase the album here too!

Bunny Girl Papercraft Model

This is a pretty cute looking papercraft of a Bunny Girl - we all love Bunny Girls right? Possibly first inspired by Hugh Hefner's Playboy bunnys, Japan has taken the concept and run with it, Japanese Bunny Girls seem to show up all over the place - from games to anime - Bunny girls for the win.

Grab the model here (down the bottom of the page you will find some links to gif files and a PDO file).

Don't forget to check the authors homepage for some more remarkable models.

Dragonball Z Papercraft

Well, Mr. Satan/Hercule and Majin Buu to be precise. They have been created by Mike McDermott - Does that name sound familiar? Well it should, he is the same clever chap that created the Halo Master Chief papercraft featured here (and just about everywhere on the net) not that long ago. I really like Mike's papercraft and I really like Dragonball Z, so these have made my day :)


You can grab Majin Buu here and Hercule here, don't forget to check the rest of Mike's Deviant Art pages out, there are more impressive paper models to be found.

Some more Anime Girl Paper Models

Excuse my ignorance on these models, but I have no idea what they are from, where they are from or what they are all about, they are pretty extra special cute papercrafts though, I know that much! there's 3 in total - all in PDO format - they look pretty complicated so maybe not to good for beginners! Give them a go and have fun!

Grab them here

Mario Papercraft - Thwomp

Nice Thwomp paper model from moreprime.com - Thwomps are those annoying blocks in Mario that tend to fall on Mario and crush him. This is a really nice model! Go grab it here.

Also check this site out for some lols with Thwomps

Thanks Jose!

Star Trek Paper Model

Star Trek is a great television series, some would say the greatest television series ever! Well, who am I to argue? I've always had a soft spot for Kirk and crew, Picard and his shipmates hold their own pretty well too.

Why not make the Trekkie in your life one happy camper by building them a really sweet Papercraft U.S.S. Enterprise for Christmas? Or perhaps you are looking for a holiday project to adorn your desk at work next year?

Hit the link and enjoy!

Don't miss out on the other great Star Trek Models on this site either!

The Borg Cube
U.S.S. Reliant
Vulcan Shuttle

Spiderman Papercraft Plus!

I have mentioned Paper Robot's website around this way before, they are the wonderful folks who created the transforming Optimus Prime papercraft, they have been busy people since last time I checked the site and have an incredible update with tons of new models - of course these aren't your usual run of the mill paper models ever, they are freaking sweet paper models! Go now and download: Spiderman in his classic costume, Spiderman in the black symbiote costume, Evil Dead's Ash and my favorite; a transforming Jetfire. Nice work guys!

Grab them all here

Paper Model Tank

These are a really nice looking set of papercraft tanks from Sega, after a bit of sleuthing I am pretty confident that it comes from the Dreamcast game; Advanced Daisenryaku 2001 and to be honest, the very little I do know about this game is from the fountain of knowledge itself, Wikipedia:

Advanced Daisenryaku 2001 is a follow up to SystemSoft Alpha's Advanced Daisenryaku: Europe no Arashi. Both games run on Sega's Dreamcast system. Advanced Daisenryaku 2001 fixed some bugs and moderately improved the graphics of Europe no Arashi and as such it is less of a sequel and more of a fix.

Grab the papercraft here. (Sadly I can only find the link to one of awesome looking tanks :( If anybody has any luck locating the rest on the site let me know!)

Silent Hill Papercraft

Tubbypaws has been whipping out some pretty sweet papercraft in the last couple of weeks, first the Portal Papercraft which I absolutely love and now a supremely cute Silent Hill paper model, I know you are asking yourself, how can anything to do with Silent Hill be cute? Well, this talented paper modeler has pulled it off superbly. Kudos to Tubbypaws!

Check it out here

Crash Test Bunny Papercraft

The clever people at www.play-roll.com have a fantastic downloadable crash test bunny papercraft for you to print, cut and build. I love it! Don't forget to check out there entire site, plenty of goodies to be had!

Mizuiro Gakuen is back!

One of my favorite paper model creators has resurfaced with a brand new website and a whole bunch of sweet new papercrafts. It's a happy day indeed for paper modellers everywhere, go now and have fun!

Check it out here

Pop Up Christmas Cards and Decorations

It's almost my favorite time of the year again folks - Christmas! - I'm starting to think about who I buy presents for, who just gets a card and who just gets a lump of coal :) Instead of the same old boring overpriced christmas cards, this year i'm doing it in style - Put simply, pop up christmas cards kick ass

Canon Japan to the rescue >>

Check the rest of the links for some other awesome christmas gift boxes and christmas decorations. Here's a list of other DIY Paper Christmas goodies they have on offer:



Christmas Star Box
Christmas Boot Box
Santa Claus Banners
Santa Claus Mask
Santa Hat Ornament
Angel's Wings and Halo Ornament
Santa Claus Christmas Wreath
Basic Christmas Wreath
Christmas Tree Ornament
Snowflake Ornament
Santa Claus Diorama