DIGITPROP - PAPER DESIGNSERVICECUBICITYSEARCHABOUTCONTACT Miniature paper airplane: Hercules C-130. Here is another miniature airplane, the Lockheed Hercules C-130: The C-130 is a versatile transport aircraft. It was designed to be able to use unprepared runways. Due to its robustness and versatility, it is used in more than 40 variants all over the world.

SERVICE | DIGITPROP

Hier klicken für die deutsche Version I am taking on freelance jobs and commissions for paper designs. This includes: Custom paper toys;

Mechanical models

MICRO CITY | DIGITPROP Micro city is a collection of models of buildings, vehicles and infrastructure that are at a small scale, so that a whole city will fit on your desk. I kept the models as simple as possible, most being simple blocks, so that despite their scale, they are easy to build. And it’s actually quite satisfying making them –

GUITAR | DIGITPROP

Guitar. This is a quick project I made on the weekend – we needed a miniature guitar for a doll. The guitar is about 15cm long (including the neck), but you can scale it a bit if you need it smaller or bigger. Just enter a user-defined scale when printing from Adobe Reader. Here is a box of matches for scale: The guitar is easy to make VIRTUAL KIDS BIRTHDAY PARTY IN MINECRAFT Pick one which offers Minecraft servers specifically, so that you do not have to set up Minecraft yourself. One reasonably priced option is Shockbyte.com where you can get a server for 2.50 USD/month. Note that if you want to simply host the birthday party, one month is more than

sufficient.

SOLAR SYSTEM

Solar system. 2014-11-28. Here is something for astronomy geeks: Our solar system as a DIY papercraft kit. The set contains all eight planets, sad little pluto who not too long ago got demoted to ‘dwarf planet’, and – of course – our home star, the sun. Each planet has its name, diameter, distance from the sun and mass printed on the SPACESHIP | DIGITPROP 2015-06. For kids: Spaceship. Kid-friendly papercraft: Spaceship. Many papercraft printables are not accessible to younger children – they require motor skills that only come with age. At the same time, papercrafts are a perfect pastime for young children: They teach important construction and manual skills in a playful way, let

children

K’S TOY HORSE

One particularly iconic and memorable scene is the one where K recounts a memory revolving around a wooden toy horse. So I set out to build one from paper. At the bottom of the page, you will find the printable PDF template. Now, I tried to simplify the overall shape as much as possible, but it still is a difficult model.

PAPERCRAFT ALPHABET

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. HOW TO PRINT A4 TEMPLATES ON US LETTER PAPER History, unfortunately, led to two different paper format systems in the US and Europe – US letter and the A series (here is an interesting history of paper sizes).). The PDF templates on my website are generally in the A4 format. DIGITPROP - PAPER DESIGNSERVICECUBICITYSEARCHABOUTCONTACT Miniature paper airplane: Hercules C-130. Here is another miniature airplane, the Lockheed Hercules C-130: The C-130 is a versatile transport aircraft. It was designed to be able to use unprepared runways. Due to its robustness and versatility, it is used in more than 40 variants all over the world.

SERVICE | DIGITPROP

Hier klicken für die deutsche Version I am taking on freelance jobs and commissions for paper designs. This includes: Custom paper toys;

Mechanical models

MICRO CITY | DIGITPROP Micro city is a collection of models of buildings, vehicles and infrastructure that are at a small scale, so that a whole city will fit on your desk. I kept the models as simple as possible, most being simple blocks, so that despite their scale, they are easy to build. And it’s actually quite satisfying making them –

GUITAR | DIGITPROP

Guitar. This is a quick project I made on the weekend – we needed a miniature guitar for a doll. The guitar is about 15cm long (including the neck), but you can scale it a bit if you need it smaller or bigger. Just enter a user-defined scale when printing from Adobe Reader. Here is a box of matches for scale: The guitar is easy to make VIRTUAL KIDS BIRTHDAY PARTY IN MINECRAFT Pick one which offers Minecraft servers specifically, so that you do not have to set up Minecraft yourself. One reasonably priced option is Shockbyte.com where you can get a server for 2.50 USD/month. Note that if you want to simply host the birthday party, one month is more than

sufficient.

SOLAR SYSTEM

Solar system. 2014-11-28. Here is something for astronomy geeks: Our solar system as a DIY papercraft kit. The set contains all eight planets, sad little pluto who not too long ago got demoted to ‘dwarf planet’, and – of course – our home star, the sun. Each planet has its name, diameter, distance from the sun and mass printed on the SPACESHIP | DIGITPROP 2015-06. For kids: Spaceship. Kid-friendly papercraft: Spaceship. Many papercraft printables are not accessible to younger children – they require motor skills that only come with age. At the same time, papercrafts are a perfect pastime for young children: They teach important construction and manual skills in a playful way, let

children

K’S TOY HORSE

One particularly iconic and memorable scene is the one where K recounts a memory revolving around a wooden toy horse. So I set out to build one from paper. At the bottom of the page, you will find the printable PDF template. Now, I tried to simplify the overall shape as much as possible, but it still is a difficult model.

PAPERCRAFT ALPHABET

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. HOW TO PRINT A4 TEMPLATES ON US LETTER PAPER History, unfortunately, led to two different paper format systems in the US and Europe – US letter and the A series (here is an interesting history of paper sizes).). The PDF templates on my website are generally in the A4 format.

SOLAR SYSTEM

Solar system. 2014-11-28. Here is something for astronomy geeks: Our solar system as a DIY papercraft kit. The set contains all eight planets, sad little pluto who not too long ago got demoted to ‘dwarf planet’, and – of course – our home star, the sun. Each planet has its name, diameter, distance from the sun and mass printed on the TUTORIAL ON MAKING THE ALPHABET LETTERS Update: The alphabet is now available as a beautifully printed book.Since it contains the letters already precut, it saves a lot of time. I noticed that the papercraft alphabet created some interest among people who are not (yet) experienced in papercrafting. Therefore, some letters turned out to be a bit too difficult for some, which prompted me to write this little tutorial. MULTIPLICATION MACHINE A multiplication machine made from paper, powered by marbles running through the machine. Here is it in action: You can build one yourself, if are so inclined – you will find the template at the end of this post. Here it performs a 4×3 multiplication: This is where you set the first factor, by adding the corresponding number of marbles: This

GUITAR | DIGITPROP

Guitar. This is a quick project I made on the weekend – we needed a miniature guitar for a doll. The guitar is about 15cm long (including the neck), but you can scale it a bit if you need it smaller or bigger. Just enter a user-defined scale when printing from Adobe Reader. Here is a box of matches for scale: The guitar is easy to make

F IS FOR FLY

When you build this, it is very important that glue a small weight – such as a cent coin – into the base, otherwise the center of gravity will be too far to the right and will make the fly fall over. You will find the other 25 letters of the papercraft alphabet here. Here is the template as a PDF file. This work is licensed under a Creative

ALPHABET BOXES

Alphabet boxes. 2015-11-18. Here is a set of 26 box templates, one for each letter of the alphabet, available from my Etsy store. They make a nice wrapping for a personalized gift. You can use them for initials, spell a whole name or even a little message: Here is a video for a closer look: YouTube.

A IS FOR ASTRONAUT

A is for Astronaut. So, here it is – the first letter of the papercraft alphabet. The astronaut: Here is the template as a PDF file. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. For

more details on

N IS FOR NINJA

N is for Ninja. 2012-07-01. Congratulation: If you made all other letters in alphabetical order, you are now halfway there – this is the 14th of the 26 letters. In typical ninja fashion, this guy is quite sneaky: If you approach him from the front, he looks just like a plain and inconspicuous letter N. RED LINES (UNCONNECTED EDGES) IN PEPAKURA To fix this, go into Edit Mode, then press A to select all vertices, then press W and “Remove doubles”. If that doesn’t help, in Edit Mode press ctrl+alt+shift+M. This selects non-manifold edges, i.e. edges where the model is open. Then press alt+M in order to merge the affected vertices. If the problem still persists, you can recalculate NUCLEAR BOY AND HIS DIGESTIVELY IMPAIRED POSSE Nuclear Boy and his digestively impaired posse. 2011-04-02. Most of you will by now have seen the video of Nuclear Boy and his tummy problems. The media artist Kazuhiko Hachyia and the community have created a simultaneously hilarious and touching PA-style film which explains in a child-friendly way what’s going on at Fukushima. DIGITPROP - PAPER DESIGNSERVICECUBICITYSEARCHABOUTCONTACT Miniature paper airplane: Hercules C-130. Here is another miniature airplane, the Lockheed Hercules C-130: The C-130 is a versatile transport aircraft. It was designed to be able to use unprepared runways. Due to its robustness and versatility, it is used in more than 40 variants all over the world. MICRO CITY | DIGITPROP Micro city is a collection of models of buildings, vehicles and infrastructure that are at a small scale, so that a whole city will fit on your desk. I kept the models as simple as possible, most being simple blocks, so that despite their scale, they are easy to build. And it’s actually quite satisfying making them – VIRTUAL KIDS BIRTHDAY PARTY IN MINECRAFT Pick one which offers Minecraft servers specifically, so that you do not have to set up Minecraft yourself. One reasonably priced option is Shockbyte.com where you can get a server for 2.50 USD/month. Note that if you want to simply host the birthday party, one month is more than

sufficient.

MULTIPLICATION MACHINE A multiplication machine made from paper, powered by marbles running through the machine. Here is it in action: You can build one yourself, if are so inclined – you will find the template at the end of this post. Here it performs a 4×3 multiplication: This is where you set the first factor, by adding the corresponding number of marbles: This SCAVENGER HUNT IN THE DARK A package of 100 glow-in-the-dark sticks. A couple of flash lights and spare batteries. When the hunt began, we turned off all the lights in the house. Since the sun had already set quite some time ago, it was literally pitch black. Each kid got a flash light, and together they got the first clue: A scrambled message.

K’S TOY HORSE

One particularly iconic and memorable scene is the one where K recounts a memory revolving around a wooden toy horse. So I set out to build one from paper. At the bottom of the page, you will find the printable PDF template. Now, I tried to simplify the overall shape as much as possible, but it still is a difficult model.

PAPERCRAFT ALPHABET

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. HOW TO PRINT A4 TEMPLATES ON US LETTER PAPER History, unfortunately, led to two different paper format systems in the US and Europe – US letter and the A series (here is an interesting history of paper sizes).). The PDF templates on my website are generally in the A4 format. ROCKING HORSE PEOPLE EAT MARSHMALLOW PIES Rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies. 2012-02-06. Ok, I’ll admit it: I’m officially an old man. I know Beatlemania is long over, and society has moved on, but what can I do – I’m still a Beatles fan. And as embarrasing as it may be, I especially like their classics. Such as Lucy in the Sky. CORELDRAW 11 CRASHES ON CORE I7 CPU I just had to reinstall CorelDraw 11 on a relatively new machine with an Intel Core i7 CPU, running under 64 bit Windows 7. I know this is an unusual scenario, but I also know that a lot of people still use older CorelDraw versions, so I thought I’d share a problem and its

solution:

DIGITPROP - PAPER DESIGNSERVICECUBICITYSEARCHABOUTCONTACT Miniature paper airplane: Hercules C-130. Here is another miniature airplane, the Lockheed Hercules C-130: The C-130 is a versatile transport aircraft. It was designed to be able to use unprepared runways. Due to its robustness and versatility, it is used in more than 40 variants all over the world. MICRO CITY | DIGITPROP Micro city is a collection of models of buildings, vehicles and infrastructure that are at a small scale, so that a whole city will fit on your desk. I kept the models as simple as possible, most being simple blocks, so that despite their scale, they are easy to build. And it’s actually quite satisfying making them – VIRTUAL KIDS BIRTHDAY PARTY IN MINECRAFT Pick one which offers Minecraft servers specifically, so that you do not have to set up Minecraft yourself. One reasonably priced option is Shockbyte.com where you can get a server for 2.50 USD/month. Note that if you want to simply host the birthday party, one month is more than

sufficient.

MULTIPLICATION MACHINE A multiplication machine made from paper, powered by marbles running through the machine. Here is it in action: You can build one yourself, if are so inclined – you will find the template at the end of this post. Here it performs a 4×3 multiplication: This is where you set the first factor, by adding the corresponding number of marbles: This SCAVENGER HUNT IN THE DARK A package of 100 glow-in-the-dark sticks. A couple of flash lights and spare batteries. When the hunt began, we turned off all the lights in the house. Since the sun had already set quite some time ago, it was literally pitch black. Each kid got a flash light, and together they got the first clue: A scrambled message.

K’S TOY HORSE

One particularly iconic and memorable scene is the one where K recounts a memory revolving around a wooden toy horse. So I set out to build one from paper. At the bottom of the page, you will find the printable PDF template. Now, I tried to simplify the overall shape as much as possible, but it still is a difficult model.

PAPERCRAFT ALPHABET

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. HOW TO PRINT A4 TEMPLATES ON US LETTER PAPER History, unfortunately, led to two different paper format systems in the US and Europe – US letter and the A series (here is an interesting history of paper sizes).). The PDF templates on my website are generally in the A4 format. ROCKING HORSE PEOPLE EAT MARSHMALLOW PIES Rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies. 2012-02-06. Ok, I’ll admit it: I’m officially an old man. I know Beatlemania is long over, and society has moved on, but what can I do – I’m still a Beatles fan. And as embarrasing as it may be, I especially like their classics. Such as Lucy in the Sky. CORELDRAW 11 CRASHES ON CORE I7 CPU I just had to reinstall CorelDraw 11 on a relatively new machine with an Intel Core i7 CPU, running under 64 bit Windows 7. I know this is an unusual scenario, but I also know that a lot of people still use older CorelDraw versions, so I thought I’d share a problem and its

solution:

SOLAR SYSTEM

Solar system. 2014-11-28. Here is something for astronomy geeks: Our solar system as a DIY papercraft kit. The set contains all eight planets, sad little pluto who not too long ago got demoted to ‘dwarf planet’, and – of course – our home star, the sun. Each planet has its name, diameter, distance from the sun and mass printed on the

GUITAR | DIGITPROP

Guitar. This is a quick project I made on the weekend – we needed a miniature guitar for a doll. The guitar is about 15cm long (including the neck), but you can scale it a bit if you need it smaller or bigger. Just enter a user-defined scale when printing from Adobe Reader. Here is a box of matches for scale: The guitar is easy to make PAPERCRAFT | DIGITPROP 2011 - May. Blender is an excellent open-source 3D modelling application. Pepakura Designer (short: Pepakura) is a very useful tool for papercrafting, which converts 3D models to 2D templates which can be printed on paper, cut and assembled into the original 3D model. The

two are a

SKELETON | SEARCH RESULTS | DIGITPROP Search Results for: skeleton. Halloween special – papercraft skeleton. Here is a quick little papercraft project for Halloween – a skeleton for the kids: This one is quite easy to make, however you may need to tweak it a bit in order to have it stand stably. Here is the PDF template: skeleton

P IS FOR PARROT

This will allow the parrot to stand up and not fall over: Next, glue the edge faces to one of the two P sides, following the outline: Finally, close the shape by gluing the remaining P face to the edge. You will find the other 25 letters of the papercraft alphabet here. Here is the template as a PDF file. This work is licensed under a

Creative

PAPERCRAFT ALPHABET

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. PAPER INSTANT CAMERA Here is how to build this thing: Start by downloading, printing and cutting out the PDF template at the bottom of this page. First, we will build the bottom of the camera, which will hold the pictures. In order to hold the remaining pictures back in the camera, we

N IS FOR NINJA

N is for Ninja. 2012-07-01. Congratulation: If you made all other letters in alphabetical order, you are now halfway there – this is the 14th of the 26 letters. In typical ninja fashion, this guy is quite sneaky: If you approach him from the front, he looks just like a plain and inconspicuous letter N.

LITTLE TOY COTTAGE

Little toy cottage. 2011-07-27. This little project is quite a contrast to the previously made P-Body – Not surprisingly, actually, as this was commissioned by a 4-year old girl. And girlish it is indeed: A nice little cottage. This can be used as a toy, or just for decoration. The original template is a

U IS FOR UFO

2012-07-01. Turns out there are surprisingly few concrete nouns in English starting with the letter ‘U’. And technically, UFO is not a noun but an acronym. Anyway, I think for the purpose of the papercraft alphabet, this works quite nicely: You will find the other 25 letters of the papercraft alphabet here. Here is the template as a

PDF file.

DIGITPROP - PAPER DESIGNSERVICECUBICITYSEARCHABOUTCONTACTA4 PRINTING PAPER SIZEA4 PAPER VS LETTERA4 PAPER FOR PRINTINGHALF OF A4 PAPER SIZE Miniature paper airplane: Hercules C-130. Here is another miniature airplane, the Lockheed Hercules C-130: The C-130 is a versatile transport aircraft. It was designed to be able to use unprepared runways. Due to its robustness and versatility, it is used in more than 40 variants all over the world. MICRO CITY | DIGITPROP Micro city is a collection of models of buildings, vehicles and infrastructure that are at a small scale, so that a whole city will fit on your desk. I kept the models as simple as possible, most being simple blocks, so that despite their scale, they are easy to build. And it’s actually quite satisfying making them – VIRTUAL KIDS BIRTHDAY PARTY IN MINECRAFT Pick one which offers Minecraft servers specifically, so that you do not have to set up Minecraft yourself. One reasonably priced option is Shockbyte.com where you can get a server for 2.50 USD/month. Note that if you want to simply host the birthday party, one month is more than

sufficient.

MULTIPLICATION MACHINE A multiplication machine made from paper, powered by marbles running through the machine. Here is it in action: You can build one yourself, if are so inclined – you will find the template at the end of this post. Here it performs a 4×3 multiplication: This is where you set the first factor, by adding the corresponding number of marbles: This SCAVENGER HUNT IN THE DARK A package of 100 glow-in-the-dark sticks. A couple of flash lights and spare batteries. When the hunt began, we turned off all the lights in the house. Since the sun had already set quite some time ago, it was literally pitch black. Each kid got a flash light, and together they got the first clue: A scrambled message.

K’S TOY HORSE

One particularly iconic and memorable scene is the one where K recounts a memory revolving around a wooden toy horse. So I set out to build one from paper. At the bottom of the page, you will find the printable PDF template. Now, I tried to simplify the overall shape as much as possible, but it still is a difficult model.

PAPERCRAFT ALPHABET

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. HOW TO PRINT A4 TEMPLATES ON US LETTER PAPER History, unfortunately, led to two different paper format systems in the US and Europe – US letter and the A series (here is an interesting history of paper sizes).). The PDF templates on my website are generally in the A4 format. ROCKING HORSE PEOPLE EAT MARSHMALLOW PIES Rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies. 2012-02-06. Ok, I’ll admit it: I’m officially an old man. I know Beatlemania is long over, and society has moved on, but what can I do – I’m still a Beatles fan. And as embarrasing as it may be, I especially like their classics. Such as Lucy in the Sky. CORELDRAW 11 CRASHES ON CORE I7 CPU I just had to reinstall CorelDraw 11 on a relatively new machine with an Intel Core i7 CPU, running under 64 bit Windows 7. I know this is an unusual scenario, but I also know that a lot of people still use older CorelDraw versions, so I thought I’d share a problem and its

solution:

DIGITPROP - PAPER DESIGNSERVICECUBICITYSEARCHABOUTCONTACTA4 PRINTING PAPER SIZEA4 PAPER VS LETTERA4 PAPER FOR PRINTINGHALF OF A4 PAPER SIZE Miniature paper airplane: Hercules C-130. Here is another miniature airplane, the Lockheed Hercules C-130: The C-130 is a versatile transport aircraft. It was designed to be able to use unprepared runways. Due to its robustness and versatility, it is used in more than 40 variants all over the world. MICRO CITY | DIGITPROP Micro city is a collection of models of buildings, vehicles and infrastructure that are at a small scale, so that a whole city will fit on your desk. I kept the models as simple as possible, most being simple blocks, so that despite their scale, they are easy to build. And it’s actually quite satisfying making them – VIRTUAL KIDS BIRTHDAY PARTY IN MINECRAFT Pick one which offers Minecraft servers specifically, so that you do not have to set up Minecraft yourself. One reasonably priced option is Shockbyte.com where you can get a server for 2.50 USD/month. Note that if you want to simply host the birthday party, one month is more than

sufficient.

MULTIPLICATION MACHINE A multiplication machine made from paper, powered by marbles running through the machine. Here is it in action: You can build one yourself, if are so inclined – you will find the template at the end of this post. Here it performs a 4×3 multiplication: This is where you set the first factor, by adding the corresponding number of marbles: This SCAVENGER HUNT IN THE DARK A package of 100 glow-in-the-dark sticks. A couple of flash lights and spare batteries. When the hunt began, we turned off all the lights in the house. Since the sun had already set quite some time ago, it was literally pitch black. Each kid got a flash light, and together they got the first clue: A scrambled message.

K’S TOY HORSE

One particularly iconic and memorable scene is the one where K recounts a memory revolving around a wooden toy horse. So I set out to build one from paper. At the bottom of the page, you will find the printable PDF template. Now, I tried to simplify the overall shape as much as possible, but it still is a difficult model.

PAPERCRAFT ALPHABET

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. HOW TO PRINT A4 TEMPLATES ON US LETTER PAPER History, unfortunately, led to two different paper format systems in the US and Europe – US letter and the A series (here is an interesting history of paper sizes).). The PDF templates on my website are generally in the A4 format. ROCKING HORSE PEOPLE EAT MARSHMALLOW PIES Rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies. 2012-02-06. Ok, I’ll admit it: I’m officially an old man. I know Beatlemania is long over, and society has moved on, but what can I do – I’m still a Beatles fan. And as embarrasing as it may be, I especially like their classics. Such as Lucy in the Sky. CORELDRAW 11 CRASHES ON CORE I7 CPU I just had to reinstall CorelDraw 11 on a relatively new machine with an Intel Core i7 CPU, running under 64 bit Windows 7. I know this is an unusual scenario, but I also know that a lot of people still use older CorelDraw versions, so I thought I’d share a problem and its

solution:

SOLAR SYSTEM

Solar system. 2014-11-28. Here is something for astronomy geeks: Our solar system as a DIY papercraft kit. The set contains all eight planets, sad little pluto who not too long ago got demoted to ‘dwarf planet’, and – of course – our home star, the sun. Each planet has its name, diameter, distance from the sun and mass printed on the

GUITAR | DIGITPROP

Guitar. This is a quick project I made on the weekend – we needed a miniature guitar for a doll. The guitar is about 15cm long (including the neck), but you can scale it a bit if you need it smaller or bigger. Just enter a user-defined scale when printing from Adobe Reader. Here is a box of matches for scale: The guitar is easy to make PAPERCRAFT | DIGITPROP 2011 - May. Blender is an excellent open-source 3D modelling application. Pepakura Designer (short: Pepakura) is a very useful tool for papercrafting, which converts 3D models to 2D templates which can be printed on paper, cut and assembled into the original 3D model. The

two are a

SKELETON | SEARCH RESULTS | DIGITPROP Search Results for: skeleton. Halloween special – papercraft skeleton. Here is a quick little papercraft project for Halloween – a skeleton for the kids: This one is quite easy to make, however you may need to tweak it a bit in order to have it stand stably. Here is the PDF template: skeleton

P IS FOR PARROT

This will allow the parrot to stand up and not fall over: Next, glue the edge faces to one of the two P sides, following the outline: Finally, close the shape by gluing the remaining P face to the edge. You will find the other 25 letters of the papercraft alphabet here. Here is the template as a PDF file. This work is licensed under a

Creative

PAPERCRAFT ALPHABET

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. PAPER INSTANT CAMERA Here is how to build this thing: Start by downloading, printing and cutting out the PDF template at the bottom of this page. First, we will build the bottom of the camera, which will hold the pictures. In order to hold the remaining pictures back in the camera, we

N IS FOR NINJA

N is for Ninja. 2012-07-01. Congratulation: If you made all other letters in alphabetical order, you are now halfway there – this is the 14th of the 26 letters. In typical ninja fashion, this guy is quite sneaky: If you approach him from the front, he looks just like a plain and inconspicuous letter N.

LITTLE TOY COTTAGE

Little toy cottage. 2011-07-27. This little project is quite a contrast to the previously made P-Body – Not surprisingly, actually, as this was commissioned by a 4-year old girl. And girlish it is indeed: A nice little cottage. This can be used as a toy, or just for decoration. The original template is a

U IS FOR UFO

2012-07-01. Turns out there are surprisingly few concrete nouns in English starting with the letter ‘U’. And technically, UFO is not a noun but an acronym. Anyway, I think for the purpose of the papercraft alphabet, this works quite nicely: You will find the other 25 letters of the papercraft alphabet here. Here is the template as a

PDF file.

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#141

2016-10

Scavenger hunt in the dar... SCAVENGER HUNT IN THE DARK For my daughter’s last birthday, we had some of her friends for a sleepover party. Before bedtime, I wanted to use this opportunity to do something that only works after dark: A scavenger hunt in the dark. In preparation, I requisitioned: A blacklight flash light A UV marker pen An infrared LED array A package

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Tageba Allowance bank TAGEBA – ALLOWANCE BANK Here is a deviation from my usual papercraft content: A web application I recently created. It’s an ‘allowance bank’ for kids. The idea came to me when I was on a trip with my own kids. They wanted to buy something, and I knew they had some money back at home in their piggy bank,

#138

Can I Have a Kitten

CAN I HAVE A KITTEN

Here is a very nice project in which I took part. It’s a new papercraft book, beautifully illustrated by the very great Mina Braun, an incredibly talented illustrator. I was asked to do some papercraft designs for Mina’s illustrations, and was very grateful for the enjoyable collaboration.

#137

2016-02

Math monsters

MATH MONSTERS

Here is a brand new card game I designed, helping you (and your kids) to practice your arithmetic skills. Math monsters is easy to play but challenging, and great fun. At the moment, I am having Math Monsters professionally printed as a high quality, glossy 55-cards deck. Currently, there is a pre-order phase with a 50%

#136

2016-01

Video game from kid's ske... CAKELAND – TURNED MY KID’S DRAWING INTO AN ANDROID GAME Recently my 5 year old son drew a sketch of a computer game concept he had come up with. The game would be about a cake factory, and the goal simply would be to make as many delicious cakes as possible. Here is his drawing: Well, looking at the drawing and the nicely laid out

#135

2016-01

Micro city

MICRO CITY

You always wanted to be the mayor of a sprawling, vibrant city? Here is your chance with this desktop city: A collection of tiny buildings and vehicles that is easy to build and looks great on even the

smallest space.

#134

2016-01

Wedding coloring book WEDDING ALBUM COLORING BOOK Get your very own, totally customized wedding album coloring and activity book! Yes, you heard it right: You can get a 16-pages coloring and activity book filled with color-in pictures of the bride and groom, the family, and other wedding guests. Based on photos you send me, I will create detailed outlines by hand and merge them with the illustrations of the album.

#133

2015-12

2016 dino calendar

2016 DINO CALENDAR

As promised, here is the 2016 update for the dino calendar. This includes the weekly and monthly cards as well as a brand new color edition: For 2016, I went with a classic beige/gray. But of course, you can build your dino in any of the existing colors – the templates are at the bottom of

#132

2015-11

Christmas robots advent c... CHRISTMAS ROBOTS ADVENT CALENDAR Everyone loves robots, right? The nice robots of the good old days, of course, not some shape-shifting terminator bent on the destruction of mankind. So since Christmas is drawing near, for those of you who can’t wait, here is a vintage robot advent calendar. You can buy the whole set, but there are also three

#128

2015-11

Winter village advent cal... WINTER VILLAGE ADVENT CALENDAR Want to give your kids something other than candy for an advent calendar? Why not a papercraft project. This one is for a winter village, and it contains 24 easy to make buildings. From a tiny shed to the village church, some are big, some are small, but all are cute and snowy. One reader, Mike,

#131

2015-11

Alphabet boxes

ALPHABET BOXES

Here is a set of 26 box templates, one for each letter of the alphabet, available from my Etsy store. They make a nice wrapping for a personalized gift. You can use them for initials, spell a whole name or even a little message: Here is a video for a closer look: They are

about

#130

2015-11

Practice multiplication t... PRACTICE MULTIPLICATION TABLES These 20-sided dice show the numbers 1 to 10 (each two times). By using two, you can easily have your kids practice multiplication tables from 1 to 100. Make two dice, roll them, and calculate the product. Or, if you use three dice, you can practice divisions as well: Roll two for the two digits

#129

2015-11

Pop-up book on vaccines POP-UP BOOK ON VACCINES This is a pop-up book about a very important topic: Vaccines. Vaccination is the most effective measure against preventable infectious diseases. Unfortunately, a lot of people are worried about possible side effects and too few are aware of the very serious consequences of supposedly ‘harmless’ diseases such as measles. Here is a video of the

#127

2015-10

Halloween Cat

HALLOWEEN CAT

Just in time for Halloween, here is a little skeleton kitty. This one is not difficult to build, so have a go and let the ghost cat gaze deep into your soul.

#126

2015-10

Guitar

GUITAR

A miniature guitar – a nice accessory for a doll or plush toy. If you are patient enough, you can use real threads as strings.

#125

2015-09

Kinematoscope

KINEMATOSCOPE

A very primitive, yet effective way of getting moving pictures, the kinematoscope was the ancestor of movie projectors. Turn the hand crank, and it animates the contained image cards into an animation, using persistence of vision, similar to how a flip book works.

#124

2015-09

Low-poly bullfinch

LOW-POLY BULLFINCH

Low poly design is quite popular these days. Luckily, it’s actually not that difficult to do, since it effectively is the reduction of complex forms into something much simpler and a bit abstract. This is why last weekend I set out to doing a low-poly bullfinch: For my German readers: Den Dompfaff gibt’s auch auf

#123

Jonah and the whale

JONAH AND THE WHALE

Jonah and the whale is a story almost 3000 years old, but it hasn’t lost its fascination. For a children’s church project, I designed this whale and Jonah, who fits into the whale’s maw: This proejct is not difficult to build. Here are brief instructions on how to do it: All flaps and accompanying opposite

#122

2015-07

Phone – cup holder ... PHONE – CUP HOLDER ADAPTER Using your phone in your car has almost become a necessity, for better or worse. Naturally, the accessories industry has come up with a plethora of adapters and phone holders. But what if you are in a car that you use only temporarily, where you can’t install a holder permanently? Enter the phone – cup

#121

2015-06

For kids: Spaceship

KID-FRIENDLY PAPERCRAFT: SPACESHIP Many papercraft printables are not accessible to younger children – they require motor skills that only come with age. At the same time, papercrafts are a perfect pastime for young children: They teach important construction and manual skills in a playful way, let children learn about shapes and geometry, and they provide a lot of

space

#120

2015-04

3D printed elephant

3D PRINTING AND PAPIER MÂCHÉ Sometimes state-of-the-art manufacturing and old school crafting techniques go together surprisingly well. In an attempt to marry 3D printing and papier mâché, I created a raster scaffold of an elephant (based on this thing). You might consider this a sculpture in and of itself, but I wanted to use it as the basis for a more

#119

2015-01

Miniature paper airplane:... MINIATURE PAPER AIRPLANE: HERCULES C-130 Here is another miniature airplane, the Lockheed Hercules C-130: The C-130 is a versatile transport aircraft. It was designed to be able to use unprepared runways. Due to its robustness and versatility, it is used in more than 40 variants all over the world. The aircraft has remained in continuous production for more

#118

2014-12

Your child on a banknote CUSTOM PLAY MONEY WITH YOUR CHILD’S PICTURE ON THE BANKNOTES Which child doesn’t dream of their own little empire? This project is a step in that direction: Banknotes, coins, and stamps carrying the picture of your child. I have created a a set of five phantasy banknotes (5, 10, 20, 50, and 100), seven coins (2, 1, 0.50, 0.25, 0.10, 0.05, 0.01), and three stamps (0.05,

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