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DIY: Two more ideas for things made out of paper
Two more additions to our loose series on great paper craft sites - guitars and disasters…
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DIY: More Papercrafts
If you enjoyed the “Readymech paper crafts” particularly those from “Fwis” (our favorite designs) have a look at “Cubecraft” that is home to loads of fantastic paper craft templates for free download…
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Weekend activity: Create some paper toys
If its raining or its too cold (or too hot) or whichever other reason you have not to go outside here are some unusual paper toys that surely will impress your friends (or kids).
Many of these toys can be made with just a few sheets of paper, scissors and some tape, others like for example the the Paper Rose or Flower paper (see link section below) are more elaborate but should still be mastered by everyone.
The toys we chosen for this article are more like the ones you would create when you sit together with a group of friends or want to show your kids something old Daddy or Mom can do. There are of course many others that use templates to be printed on photo paper, cut with an art knife and then glued together. We provide links for these too…
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DIY: US Candidate Puppets
Finally you don’t have to shout at your TV anymore during Presidential Candidate debates. Get interactive and become the one who pulls the strings behind them. Or put a completely new twist to political education of your kids: Politics at your finger tips.
Anyway, at “Fold US Candidate” you can download PDF templates for finger puppets of the US Presidential candidates. Cut, fold, glue them together and you can hold your own presidential debates…”
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Design: Polly Verity’s paper sculptures
If you ever wondered what’s possible with paper folding have a look at “Polly Verity’s paper sculptures”. She has made larger scale images of her work available on her outstanding “Flickr Paper sculpture photo set”…
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DIY: Dubya the Paper Sheriff
There are many great paper automata on the Internet but this one is different.”…The concept of this design is political satire, something which I’ve not come across before in a paper model. It’s a ‘nodding donkey’, which works beautifully. Standing in front is George ‘Dubya’ with a petrol pump, waving the petrol nozzle in one hand and his cowboy hat in the other. There’s a lot of movement, with…
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Paper Art: Jen Stark
Have a look at “Jen Stark’s” outstanding and beautiful paper sculptures. There is also a great series of images with his drawing and other work including a video on “his web site”…
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DIY: More Paper Toys
Just a brief update to our post from last week on “paper toys”. Have a look at the great “Optimus Prime” for your DIY time. Downloadable as a PDF as well and ready to transform…
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DIY: Create your own Paper Toys with ReadyMechs
Now with the arrival of series 2 of the “ReadyMechs” more then 20 templates are available to make your own full color paper toy in about 10-15 minutes. Readymechs are free, flat-pack toys for you to print and build. They are designed to fit on…
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Paper Art: Peter Callesen
Incredible what Peter Callesen does with a sheet of paper. Particularly outstanding is his large scale work. More information on “Peter Callesen’s” web site…
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