HOW TO: Make Recycled Gift Tags
Gregory at Apartment Therapy LA recently posted about some cute and eco-friendly gift tags his girlfriend made from old grocery bags. See the step-by-step slideshow here. Link.
Paper Crafts
Origami, letterpress, linocuts, laser-cuts, pepakura, pop-ups, flip-books, silhouettes, maché, and more.
Papercraft Motorized Robot
Kan Yang Li (aka Kyle) made this papercraft Arduino robot that responds to a truck-shaped remote control. It’s called Dragonaut, and after you use a key to start him up, his arms raise and lower to proclaim “awesome!” “Dragonaut is a cheerful robot who shows up when the earth is in danger, when our hearts […]
Easy Paper Snowflake Chandeliers
CasaSugar shows you how to make easy paper snowflake chandeliers — an inviting holiday mobile made from pages of old magazines, newspapers, and craft paper to hang from an embroidery hoop. Link.
Custom Paper Toys
I came across this cool paper toy in the Craft Flickr pool today. The original template is from Matt Hawkins. He provides free paper toy templates at his site Custom Paper Toys. Link. Related Custom Paper Toys
Papercraft AK-47
This paper model of an AK-47 assault rifle really catches my eye: “For a new art project, the designer Martin Postler has investigated the history, the aesthetics and the lethal seductiveness of the Kalashnikov. He has freed the AK-47 from its terrible capacity to injure and kill by deconstructing it into a paper model construction […]
3D Paper Ornaments
Jessica of How About Orange has a round up of lots of ornaments you can make from paper including her 3D paper snowflake ornaments she made above. Link.
More Elf Holiday Gift Tags
Laurie of Liquid Paper has made a bevy of cute Elf Holiday Gift Tags based on her Elf + Elfette designs, available free for download in PDF. Link.
