Krampus for Christmas
Macula offers a downloadable papercraft of Krampus, a creepy companion of Saint Nicholas.
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Driodel, Droidel, Droidel
Our pal Bonnie Burton has a piece on StarWars.com on how to “Make Your Own Droidel Dreidel,” a paper-crafted dreidel that looks like R2-D2. I wonder how you say “Happy Chanukah” in Droidspeak? Droidel, Droidel, Droidel
Thanksgiving papercraft redux
Macula offers a free download of this boxy little Thanksgiving turkey papercraft – a fun holiday project for kids!
Excellent papier-mache
Writer/puppeteer Mary Robinette Kowal has an excellent piece on papier-mache. Papier-mache is one of the oldest forms for creating puppets and so a lot of people think that there must be something better out there. Actually, there are very few contenders. Done well, papier-mache is light, strong, fast, and non-toxic. I know, we’ve all had […]
Paperless origami
Jeffery Rudell shows how to make this holiday reindeer out of fusible interfacing over on Craft Stylish. You could do this to make any origami model sturdier; it’s a neat texture, too.
“Paper engineering”
Check out this astounding papercraft from Haruki Nakamura [via EMS Labs]
Gear Heart
A papercraft gear heart you have to see to believe
