Glue-less Turkey Papercraft

The Toymaker website is a true delight. The site has dozens of lovely hand-drawn printables for all occasions. A few years ago I made this glue-less papercraft turkey as a table decoration for our Thanksgiving dinner. I would call it a 3D papercraft, but because the head, legs and tail feathers are flat, it is probably more accurate to call it a "2.5D" papercraft. The PDF template for this turkey may be downloaded from The Toymaker's Thanksgiving section. It should be noted, unlike the photo where the turkey's tail is blank, in the template the turkey has the words "WE GIVE THANKS" across his tail.

Other Thanksgiving Papercraft:

Origami Turkey
Easy Mayflower Ship
Cooked Turkey Origami

16th Anniversay!

Today is the 16th anniversary of Tektonten Papercraft! As is my custom, on this day I post either a papercraft I have built in the past or new papercraft I may release in the future. This year, I am posting a photo of a past build.

This papercraft is of the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. This papercraft was designed by the great Richard Vyškovský as part of a commercial paper model of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. I didn't want to build the entire temple, so I scanned just the parts of the template with the statue and enlarged them. The original statue was about 1" tall. The enlarged statue I built is 5" tall. 

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Mummy Queen Paper Toy

If you are stuck at home waiting for trick or treaters to arrive at your door, building this cute mummy queen paper toy might be the thing you need to pass the time. ;) Here's some info on the paper toy:

"The Embalmed Queen features slot-in tabs, curved pieces and a closing lid, the model is built using six pieces on a single A4 page. The original design and model texture were designed by Castpixel and the paper engineering was implemented by Alex Gwynne"

The template for this printable may be downloaded at Fold Up Toys.

Other Egyptian Papercraft:

Nefertiti Bust
Mini Sphinx

Halloween Skeleton Paper Toy

Here is another great Halloween paper toy from Salazad! It is a skeleton named "Boogie." Boogie's story goes as follows:

"On Halloween night, Boogie comes out of his grave and dances the groovy dance. He moves his bones to the beat of the music, and he always has a big smile on his face. Boogie is the life of the party, and everyone loves to see him boogie down."

Boogie is intended to be a hanging decoration. So, both his head and body are double sided, because as we know, hanging decoration have a habit of spinning around. ;) The printable PDF template for this fun skeleton may be downloaded at salazad.com

Other Skeleton Papercraft:

Skeleton Kitty Paper Toy
Lil' Death Grim Reaper
Poseable Skelton Cut Out
Paper Automata Skull

Borderlands 2 Papercraft: Hyperion Soldier Helmet

This 3D papercraft helmet is that of a Hyperion soldier as seen in the Borderlands 2 video game. The game has a cartoonish, hand drawn look and this papercraft duplicates that look nicely. Hyperion soldiers are minions of the Hyperion Corporation, the antagonist organization in the game. The template for this life-size wearable papercraft is available in Pepakura PDO format only. The template is available for download here. Borderlands 2 was released in 2012.

Other Borderlands 2 Papercraft:

2D Halloween Masks
3D Handsome Jack Mask

Canon Halloween Candy Shop Diorama

Canon Creative Park always has the highest quality holiday papercraft. One of my favs for Halloween is their "Halloween Market" paper diorama. It depicts a Halloween candy store in the shape of a lantern. The best part of this papercraft are all the small objects that come with the candy store: pumpkins, a broom stick, candy, and a table and chairs. My person favorite are the tiny books. This printable may be downloaded for free in the Miniature World section of Canon Creative Park.

Other Halloween Papercraft:

Fortnite Masks
Ghost Train
Teddy Bear
Origami Skeleton Hand
Disney Jack Skellington

Mad Cat IV Mech Papercraft

The BattleTech universe focuses on the distant future where giant mechs are used as weapons of war. The BattleTech franchise has two main components: BattleTech (tabletop wargaming) and MechWarrior (tactics video games). This Mad Cat IV mech papercraft (if I am not mistaken) is from one of the MechWarrior video games. The Pepakura PDO template was created by Whammy and may be downloaded from MediaFire. The template comes with skins than may be customized, if you have the Photoshop skills to do so.

Other Mech Papercraft:

Chromehounds Morskoj
Mini Zoids Command Wolf
Timber Wolf (Mad Cat)
DotA Mecha Goblin
Locust Battlemech

Ghost and Pumpkin Paper Toy

I couldn't resist! Here is another fun paper toy for Halloween. Cleverly named, this paper toy is called "Possessed Pumpkin". This paper toy was created by Alex and is available at his website, Fold Up Toys. The printable template for the toy is a single page A4 size PDF. I think a battery powered tea light would work nicely to light this toy up from the inside!

Other Printable Halloween Papercraft:

D20 Pumpkin
Skeleton Kitty
Minecraft Jack-o-lantern
Chibi Grim Reaper
Retro Treat Boxes