Marvel Christmas Papercraft: Baby Groot

You won't find a more unique Christmas papercraft than this: Baby Groot dressed up like a Christmas tree! This paper model shows Groot with a tree topper star on top, a string of lights around his head, and a Christmas wreath around his body. Every part of this model is 3D, including the string of lights, so it will take some time to build. The finished model stands at 21" (55 cm) tall. The printable template (which may be downloaded at W R Papercraft) comes in both Pepakura PDO and PDF formats. There are no instructions available other than the PDO file.

Other Groot Papercraft:

Dancing Groot Automata
Groot Paper Toy
Rocket and Groot Diorama

Robot Santa Paper Toy

Tis the season for Christmas paper toys to adorn your desk at work. What better than a robot Santa paper toy? This papercraft was created by Sherrie Thai as a little gift for her nieces and nephews, many Christmases ago. The JPG template for the festive robot may be downloaded from Sherrie's website, Shaireproductions.com. Let the holiday papercraft season begin!

Other Christmas Papercraft:

Pop-up Holiday House
Melting Snowman Paper Toy
Naughty or Nice Santas
Martha Stewart Xmas Collection
Printable Santa Sleigh

ThunderCats Papercraft: Snarf

Snarf is a cat-like character that appears in the ThunderCats media franchise. Snarf first appearance was in the 1985 ThunderCats animated television series. This papercraft Snarf fan art was created by Titan Papercraft as part of their ongoing series of paper ThunderCats characters. The Pepakura PDO template for this model maybe downloaded from MediaFire.

Previous ThunderCats Papercraft:

Mumm-Ra's Time Machine
Lion-O Figure
Mumm-Ra Figure
Mini ThunderCats Collection

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. 

Thanks so much to all of you who continue to visit my blog! It is very much appreciated!

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