Loggerhead Turtle Papercraft

I believe this papercraft turtle was originally offered by the Hiwasa Chelonian Museum in Japan. The museum is dedicated to the loggerhead sea turtle. The papercraft was created for the museum by master designer Goto Kei. Although the museum no longer offers the turtle, it can still be downloaded from an Internet archive located here. Please be aware that after following the link, the download buttons for the PDF template and PDF instructions will be "invisible". Hover your cursor in the blank space to the left of the turtle's head and the buttons will appear. Loggerhead turtles may be found in oceans around the world. Build photo by Vermin King.

Other Papercraft Turtles:

Painted Turtle
Green Sea Turtle
Kaiju Gamera

Disneyland Pirate Ship Paper Model

Once upon a time, there was a full size pirate ship at Disneyland in California. Although built to look like a ship, it was actually a restaurant building that didn't float at all. Through meticulous effort, Robert Nava has created out of paper a scale model of the restaurant ship. The Printable PDF template for the model may be download at Robert's website, The Disney Experience. Extensive instructions are included. The Disneyland ship fed thousands of happy people from 1955 until 1983, when it was demolished.

Other Papercraft Ships:

17th Century Warship
Bismarck Battleship
Easy Mayflower
Pop-up Galleon
Tall Ship Educational Papercraft

Asian Giant Hornet Papercraft

The actual size of an Asian giant hornet is about 2 inches (5 cm) long. It is the largest hornet in the world. This papercraft replica of the hornet is about 9.5 inches (24 cm) long, so you might call it a giant Asian giant hornet. :) The original Japanese website that offered this papercraft is long gone. However, the JPG template sheets for the hornet (along with instructions) are still available at this Internet archive. The giant Asian hornet is a serious threat to honey bees in the United States.

Other Papercraft Bugs:

Glue-less Cicada
Arabian Fat-tailed Scorpion
Japanese Emperor Butterfly
Yamaha Beetles