March 30, 2025

Origami Swords

Origami Espada
I have been slacking on my origami posts! Here are some fun and simple origami swords, each made from a single square of paper. An excellent video showing how to fold one of these swords can be found on Pinterest. The finished length of the sword will be the same as the diagonal measurement of the square of paper that is used. The swords shown in the photo are around 6" (15 cm) long.

Other Origami Creations:

Pokeball Gift Box
Godzilla
Swallowtail Butterfly
Printable Totoro Origami
Easter Egg Holders

March 23, 2025

Mass Effect Papercraft: Commander Shepard

Mass Effect Commander Shepard Bastelbogen
In the Mass Effect series of video games, the playable character is a soldier named "Commander Shepard." Shepard is customized by the player and may be either male or female. This fan art papercraft creation by Xenonray is of the default female version of Commander Shepard as she appears in Mass Effect 3. The PDF and Pepakura PDO templates for the model may be downloaded from Xenonray's DeviantART page. The download includes excellent photo instructions. This paper model is quite complex and is not recommended for beginners. The finished model is 17.4" (44.2 cm) tall.

Other Mass Effect Papercraft:

Normandy SR-1 Starship
ME3 Tali'Zorah
Kei-9 Robo Dog
N7 Eagle Heavy Pistol

March 17, 2025

Minecraft Papercraft: Diamond Pickaxe

Minecraft Pickaxe Bastelbogen
In the Minecraft video game, pickaxes are used to mine rocks and ores. There are six different types of pickaxes: wooden, stone, iron, golden, diamond, and netherite. This life size papercraft pickaxe is of the diamond variety. This papercraft was offered by the now defunct FPSXGames website. A copy of the template for the pickaxe may be downloaded from the archived page located: HERE. The template consists of four .PNG image files which were sized to be printed on A4 size cardstock (however printing to Letter size paper using "scale to fit" should work just fine).

Other Minecraft Papercraft:

Enderman Statue
Mini Diorama
Printable Minecraft Chess

March 10, 2025

Star Trek Papercraft: USS Grissom

Star Trek Bastelbogen
The science vessel starship USS Grissom appeared in the 1984 movie, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. This 1:760 scale paper model of the ship was created by Martin Sanger. A copy of the .BMP template for the ship may be downloaded from Sanger's website. Sanger has this to say about the starship:

The USS Grissom, NCC-638, was one of the most famous research spaceships of the Oberth class. These small Federation ships were designed to explore planets, nebulae and other natural phenomena...  The last mission of the USS Grissom was the exploration and research of the newly created planet Genesis. However, the ship was attacked by a Klingon Bird of Prey in orbit of the planet and completely destroyed.

Other Paper Models of Star Trek Starships: 

Easy Borg Cube
Romulan Warbird
Voyager
Klingon Bird of Prey
STtMP Enterprise

February 27, 2025

Van to the Future VW Bus Papercraft

Sci-fi VW Van Bastelbogen
Imagine the movie Back to the Future, only instead of a DeLorean, the time machine is a VW bus. That is the idea of this papercraft designed by Damon Butler. This model has a lot of fun nods to the original DeLorean, like gull-wing doors and a flux capacitor behind the seat. The PDF template for this model may be downloaded at Butler's website, nrwster.com.

February 23, 2025

Flash Gordon War Rocket Papercraft

Flash Gordon Rocket Bastelbogen
The best part of the 1980 movie Flash Gordon was the awesome soundtrack by the rock group Queen. Coming in close second are the retro spaceship and costume designs created for the movie. In homage to the movie, this papercraft "War Rocket Ajax" was created by designer, Rawen. The PDF template for the paper model is available on MediaFire. The finished rocket is something of a "micro model" in that it is only slightly larger than the palm of your hand.

Other Sci-Fi Papercraft:

Star Trek TMP Enterprise
Mini Star Destroyer
Battlestar Galactica Collection
Mandalorian Razor Crest
Reaverized Serenity

February 11, 2025

Miniature Papercraft Vintage Cereal Boxes

Monster Cereal Box Bastelbogen
Here's some fun miniature papercraft cereal boxes to build! These boxes are of General Mills' "Monster Cereals". You may have seen Count Chocula and Franken Berry, as they are still on grocery store shelves today. But how about the less common cereals in the line like Boo Berry, Fruit Brute, and Yummy Mummy? PDF format paper model templates for all five monster cereals may be downloaded from Paper Empire.

Other Miniature Papercraft Boxes:

Mr. T Cereal
Brillo Soap Pads
Pizza Paper Toy Series

February 4, 2025

Maison Carrée Roman Temple Papercaft

Roman Temple Bastelbogen
This is a detailed 1:100 scale paper model of the famous Roman temple, known as the “Maison Carrée” (Square House in French). The temple was built in Nîmes, France at the beginning of the first century, during the reign of Emperor Augustus. The printable PDF template for this model is offered as a free download at the Secanda website. Written instructions, in both English and French, come with the template. Due to the complexity of the model, it is recommended only for experienced paper model builders.

Other Architecture Paper Models:

Skyscraper Collection
Mstěnice Castle
Guggenheim Museum
Abraham Lincoln Cabin
Arc de Triomphe

January 26, 2025

Balancing Monkey Paper Toy

Monkey Acrobat Paper Toy
I love when 3D papercraft can also be an actual toy! Case in point is this balancing monkey paper toy by Salazad. The official title of this toy is "Monyi the Acrobat Monkey". What makes this balancing act work is placing a penny in each of Monyi's fruit baskets. The PDF template for this papertoy may be downloaded at Salazad.com.

Other Fun Papercraft:

Russian Nesting Dolls
Rolling Ball Kinetic Sculpture
Minecraft Automata
Playful Circus Wagon
Cranky Automata Animals

January 13, 2025

Easy Miniature Schnauzer Papercraft

Miniature Schnauzer Bastelbogen
Here's an easy dog papercraft of a Miniature Schnauzer. The American Kennel Club, describes this breed of dog as:

"Created to be all-around farm dogs and ratters, they are tough, muscular, and fearless without being aggressive. The Miniature Schnauzer is a bright, friendly, trainable companion, small enough to adapt to apartment life but tireless enough to patrol acres of farmland. They get along well with other animals and kids. Minis are sturdy little guys and enjoy vigorous play. Home and family oriented, they make great watchdogs."

This papercraft may be downloaded on the Pinoart website

Other Papercraft Dogs:

Chibi Chihuahuas
Akita-inu
French Bulldog
Alaskan Malamute

January 5, 2025

Mario Kart 8 Papercraft

Mario Kart 8 Nintendo Bastelbogen
The popularity of Mario Kart video games has not diminished since the original game was introduced by Nintendo in 1992. This fan art paper model of Mario's Kart from MK8 was created by DeviantART member DUMDUMBOT. The Pepakura PDO template for the model may be downloaded from MediaFire. The finished model is large, measuring roughly 18" x 12" (46 cm x 30 cm). Sorry, there are no instructions for the model other than the PDO file. Mario Kart 8 introduced anti-gravity racing to the franchise.

Other Nintendo Papercraft:

Peach Castle
Breath of the Wild Link
Bowser
Star Fox Krystal
Donkey Kong