Easy Printable Pirate Ship Playset

The old family.disney.com website (later known as "Spoonful") had lots of great papercraft projects parents could do with children. But alas, the Spoonful website shut down in 2014. One of the Spoonful projects I liked, was this easy printable pirate ship. The playset included a 3D ship, cannons, and some 2D pirate figures (including a few skeleton crew members!) An archived copy of the playset's PDF template (along with instructions) may be found at this: download link. Besides paper, what else is required to build this ship are some drinking straws to hold the sails to the masts.

Other Spoonful Paper Projects:

Princess Paper Dolls
18" Jack Skellington Figure
3D Nemo Papercraft
Wonderland Easter Diorama
Teardrop Mickey

Dune Papercraft: House Atreides Ornithopter

For those of you who enjoy building complicated papercraft, give this Dune paper model a try. It is a scale model of the House Atreides Royal ornithopter as seen in the newest Dune movies. The adjustable wings on this model are what makes it interesting to build. The PDF template for the ornithopter may be downloaded at MediaFire. Czech paper model designer, Rawen, created this papercraft in 2024.

Other Dune Papercraft:

1984 Dune Movie Papercraft Collection

Spice Harvester

Mini Papercraft Dungeon RPG Game

About 13 years ago, Jim Bowen created a free miniature dungeon crawler type board game that uses paper models and a modular dungeon system. The game is called "Mini Dungeon Adventures."  I don't know how far Jim pursued his development of the game, but there is still an early edition of the game PDF located here: Internet Archive. The PDF includes both the rules, as well as printable dungeon tiles, props, characters, and item tokens. Here is a taste of what Jim has to say about the game play:

"The 1 player game has the player using two hero characters and the dungeon has pre-determined behavioral patterns for the enemies. 2-5 players have one player take on the role of the dungeon master. You generate your character from one of four races and four classes, then give them some starting equipment and send them off into the dungeon. Each time a room is explored, you roll on the monster generator chart, which shows how many and what kind of monsters there are as well as if there are any treasure chests or not."

It should be noted that dice are required to play the game. Happy gaming!

Super Armor Baymax Papercraft

Baymax is an inflatable robot featured in the 2014 Disney 3D animated movie, Big Hero 6. The papercraft pictured shows Baymax in his red "Super Armor" which includes, among other things, thrusters and wings. This paper model was created by Cubee 2.0 Papercraft. The Pepakura PDO template for the model may be downloaded here: MediaFire. There are three separate PDO files in the download: one for the body and two more for the arms, legs, and wings. The finished model is about 15" (38 cm) tall.

Other Disney Papercraft:

Pixar Up House
Stitch
Moana Paper Toy
Detailed Bambi
Chibi Beauty and the Beast

Spanish Church Paper Model

The Santa Cristina de Lena church in northern Spain was completed in 852 AD. It's completion date places it in the Pre-Romanesque period. This excellent paper model of the church was created by Secanda in 2016. The free PDF template for the model may be downloaded from Secanda's website. The feature that sets this paper model apart from other models is that the roof may be removed to reveal the interior of the building. The scale of the finished model is 1:100.

Other Papercraft Churches from Around the World:

Yorkshire, England 
Naxos, Greece
Mellnsdorf, Germany
Czechoslovakia

Star Wars Papercraft: Commando Droid

For several years, one the best places to find free Stars Wars papercraft was the Noturno Sukhoi papercraft blog. Sadly, nothing has been released on the blog since 2016. Fear not! Much of their Star Wars papercraft is still available for download. The template for this commando droid paper model may be downloaded on MediaFire. The download includes both PDF and Pepakura PDO format templates. Commando droids first appeared on the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated television show in 2008.

Other Star Wars Papercraft:

Darth Maul Lightsaber
Captain Phasma 2.5D Sculpture
Snowspeeder
BB-9E Droid
Han Solo Figure

Maple Story Bow and Arrow Papercraft

Around 2008, there were a lot of 3D papercrafts of characters and items from the 2D Korean video game, MapleStory. Seventeen years later, these paper models are tough to find. This MapleStory bow and arrow known as the "Vaulter 2000" is one of those hard-to-find models. The PDF template for this model is still available and may be downloaded from MediaFire. There are no instructions, other than a series of photos which are included in the download. The finished model is small enough to fit in the palm of one's hand. 

Previous MapleStory Papercraft:

Mixed Golem
Mushmom House

Gatchaman Papercraft: Ken the Eagle

In the days of my youth, I remember watching G-Force: Guardians of Space.  The show was a American television version of the Japanese anime, Science Ninja Team Gatchaman. The five members of the Gatchaman team wear costumes that represent different types of birds: Ken the Eagle, Joe the Condor, Jun the Swan, Jinpei the Swallow, and Ryu the Owl. The papercraft pictured above is of Ken the Eagle. The template for this papercraft was created by Caio Paper Models in 2013 and may be downloaded from MediaFire. The download includes both PDF and Pepakura PDO templates. There are also two different size templates: 35cm tall and 50cm tall.

Other Anime Papercraft:

Chibi Fullmetal Alchemist Toys
Life Size DBZ Vegeta
King-size Totoro
Speed Racer Mach 5
Chibi Naruto