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

Cute Origami Cat Rings

What's not to love about these origami cat rings? They are easy to fold, just the kind of project to do with kids. The video instructions for folding the rings from a single square of paper may be found on Pinterest. Rings for small children should be folded from a 6"x6" square of paper. For adults, a 9"x9" square of paper works well. Happy folding!

Other Origami Projects:

Marvel Comics Wolverine Claws
Godzilla
Day of the Dead Skulls
3D Pikachu
Penguin

Pokémon Papercraft: Litten

Against my better judgement, after 7 years away, I have started playing the Pokémon Go video game again. Of course this inspires me to post more Pokémon papercraft. :) First up is this Litten papercraft by DeviantART member, RavaMaster. Litten is a seventh generation Pokémon that is basically a fire cat. It spits out flaming hairballs. Ha! In the anime, Ash Ketchum catches a Litten and manages, over time, to fully evolve it. The paper model comes in two sizes: 6" (15 cm) and life size. The template for the model is available in two formats: Pepakura PDO (open with Pepakura Viewer) and PDF. There are no instructions other than the PDO file. Links for the various downloads may be found on DeviantART.

Previous Pokemon Paper Models:

Bulbasaur
Mewtwo
Eevee Evolutions
Diamond and Pearl Cities
Totodile

American McGee Cheshire Cat Papercraft

American McGee is a video game designer. He is best known for his two horror genre games based on Alice in Wonderland: American McGee's Alice and Alice: Madness Returns. In the games, a sinister looking Cheshire Cat acts as a "guide" for Alice. This paper model of the cat was created by Emily Stell based on how he appears in Madness Returns. PDF and Pepakura PDO templates for the model may be downloaded here. McGee got his start at id Software where he worked on such video game classics as Doom and Quake.

Other Papercraft Cats:

Stimpy
Sailor Moon Cat Family
Grumpy Cat
Lil Bub
Studio Ghibli Catbus

Kiki's Delivery Service Papercraft

Kiki and her cat Jiji are the primary characters in the Studio Ghibli animated film, Kiki's Delivery Service.  The movie follows the exploits of Kiki, a young witch in training who uses her flying broom to make deliveries. This nicely detailed paper model of Kiki and Jiji was created by kujiracraft. The Pepakura PDO template for the model may be downloaded here. Kiki's Delivery Service was released in Japan in 1989.

Other Studio Ghibli Papercraft:

Spirited Away Kaonashi Mask
Castle in the Sky Flapter
Princess Mononoke Cubees
My Neighbor Totoro Catbus
Spirited Away Haku Dragon

Pokemon Papercraft: Meowth Balloon

This papercraft Meowth balloon was originally released in 2007. The Pokemon company commissioned papercraft designer Chokipeta to create the model to celebrate the release of the Diamond and Pearl versions of the Nintendo DS Pokemon game. A copy of the PDF template for the balloon is still available here. In the Pokemon anime, a Meowth hot air balloon is the preferred mode of transportation of Team Rocket members Jesse and James.

Other Papercraft Related to Balloons:
Woven Hot Air Balloon Mobile
Easy Disney UP House Paper Model
Detailed Carl's House Papercraft

Skeleton Kitty Paper Toy

The Halloween season is upon us! Let the spooky papercraft begin! This skeleton cat paper toy was released by Digitprop in 2015, but I only recently discovered it. This kitty comes in two sizes: an 8 cm tall version and a 14 cm tall version. The template for each may be downloaded here.

Other Papercraft by Digitprop:
Micro City
Frankenstein and His Monster
Jonah and the Whale

Kotatsu Cat Papercraft

In simplest terms, the Japanese kotatsu is a table with a built-in heater underneath. The sides of the table are covered by a blanket to keep the heat inside.  Most understandably, in the wintertime Japanese cats enjoy napping on kotatsus. This papercraft recreates such a scene. Although released in 2008, this free paper model is still available here as a promotional item from the Yamaha company.

Other papercraft cats:
Studio Ghibli Catbus
Grumpy Cat
Sailor Moon Cats
Darkstalkers Felicia

Catbus Paper Toy

One of the most memorable characters from the animated film, My Neighbor Totoro is the Catbus, a enormous grinning cat whose hollow body serves as a bus. This Catbus paper toy was created a work of fan art by Totoro enthusiast, Hiyochico. A PDF file for the toy may be downloaded here. A more sculptural paper model of the Catbus was previously posted here. Word has it that the six-legged sky bison on Avatar the Last Airbender was modeled after the Catbus!

Grumpy Cat Cubee

In honor of Grumpy Cat's second birthday last year, CatchMyParty created a Grumpy Cat paper toy. The toy is based on the Cubeecraft template, so that means no glue required! The printable template includes two blank thought bubbles, so you can have Grumpy say whatever you like. My favorite GC phrase is a simple "No". :)

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Studio Ghibli Papercraft: Catbus

This papercraft Catbus was released by POdragon four years ago, but this is the first photo I have come across that actually shows the completed model. The Catbus (Japanese: "Nekobasu") is a character in the 1988 Studio Ghibli animated classic, My Neighbor Totoro. Although some have argued the point, it is obvious from certain frames in the movie that the Catbus is male. ;)  Templates for the model may be downloaded here. Build photo by DeviantART member, minidelirium.

Nyan Cat Papercraft

One of the top memes of 2011, the Nyan Cat meme began life as a YouTube video that combines a cat, a Poptart, a rainbow, and an infectious Japanese pop song. This papercraft Nyan Cat was created in 2012 by Russian papercraft designer, btt-modeler. The Pepakura PDO template may be downloaded here.

Lil Bub Paper Toy

First a Grumpy Cat paper toy and now a Lil Bub paper toy; if Tubby Paws would just create a Colonel Meow paper toy then the Internet Cat paper toy trifecta would be complete! ;) The one piece template for this Lil Bub toy may be downloaded here.

Grumpy Cat Papercraft

The Grumpy Cat meme has made it to the world of papercraft. Yay! This Grumpy Cat paper toy was created by TubbyPaws and may be downloaded here.  The Grumpy Cat meme began in 2012 when a photo of a cat named Tarder Sauce was posted on Reddit. Recently, Tarder Sauce's owners signed a deal for a Garfield-like movie in which the grouchy kitty will speak. Can an Academy Award be far behind? ;)

Doraemon Paper Toys

Doraemon is both a manga and an anime series that follow the exploits of a robotic cat from the 22nd century. These paper toys are of the major Doraemon characters: Doraemon, Dorami, Nobita, Shizuka, Suneo, and Takeshi. With the exception of Doraemon himself, templates for the characters are available here. Maybe if enough people bug the creator of these toys he will re-post the Doraemon template so we can have a complete set. ;)

Paper Sailor Moon Cat Toys

Here's some more papercraft Sailor Moon cats from Kinmoku. These cats are toys which, when blown, are supposed to scurry across the table top. For convenience I have converted the original .PCT format templates into A4 and Letter size PDF templates which may be downloaded here. Previously, I posted three dimensional paper models of Artemis, Diana, and Luna.

Papercraft Sailor Moon Cats

I built these papercraft Sailor Moon cats from templates available at Kinmoku.net, a Sailor Moon fan site. In the Sailor Moon anime, these felines are guardians of the Sailor Senshi (soldiers). From left to right, the cat's names are Artemis, Diana, and Luna. Kinmoku.net offers the templates in .PCT format only, but I obtained permission to convert the templates to PDF files which may be downloaded here. For a sense of the size of the finished cats, the white cat is about 6" (15.2 cm) tall. Enjoy!

3D Papercraft Ren and Stimpy Models

After a long wait, well known papercraft designer Bazookajo has finally released a Stimpy model to accompany his Ren Hoek paper model. The Ren model was released back in 2007. The Stimpy Kadoogan papercraft model (along with several other free paper models) is available at Bazookajo's website here. The Ren and Stimpy television show was the created in the early 90's by Spumco, Inc an American animation production company. 

Angry Cat Head Paper Toy

Right down to the orange and black colors, this angry cat head papercraft looks to be the perfect Halloween decoration. The template for the temperamental kitty is posted on the Universal Nomads blog and was originally created for the 2009 Taipei Toy Festival. Universal Nomads describes themselves as "a loose knit band of unruly designers and dimension painters, now banned in 7 of 10 live-able planes of reality". ^^

Cubecat Paper Toy

This boxy cat papercraft is just the thing when you have the urge to build something out of paper but aren't in the mood for anything overly complex. This one piece paper toy is offered by the Goldenrusset blog and may be downloaded here.