17th Anniversary!

Today marks the 17th Anniversary of Tektonten Papercraft! To commemorate the day this year, I am featuring some of the Harry Potter papercraft I have done in previous years. Pictured left to right are:

Lucius Malfoy's Wand (2013)
Hogwart's Well (2019)
A Flying Key (2022)

Thank you everyone for your support over the last seventeen years! It has been much appreciated.

Harry Potter Papercraft: Hedwig

I have been reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The book has me thinking about Harry Potter's owl, Hedwig. "Transplaner," a DIY Harry Potter blog offers this Hedwig paper model which was designed by Jeanne, the blog's author. The template for the model and instruction photographs may be found here. Hedwig is a female snowy owl, a species that is native to the artic regions of North America.

Other Harry Potter Papercraft:

Lucius Malfoy Wand
Mini Marauder's Map
Hogwart's Well

Fantastic Beasts Niffler
Printable HP Bookmarks

Harry Potter Flying Key Papercraft

In the movie, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry and his pals must capture a flying key to unlock a door. The problem is, there is a roomful of winged keys whizzing about and only one of them works on the door! This paper model depicts how the keys appear in the 2001 PC video game released in conjunction with the movie. In the game, the keys are gold when they are calm, but if "angered", they turn red. The PDF templates for both types of keys may be downloaded here. The finished keys are 4" (10 cm) long.

I don't release my own paper model designs as often as I once did. In fact, this is my first release since 2020! I hinted in 2018 I might release this particular papercraft.  Finally, today have I been able to follow through.

Other Harry Potter Papercraft:

Hogwarts Well
Quidditch Field
Death Eater Masks
Mini Marauder's Map
Origami Howler

Chibi Harry Potter Papercraft

I haven't come across a better collection of papercraft Harry Potter characters than these "chibi" figures by Claudio Dias. Ten figures in all, the collection includes characters not typically seen in papercraft form, such as Draco Malfoy, Minerva McGonagall and Sirius Black. The PDF template for each character may be downloaded from Dias' website located here. Assembly instructions are also available.

Other Harry Potter Paper Models:

Golden Snitch
Death Eater Mask Collection
Printable Bookmarks
Howler Origami
Fantastic Beasts Niffler
Hogwarts Water Well

Harry Potter Snape Paper Toy

Severus Snape is an important character in the Harry Potter universe. Best known as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts, for a period of time, Snape was also Headmaster of the school. This papercraft fan art of Snape is a free printable from Karthik, an illustrator who lives in Berlin. The template for the toy may be downloaded here. Snape figures prominently in the Harry Potter storyline because of his unrequited love of Harry's mother, Lily.

Other Paper Toy Characters:

Harry Potter

Moana
Baby Yoda

Dark Knight

Little Prince

Mini Harry Potter Paper Toy

In 2011, I posted about Gus Santome's Harry Potter paper toys. Now in 2020, Gus has finally released another character in the series. This one happens to be Harry himself! What took you so long, buddy? ;) Like all of Gus' paper toy characters, Harry is double sided. One side has a smiling face, the other a face with a startled look. As a bonus, Gus has included tiny paper models of all seven of the Harry Potter books. The finished books are about 1" (2.5 cm) tall. A printable PDF template for this toy may be downloaded here.

Other Harry Potter Papercraft:

Golden Snitch

Quidditch Field

Lucius Malfoy Wand

Hogwarts Well

Cute Niffler

Hogwarts Well Paper Model

In the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban video game, one of the tasks is to rid a water well on Hogwarts grounds from an infestation of Cornish pixies. If the player succeeds in the task, the well is inadvertently destroyed. This is a paper model of the well as it appears in the game. The model is 1:18 scale (the same scale as 3 3/4" action figures). The PDF template for the model may be downloaded here. This is my papercraft release for the month of June in a year long celebration of ten years of Tektonten Papercraft. As far as I know, this well isn't mentioned in any of the Harry Potter books, nor does it appear in any of the movies. The well's location in the video game is on the edge of the Forbidden Forest near Hagrid's Hut.

Previous Harry Potter Papercraft:

Golden Snitch
9 Death Eater Masks
Mini Marauder's Map
Lucius Malfoy Wand
Weasley Burrow

Harry Potter Burrow Paper Model

In the Harry Potter universe, the family of Harry's friend, Ron Weasley, live in an odd, magical house called "The Burrow". This paper model of the domicile by Claudio Dias is based on how the house appears in the Harry Potter movies. Harry first visited The Burrow in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The printable template for this model may be downloaded here.

Other Paper Models of Fictional Architecture:

Futurama Planet Express Headquarters
Hobbit Lake Town Buildings
ThunderCats Time Machine Pyramid
Lone Ranger Frontier Town
Blade Runner Tyrell Building

Fantastic Beasts Papercraft: Niffler

In the Fantastic Beasts movies there are magical creatures known as "nifflers". Some describe the appearance of nifflers as a cross between a duck-billed platypus, a mole, and a beaver. Newt Scamander, the protagonist of the movies, notes in his book on fantastic beasts that:

"The niffler is a British beast. Fluffy, black and long-snouted, this burrowing creature has a predilection for anything glittery. Nifflers are often kept by goblins to burrow deep into the earth for treasure. Though the niffler is gentle and even affectionate, it can be destructive to belongings and should never be kept in a house."

This cute paper toy version of a niffler was created by Annie and maybe downloaded at her website Tiny Craft World. Keep up the good work Annie!

Other Harry Potter Papercraft:

Golden Snitch
Howler Origami
Quidditch Field
Peppermint Toad Box
Golden Trio Paper Toys

Printable Harry Potter Monopoly

This printable Harry Potter Monopoly board is not a scan of the store bought version of the game.  It is a work of fan art produced by  a Harry Potter blog in the Netherlands. Except for the houses and hotels, everything you need to play is included. I like that the instruction book for the game is made to look like a Marauder's Map.  :) The game is available in both Dutch and English language versions. The PDF templates for the English version of the game may be downloaded here.

Other Printable Board Games:

Robo Battle Pigs
Smash Monster Rampage
Tron Light Cycle Game
Disney Villains Bowling
Carmageddon

UPDATE 12/18/19: The game pictured above is no longer available. The link in the post above now points to an alternate Harry Potter Monopoly. Unlike the original version which was 100% printable, the alternate version requires modifying a real Monopoly board.

Harry Potter Golden Trio Paper Toys

The three primary characters in the Harry Potter books are sometimes referred to as "The Golden Trio". The trio consists of the close friends Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. These cute paper toy likeness of the Golden ones were created by DeviantART member Zenturtle651692. The templates for the toys may be downloaded here.

Other Harry Potter Papercraft:

Mini Marauder's Map
Printable Bookmarks
Peppermint Toad Box
Snape, Luna, and Lily

Harry Potter Howler Origami

One of the most memorable parts of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is when Ron Weasley opens a "howler" from his mother. A howler is a magical letter that loudly recites its angry message in the voice of the person who wrote it. Once its message is has been delivered, the howler bursts into flames and disintegrates to ashes. This delightful origami howler was created by Vitor Bravin. On his web site, Arte Potter, Vitor offers detailed instructions on how to fold the howler.  He also offers two different printable calligraphy messages for inside the howler, one in Portuguese and one in English. The printable message duplicates the message received by Ron in Chamber of Secrets. Bravo!

Other Harry Potter Papercraft:

Marauder's Map
Death Eater Masks
Golden Snitch
Printable Bookmarks

Harry Potter Origami Dementor

It's the time of the year for posting spooky papercraft! Here is some Harry Potter origami: a dementor. In the world of Harry Potter, dementors are dark, "soul-sucking" spirits that are charged with guarding the prison of Azkaban. Video instructions on how to fold the dementor may be found here. Build photo is by Lilybett.

Previous Harry Potter Papercraft:
Lucius Malfoy Wand
Marauder's Map
Quidditch Field
Golden Snitch

Harry Potter Papercraft: Lucius Malfoy Wand

This has been a busy year for me so I haven't been able to finish as many of my own personal papercraft creations as I would like. However, I did manage to get this one completed. It is a full scale paper model of Lucius Malfoy's wand as seen in the Harry Potter movies. This is the wand Lucius uses after Lord Voldemort confiscates his more elaborate snake headed wand. This was not an easy build! Due to the small circumference of the upper part of the wand, I think using heavy paper rather than card stock may have made the build easier. A download of the template is located here and includes Letter and A4 size PDF files as well as a Pepakura PDO file for reference.

Death Eater Mask Series Build Photo

Joe L. in Pennsylvania built all nine of the masks in my Death Eater series. He also created a custom stand to display them. Nice work Joe! If I keep getting  build photos as good as this I may just get inspired to add more masks to the series. Links to the original posts for each of the nine masks are located here.

DIY Mini Harry Potter Marauder's Map

The Marauder's Map according to the Harry Potter wiki is:

"A magical document that reveals all of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Not only does it show every classroom, every hallway, and every corner of the castle, but it also shows every inch of the grounds, as well as all the secret passages that are hidden within its walls and the location of every person in the grounds, portrayed by a dot."

This easy DIY mini Marauder's Map was created by Britta Peterson in 2005. A PDF of the map along with instructions may be downloaded here.

Printable Harry Potter Bookmarks

These three double-sided Harry Potter bookmarks were originally offered as a promotional download by Hewlett-Packard. No longer available at HP, the bookmarks live on at The Daily Prophet, a Harry Potter fan site. Pictured in the bookmarks are Harry wearing the sorting hat, Harry in Professor Snape's class, and Hedwig, Harry's owl. Each of the bookmarks is about 7" (17.8 cm) long when printed on A4 size paper.

Harry Potter Papercraft: Peppermint Toad Box

In the world of Harry Potter, a peppermint toad is a magical candy shaped like a toad. After consuming one of the toads it realistically hops in the stomach. The treat is mentioned in A Prisoner of Azkaban as being sold in the Honeydukes sweet shop in the wizarding village of Hogsmeade. The template for this papercraft peppermint toad box is offered by LoneLantern who was also kind enough to include a recipe to create some real candy toads to go inside. Yum!

Death Eater Masks Build Photo

Alexandre at origamiemblog.blogspot.com built all nine of my Harry Potter Death Eater masks. I don't believe I have ever seen them all in one photo before! If you missed the masks the first time around there are links to each one below. The template of the Death Eater masks was based on a No Face mask I did in 2009.

Death Eater Mask #9
Death Eater Mask #8
Death Eater Mask #7
Death Eater Mask #6
Death Eater Mask #5
Death Eater Mask #4
Death Eater Mask #3
Death Eater Mask #2
Death Eater Mask #1

Mini Harry Potter Paper Toys: Snape, Luna & Lily

Gus Santome at Mini Papercraft has produced some delightful mini Harry Potter paper toys. The currently available toys include Severus Snape, Luna Lovegood and Lily Evans (Harry's Mom). Hopefully Santome will create more characters in the future. A fun feature of these toys is the fact that each one is double sided with a different facial expression on each side. A download of the paper toys is available here.

UPDATE 11/16/22: There is also a mini paper toy of Harry Potter himself, available here.