Mini SNES Papercraft

I have always been a sucker for miniature papercraft. This mini papercraft of the old Super Nintendo Entertainment System is one example. Created by DeviantART member Ryo007 in 2008, this paper model has some lengths of old wired earbud cable added for greater realism. The single page JPG template for the model may be downloaded from Ryo007's DeviantART page. The SNES was released in the US in 1991.

Other Miniature Papercraft Objects:

Vintage Cereal Boxes
Ukulele
Brillo Boxes
Area 88 Manga Aircraft
Batman Vehicles

Mini Star Wars Hoth Battle Papercraft

Who can forget the epic snowspeeder versus Imperial walker battle in the movie, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back? This 1:250 scale papercraft diorama by Rawen captures the excitement of the event. The vehicles in the diorama include an AT-AT walker, two snowspeeders, an AT-ST walker and a TIE Interceptor starfighter. Rawen offers a download of the printable PDF templates for the diorama on MediaFire. Also required to build the model as shown are some cotton for the snow and smoke of the crashed snowspeed, and some wire for the tow cable of the snowspeeder circling the AT-AT.

Other Star Wars Papercraft:

Mini Star Destroyers
Laser Cannon
1:48 Snowspeeder
Probe Droid Marionette

Tuantuan

Area 88 Manga Mini Paper Aircraft Collection

The 1980s manga series, Area 88, tells the story of a young pilot named Shin Kazama. Dozens of real life aircraft were featured in the series. This collection of mini Area 88 aircraft paper models was created by R & P Models. The thirteen planes in the collection include the F-8E Crusader, the F-20 Tigershark, the AV-8 Harrier, the Mirage F.1, the F-105D Thunderchief, the F-14 Tomcat, the Jak-38M, the Electric Lightning, the F-104 Starfighter, the Blackburn Buccaneer, the F-8 Crusader, the Saab 35 Draken, and the A-10 Thunderbolt II. Each of these models is very small. In fact, the templates for all thirteen planes fit on just two sheets of paper! The PDF template may be downloaded here.

Other Papercraft Airplanes:

Cirrus SR22
SD Grumman J2F Duck
X-Men SR-71 Blackbird
2.5D F-15 Eagle Decepticons
Blue Angels F11F Tiger

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!

Miniature Papercraft Vintage Cereal Boxes

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

Canon Halloween Candy Shop Diorama

Canon Creative Park always has the highest quality holiday papercraft. One of my favs for Halloween is their "Halloween Market" paper diorama. It depicts a Halloween candy store in the shape of a lantern. The best part of this papercraft are all the small objects that come with the candy store: pumpkins, a broom stick, candy, and a table and chairs. My person favorite are the tiny books. This printable may be downloaded for free in the Miniature World section of Canon Creative Park.

Other Halloween Papercraft:

Fortnite Masks
Ghost Train
Teddy Bear
Origami Skeleton Hand
Disney Jack Skellington

Jaws Orca Papercraft

If you have seen the 1975 movie, Jaws, then you know this boat. It is the Orca. The boat figures prominently in the movie as it is the vessel the three main characters use to track down the murderous great white shark. In the end the Orca is destroyed. This paper model is a 1:100 scale "micromodel" designed by Rawen. The one page PDF template for the model may be downloaded from MediaFire. In real life the Orca was a lobster boat that was repurposed for the movie.

Other Movie Related Papercraft:

Hellraiser Puzzle Cube
Moonraker Space Shuttle
Coraline Seeing Stone
MCU Infinity Gauntlet 
Fifth Element Stones

Spaceball One Paper Model

Spaceballs is a 1987 spoof of the original Star Wars movie from 1977. In the movie, the parody of Darth Vader, Dark Helmet, has an enormous starship named Spaceball One. This miniature papercraft of the Spaceball One was created by paper model designer, Rawen. There are lots of nice touches in the detailing of the model, like the inclusion of the "WE BRAKE FOR NOBODY" bumper sticker on the back of the ship, as seen in the movie. The PDF template for the model may be found at this download link. Included in the download is a bonus template to build a 1/250 scale model of everyone's favorite flying Winnebago, the Eagle 5.

Other Papercraft Spacecraft:

Star Wars Moldy Crow
SD Space Shuttle
Retro Flying Saucer
RPG Space Winnebagos
Looney Tunes Martian Maggot

Mini Papercraft Pixar Up! House

Since 2011, I have posted two different paper models of Carl's house from the Disney Pixar movie UP!. One of the models was tiny, very detailed, and hard to build. The other was larger, simple, and easy to build. Pictured is a third model of the house that blends the best of the previous two models: it is miniature, yet easy to build. This papercraft was created by Nika at Tiny Craft World. The PDF template for the house is available at this webpage.

Previous UP! Houses:

Detailed Miniature
Larger and Easier Model

Easy Mini Star Destroyer Papercraft

Japanese papercraft designer, Masayu-i, created several free paper models as "gifts" during the coronavirus lockdown in 2020 to help those shut in cope with the situation. One of these models was the simple mini Star Wars Star Destroyer pictured above. The template for the model may be downloaded here. As you can see there are two ships included in the template, one half the size of the other. The model is not any particular scale. Print as large or as small as you like!

Other Miniature Papercraft by Masayu-i:

RMS Titanic
Zoids Command Wolf

Dune 1984 Mini Paper Model Collection

PRmodels does it again: another awesome collection of mini sci-fi papercraft! This time it is a set of objects from the 1984 movie, Dune. Pictured are a harvester, a sand worm, the emperor's selamlik, and the House Atreides frigate. Also included, but not pictured, are a Spacing Guild heighliner, a carryall, the Atreides ornithopter, and the Harkonnen ornithopter. The PDF templates for each of these eight models may be downloaded here. After Dune 1984, it would be 37 years before another Dune move was released.

Other Sci-Fi Papercraft:

Blade Runner Tyrell Building
Moon Movie Lunar Rover
Easy Space 1999 Eagle
Lost in Space Landing Pod
Battlestar Galactica Collection

Mini Aliens Paper Model Collection

This collection of mini paper models contains the iconic vehicles seen in the 1986 movie, Aliens. Pictured are the UD-4L Cheyenne Dropship, the M577 Armored Personnel Carrier, and the P-5000 Powered Work Loader which Ripley uses to fight the Xenomorph Queen. All these models are 1:250 scale (which makes the Loader extremely small!) The PDF templates for the models may be downloaded here. Build photo and model design by PRmodels.

Other Mini Sci-Fi Papercraft:

Star Wars Republic Gunship
Serenity Firefly
Spaceballs Eagle 5
Star Trek Shuttle Collection
Mandalorian Razor Crest

Mini ThunderCats Papercraft

The thing I like best about this collection of mini ThunderCats papercraft is the model of the ThunderCats' headquarters, the Cat's Lair. Most fittingly, the Cat's Lair is in the form of a panther sphinx. Included in the collection are seven of the ThunderCats team (including Snarf!). These paper toys are by designer Gus Santome. The templates of all the figures pictured come in a single PDF which may be downloaded here. In the television show, the Cat's Lair was designed by the character Tygra, who, in addition to being a warrior, is also an architect. Who knew? 

Previous ThunderCat Papercraft:

Mumm-Ra with Staff
Lion-O
Time Machine

Mini P-51 Mustang Paper Model

This mini P-51 Mustang paper model is a scale model of the aircraft flown by Captain Ed Toppins during World War II. Toppins was one of the most decorated pilots of the squadron known as the "Tuskegee Airmen". The model was designed by one of my favorite designers, Zio Prudenziati. The PDF template for the papercraft may be downloaded here. The Tuskegee Airmen are often called "Red Tails" due to the distinctive tail color of their aircraft. Build photo by Masahiko Yamamoto.

Other Prudenziati Papercraft:

Antique Sports Cars
Fokker DR1 Triplane
Historic Soldier Collection

Mini Zoids Command Wolf Papercraft

Paper model designer Masayu-i has graciously released this miniature Zoids Command Wolf as a craft activity for people to do while under quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic. The finished model is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand! The template download and photo instructions may be found on Masayu-i's blog here. Zoids began in the 80's as a toy line of robotic animals which has grown over the years into a franchise that includes not only toys but also video games, anime, and manga.

Other Mech Papercraft:

MechWarrior Automata
Robotic Missile Tank
BattleTech Awesome
Wolfenstein Panzerhund
GunWalker Mech

Miniature Batman Vehicle Paper Models

Here are some really cool miniature papercraft Batman vehicles by PRmodels. Two of the set are the Batmobile and Batwing from the 1989 Batman movie. The other two are the Tumbler tank and "The Bat" aircraft from the 2008 Dark Knight movie. The templates for the 1989 micromodels may be downloaded here. The templates for the 2008 micromodels may be downloaded here. PRmodels warns that due to their size these models are very difficult to build. Good luck if you try!

Other Batman Papercraft:
60's Batman Mask
Dark Knight Cowl
MarianoDG Model
1992 Catwoman
Arkham City Harley Quinn

Mini Spirit of St. Louis Papercraft

The Spirit of St. Louis is the one-of-a-kind airplane Charles Lindbergh flew on the first solo, non-stop, transatlantic flight from New York to Paris.  Lindbergh accomplished this feat in 1927. This mini paper model of the plane was created by Paperfactory. The PDF template is available here. The designer indicates that the length of the finished model is 5.5" (14 cm). The original Spirit of St. Louis now hangs in the atrium of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC.

Other Aircraft Paper Models:

Cessna 172
F11F Tiger
Deformed Spitfire
MiG 17
Fokker DR1

Mandalorian Razor Crest Papercraft

Hot off the press, here is a Star Wars paper model from the ever popular Disney+ show, The Mandalorian. This 1:250 scale model is of Razor Crest, the Mandalorian's own ship. The printable PDF template for the model was created by PRmodels and may be downloaded here. The Razor Crest is a former military patrol craft that was customized by the Mandalorian to meet his bounty hunting needs.

Other Miniature Spaceship Paper Models:
Republic Gunship
Star Trek Shuttle Collection
Star Wars Miniature Gaming Ships
Spaceballs Winnebago
Mini Serenity

Star Trek Papercraft: Mini Wrath of Khan Ships

My favorite motion picture of  the original series of Star Trek movies is Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. In the film, Captain Kirk and Khan battle each other in space, Kirk in the U.S.S. Enterprise (of course!) and Khan in the U.S.S. Reliant which he has commandeered. These mini paper models of the Enterprise and the Reliant were created by Rawen. PDF templates for the ships may be downloaded here. I am not entirely sure, but I believe these models are 1:250 scale.

Other Star Trek Papercraft:

Mini Phaser Rifle
Borg Cube
Romulan Warbird
1:1 TNG Phaser Pistol
Andorian Battle Cruiser
Klingon Bird of Prey

Canon Mini Architecture Paper Models

Canon Creative Park has a new "beginner series" of architecture papercraft. Each of the models is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. Four of the 23 models available are pictured. From the upper left going clockwise are the Colosseum (Rome), St. Basil's Cathedral (Moscow), Himeji Castle, (Japan), and Sangrada Famila (Barcelona). Downloads of the templates for the models are available here.

Other Architecture Papercraft:
Lincoln Bicentennial Models
48 German Village Buildings
Vienna Water Tower
Parthenon Pop-up
Guggenheim Museum