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

FNAF Pizza Paper Toy

My goal was to release this paper toy before Halloween, but as you can see, I didn't make it. :) This is the eighth entry in my ongoing series of pizza paper toys. The toy is a miniature pizza from Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, the fictional restaurant featured in the spooky video game Five Nights at Freddy's. I wanted an equally creepy pizza for the box, so this one is a seafood pizza covered in mussels, squid, prawns, and crab (blech!). Printable PDFs for the toy may be downloaded here.

PS: This toy is also my 12th and final monthly papercraft release in celebration of 10 years of Tektonten Papercraft. A list of all 12 releases may be found here.

Previous Papercraft in the Series:

McDonald's (Supreme)
Darth Maul (Pepperoni)
Domino's (Green Pepper and Black Olive)
Disney World (Cheese)
Futurama (Barbecue Chicken and Onion)
Pie Five (Ham and Jalapeno)
Giordano's Grateful Dead (Deep Dish)

Grateful Dead Pizza Paper Toy

In 2015, Giordano's Pizza in Chicago commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead with special pizza boxes featuring the rock band's logo. This paper toy replica of that box is the seventh release in my pizza paper toy series. Inside the GD box is a paper likeness of Giordano's renouned stuffed deep dish pizza which has upper and lower crusts, fillings on the inside, and sauce on top. The PDF template for the toy may be downloaded here. This papercraft is also my scheduled release for the month of May. A list of the previous monthly releases celebrating 10 years of Tektonten Papercraft may be viewed here.

Other Pizza Paper Toys in the Series:

McDonald's (Supreme)
Darth Maul (Pepperoni)
Domino's (Green Pepper and Black Olive)
Disney World (Cheese)
Futurama (Barbecue Chicken and Onion)
Pie Five (Ham and Jalapeno)

Pie Five Pizza Paper Toy

After five years, here (finally) is pizza number six in my pizza paper toy series! This paper toy is of one of the types of boxes used by the US pizza chain "Pie Five". Inside the box is a ham and jalapeno pizza. Like the other pizzas in the series, it is 1:4 scale. The PDF template for the toy may be downloaded here.

It has been quite a while since I released any papercraft of my own creation. In fact the last release was in September 2015. The drought is finally over! :) As I promised in my 10th anniversary post, I will be posting (God willing) one original papercraft each month for the coming year. This is the first of those monthly posts. And no, they won't all be pizza. ;)

Previous Paper Toys in the Series:

Futurama Pizza (barbecue chicken and onion)
Disney World Pizza (cheese)
Domino's Pizza (green pepper and black olive)
Pizza Hut Darth Maul Pizza (pepperoni)
McDonald's Pizza (supreme)

Oh, one last bit of information... By my reckoning, this is my 120th papercraft release. Little did I know when I started in 2008...

Futurama Pizza Paper Toy

This paper toy is of a Panucci's Pizza box as it appears in the animated television show Futurama. The main character of the show is Philip J. Fry, who in 1999 works as a pizza delivery boy for Panucci's. This is the fifth in my ongoing pizza paper toy series. The pizza inside this one is a barbecue chicken pizza with onions.

Previous Pizzas in the Series:
Disney World Pizza (cheese)
Domino's Pizza (green pepper and black olive)
Darth Maul Pizza (pepperoni)
McDonald's Pizza (supreme)

UPDATE 2/17/21: Sorry, I am no longer offering this papercraft due to the Futurama copyright folks having a problem with it. :(

Mini Warhol Brillo Box Paper Toys

I don't know what came over me when I decided to create a mini papercraft version of Warhol's Brillo Boxes. It took quite a bit of work to accurately recreate the graphics on the boxes. Then there was the question of size. For lack of a better size, I decided to make them Barbie Doll scale (1:6). That way Barbie can be a... er... art museum curator or something. ;) The PDF template for the boxes is available here. Andy Warhol created his Brillo artwork in 1964 as a "deadpan replication of American commercial culture" (or so says the Allen Memorial Art Museum).

Disney World Pizza Paper Toy

I have been slacking off on my pizza paper toy series. The last pizza toy I released was back in February 2010! Here is finally a new one. When you order a large pizza at any one of the many resorts at Walt Disney World in Florida it comes in a box with a picture of Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald and Pluto on the lid. This paper toy is a mini version of that box. The pizza inside is a plain cheese pizza, 'cause that what the little ones like best. :) The template for this paper toy may be downloaded here.

Previous Pizza Paper Toys

Dominos Pizza (green pepper and black olive)

Darth Maul Pizza (pepperoni)

McDonald's Pizza (supreme)

Mr. T Cereal Box Papercraft

Although the actor Mr. T has been reduced these days to doing television commercials for World of Warcraft, back in 1984 he was popular enough to have his own brand of breakfast cereal. As if that wasn't an odd enough twist of pop culture in and of itself, the cereal also went on to be immortalized on film by none other than Pee Wee Herman in the 1985 movie Pee Wee's Big Adventure...

When I came across a scan of a Mr. T cereal box in Jason Liebig's wonderful collection of retro product packaging photos on Flickr, I couldn't resist creating a miniature papercraft version of it. So I asked, and Mr. Liebig graciously granted me permission to use his scan for my project. The template for the cereal box papercraft includes two sizes, one at 1:3 scale and the other at 1:6 scale (just the size for Barbie dolls). The one page template may be downloaded here. And just in case you were wondering, the cereal is rumored to have tasted a lot like Cap'n Crunch. ;)

Domino's Pizza Paper Toy

My job has been pretty hectic lately, so I haven't had much time to work on new papercraft models. I did find the time this week, however, to produce an addition to my pizza paper toy series which I began last year. This one is a Domino's green pepper and black olive pizza. It's not a flavor of pizza I think I would ever order, but I do like the pattern the toppings make.^^

Template Info
Scale 1:4
Finished size: 4"(10cm) x 4"(10cm) x 1/2"(1.3cm)
Number of pages: 2
Number of parts: 3
Difficulty: 1/5
Download

Previous Pizza Paper Toys
Darth Maul Pizza Hut Pizza (Pepperoni)
McDonald's Pizza (Supreme)

Campbell's Soup Can Papercraft

I have begun experimenting with a method of creating papercraft that involves using digital photos. For my first attempt, I grabbed a Campbell's soup can from the pantry and took a few photos from which I created a 1:1 scale papercraft model. I intentionally chose a Campbell's soup can because I think it brings up some interesting questions. Is papercraft art? Most people would say that urban paper toys created by professional graphic designers are art, but what about papercraft created from 3D models ripped from video games? What about my soup can which is a life size paper replica of a real world object? I would like to believe that if Andy Warhol were still around he would say all these things are indeed art. In 2008, Warhol's 1:1 scale reproductions of a Brillo box, a Campbell's tomato juice box, a Del Monte peach halves box, and a Heinz tomato ketchup box together as a group sold for $4,750,000 at a Sotheby's auction. If only my papercraft tomato soup can would do as well. :) A download of the template is here.

Darth Maul Pizza Paper Toy

When I did my first pizza paper toy I really hadn't planned on doing any other ones, but shortly after I finished my first design I came across another unusual pizza I just had to do. Could it be the beginnings of a pizza papertoy series? Time will tell. ;)

In the US in 1999 just before Star Wars: Episode 1 was released, Pizza Hut participated in a massive advertising campaign to promote the movie. Part of the campaign involved pizza boxes that featured nine different characters from Episode 1. One of the characters on the large size pizza boxes was none other than Darth Maul. This papertoy is a miniature replica of that box. The first pizza papertoy had a supreme pizza. This one has a pepperoni pizza. The template info is as follows:

Template Info
Scale: 1:4
Finished Size: 4"(10 cm) x 4"(10 cm) x 1/2"(1.3 cm)
Number of sheets: 2
Number of parts: 3
Difficulty: 1/5
Download: Here

McDonald's Pizza Paper Toy

Remember when McDonald's served pizza? Uh, me neither, but there are quite a few people out there who do. Apparently, in the US and Canada McDonald's pizza was only available in limited locations. How long was McPizza around? It's hard to say. The New York Times reported in September 1989 that test marketing had begun, while others reported pizza sightings as late at 1998. Be that as it may, this is my paper toy homage to a fast food experiment I missed. It is an easy build with only three parts, just the quick diversion you need on a boring afternoon.

Template Info
Scale: 1:4
Finished Size: 4"(10 cm) x 4"(10 cm) x 1/2"(1.3 cm)
Number of sheets: 2
Number of parts: 3
Difficulty: 1/5
Download: Here