Papercraft Tents

These papercraft tents were designed as a craft project for children to teach them about Priscilla and Aquila, a married couple mentioned in several books in the Christian New Testament. Priscilla and Aquila were tentmakers by trade. Three different tent models are available for download at the Jesus Without Words website. Not pictured is the "pup" style tent. These might be useful for miniature gaming, although they will probably need to be printed at a different scale if used for that purpose.

Other Papercraft Tents:
Circus Tent Gift Boxes
Medieval Tents
Vintage Orphan Annie Circus

Papercraft Medieval Tents

These papercraft tents were created by an architect, Krzysztof, who based his designs on images from actual medieval illuminated manuscripts. The knightly pavilions are just the right size for miniature gaming and are easy to build. The template for the tents (as well as the 2D character cut-outs shown in the photo) may be found at Krzysztof's website, Mini Lab Models. Also available for download is a paper model of a church building drawn in the same style.

Antique Papercraft: Orphan Annie Circus

Vintage paper toys always bring a smile. ^^ This Orphan Annie Goofy Circus was a mail-in offer by Ovaltine in the late 1930's. Scans of some of the circus pieces may be viewed at a here. C. Carey Cloud was the designer of the papercraft. Cloud is probably best remembered for his work as a Cracker Jack prize designer. He produced toy designs for the snack company for thirty some years from the 1930's to the 1960's.

Circus Tent Papercraft Gift Box

The designer who brought us Teddy's Paper Theater now brings us colorful DIY circus tent gift boxes. My favorite part of the design is the box's underside which has an ingenious pattern created by the construction of the box itself. There are two box styles available: a circus tent (seen in the foreground) and a tower (seen just behind the circus tent box). Templates for the boxes may be downloaded here and here.