MetaFilter posts tagged with crafts and papercraft

Should auld calendars be tossed out, and never brought to mind?

orange swan — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 10:21:53 -0800

As 2009 approaches, you’re taking down your old calendars and wondering what to do with them. You still enjoy those Monet/Jeff Foxworthy/rose garden/Playmate images so much you hate to throw them in the recycling bin. Don’t worry, there are ways to reinvent that calendar so you can enjoy those images for years to come. For starters, you could make envelopes and notecards out the calendar. Though perhaps you won’t want to use your new Playmate stationery to write to Grandma. Calendars can be turned into recycled wrapping paper and bows. If you’re a real packrat and have a ten-year-old calendar kicking around, you may be able to turn it into a calendar for the current year. Calendars can become lampshades or mobiles. If you’re into decoupage, you know that you can decoupage practically anything, from a waste basket to old suitcases to flower pots to your shoes. And there are lots of other possible project ideas. If you’ve got an old planner you liked, you can make one like it and reuse the old cover. And as you craft on New Year’s Day, you can savour the irony of using the act of memorializing the old year to try to forget your alcohol-enabled indiscretions of the night before.

Howl's Moving Castle papercraft

jonson — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:33:19 -0800

Howl's Moving Castle - in papercraft. Stop motion animation of the assembly here, flickr set of the finished product here, details on the kit here. Found via.

Let's build...

OmieWise — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:25:27 -0800

Let's build...Blarney Castle, a model building to test on an earthquake simulator, Thoreau's cabin, a stirling engine, the NYC transit system, a model bridge, Galileo spacecraft, the Mars Polar Lander, a flying Martin XB-51, Aliens universe papercraft, a train layout under your bed, a stereoscope, a flying saucer. Or we could let The Swell Maps do it: Let's Build a Car. And don't forget, "Your country needs scale model planes for the emergency."

Paper Toys

dobbs — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 22:36:53 -0800

Readymechs are free flatpack toys for you to print and build. {teefed from ArtDorks}

Snip snip! Fold fold!

Robot Johnny — Tue, 13 Apr 2004 11:35:48 -0800

Have some extra free time? Why not try your hand at some paper craft?

Craft Templates

jonah — Wed, 21 Jan 2004 13:46:33 -0800

Templates that you can use to make custom cards, envelopes, and boxes , requires only minor paper folding skill to make one of a kind gift holders/presenters. I like the take out box and the trapezoid box for some reason.

papercraft

crunchland — Sun, 31 Aug 2003 12:58:29 -0800

3D Papercraft .. build all kinds of things out of paper from your printer. From the Taj Mahal to a matador to a pair of sumo wrestlers.