Folding Trees » Paper Models http://foldingtrees.com the best tutorials and paper creations online Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:47:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Papercraft turkey http://foldingtrees.com/2009/11/papercraft-turkey/ http://foldingtrees.com/2009/11/papercraft-turkey/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:06:16 +0000 June & Eve http://foldingtrees.com/?p=2927 turkey

US Thanksgiving is approaching, so why not try making this simple and  cute turkey paper model from Macula.tv. 

]]> http://foldingtrees.com/2009/11/papercraft-turkey/feed/ 2 Brooklyn5and10 papercraft kit giveaway! http://foldingtrees.com/2009/10/brooklyn5and10-papercraft-kit-giveaway/ http://foldingtrees.com/2009/10/brooklyn5and10-papercraft-kit-giveaway/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:13:22 +0000 June & Eve http://foldingtrees.com/?p=2884 Today on Folding Trees we’re very excited to present a giveaway for a papercraft kit from Brooklyn5and10.com, an online shop offering a selection of affordable whimsical gifts, growing kits and craft projects. The prize will be your choice of Saka Karakuri paper animation kit, delivered direct to your door! (Retail value $9.95 plus shipping).

saka1 Teeter Totter by Saka KarakuriThe first steps of a budding ‘bot

This is Saka’s most popular model. The adorable robot walks as the crank is turned. Kawaii!
saka2 Climate Change by Saka KarakuriA penguin attempts to escape the thawing tundra!

Turn the crank and the penguin helplessly repeats his attempts to lift-off. Sadly, our darkly humorous penguin is not equiped to fly.
saka3 Doomed by Saka KarakuriTurn the crank and this fish flops helplessly on the cutting board. Sad, but darkly humorous.

A little more about the prize… These kits are original Japanese karakuri or “trick mechanism” by Keisuke Saka, one of the world’s best paper engineers. Saka’s beautiful designs use only a few moving parts, yet produce elegant (and darkly humorous!) movement. Saka paper automata models are easy to do with complete illustrated instructions. Just cut out, fold, glue and assemble. Recommended for ages 12 and up (younger with adult help).

To enter our contest, click through to Brooklyn5and10 and take a look at all their cool papercraft kits, then come back here and leave a comment on this post saying which of the 3 kits pictured above you’d like to win!

The contest will close on Tuesday, November 3rd, at 12pm EST. Good luck!

UPDATED: The contest is now closed. Thanks to all who entered – we’ll be announcing the winner later today!

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Here is lovely idea for a newborn baby’s nursery; these cute little baby booties made from your favourite scrap booking paper. Hop over to the Kaisercraft website and click on the link to get the free pdf.

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Fantastic Toys makes the most adorable plush, and now Tim has generously created a free PDF set of 5 gnome paper toys, featuring a hanging mobile, gnome bowling, a gnome paper doll and finger puppets – all equally cute!

]]> http://foldingtrees.com/2009/08/gnome-paper-toys/feed/ 1 The Golden Rule http://foldingtrees.com/2009/08/the-golden-rule/ http://foldingtrees.com/2009/08/the-golden-rule/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:00:18 +0000 June & Eve http://foldingtrees.com/?p=2687 monkey

The Golden Rule is a new papermodel by artist Saka, you can purchase the kit via brooklyn 5 and 10.

From the makers:

“The Golden Rule kit marks an innovation in paper engineering as each model can be turned separately or joined together to move sequentially. Three models, together or separately, still there is only one Golden Rule.”

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