All Entries Tagged With: "cool crafts"
Assemble Your Own Miniature Dinosaur Museum With Tinysaurs
Building a real dinosaur museum will require serious skills and money, neither of which you probably have in spades. These Tinysaurs, on the other hand, can let you fill an entire desktop with recreation dinosaur skeletons at only a fraction of the effort and the cost. Of course, your co-workers aren’t likely to pay a dollar to see 10 paper dinosaur bones inside your office cubicle, but it’s an awesome feeling, nonetheless.
Created by artist Kelly Farrell who sells them through a NY-based outfit called Everything Tiny, the mini-dino remains are built out of sturdy paper material that you can assemble yourself. Different types of dinosaurs are available, including Mammoths, Stegosauruses and the ever-popular T-Rex, along with other animals.
The Tinysaurs come in three types of kits – Basic, DeLuxe and Under Glass. Basic kit comes with just bone parts (made from perforated, laser-cut oak tag board) and an instruction booklet. The [...]
Cut Those Big Paper Shapes With The New Blue Cricut Expression Machine
In the world of papercraft, no recent development has been more impressive than Provo Craft’s Cricut machines. The electronic paper cutter doesn’t only turn complicated shape-making into a simple push-button affair, it gives you near-limitless possibilities by expanding its available designs via add-on cartridges.
The Blue Cricut Expression Machine is a bigger version of the original Cricut, allowing you to produce even larger paper die cuts than usual. It comes in two versions, each one with mostly cosmetic differences. The regular version is entirely blue (with different shades of it across the case), while the special-edition bundle is white with blue trim highlights.
Intended to sit permanently in the workshop rather than for carrying around, Expression Machines can work its slicing blades on huge 12 x 24 inch mats, letting you take on even larger-than-usual craft projects. It works entirely without a computer, but includes a built-in LCD to let you see [...]
How To Make A Gift Box That Looks Like An Ugly Lump Of Coal
Have something precious for someone special this Christmas? Of course you don’t, you’re a cheap ass. Whatever kind of gift you’re looking to give, this Lump of Coal Box should help raise its surprise factor.
As you can tell from the photo, it’s really just a box disguised as a piece of dark rock. It’s for those moments when you want to see the look of shock and disdain across someone’s face before they realize there’s something inside the stark black lump.
Martha Stewart has a tutorial for making your own Lump of Coal Box, which you can use to make both cheap and expensive gifts look like just a tad more work went into them. Of course, it’s craft, so if you’re not the cut-cut-paste-paste kind or if you think craft is gay (well, it is), you can just skip the whole thing over.
Materials consist of a cardboard box, masking tape, [...]
Build Your Own Paper Robots Helps You Assemble Your Very Own Mecha Army
Remember the New York City papercraft models we featured not too long ago? As fun as building those paper skyscrapers might be, they’re not nearly as enjoyable as having an army of paper robots wreaking havoc in their streets. Build Your Own Paper Robots, a hardback volume with an accompanying CD, will show you how to flood it with robot invaders.
Authored by Julius Perdana and Josh Buczynski (who, as far as we know, are made of flesh and blood), the set contains 14 amazing ready-to-print robot models that you can color, print and put together. Using your PC, a printer, card stock and some glue, simply follow the step-by-step assembly instructions and set up your own army of papercraft machines, ready to terrorize your favorite display shelves. Even better, it comes with scalable, line-art versions of the characters, along with different colors and patterns, so you [...]
Ninja Gaiden Diorama: The Classic Game On Papercraft
If building a papercraft New York City isn’t the kind of low-tech thrill you’re looking for, maybe this videogame-based diorama will spur you into action. Based on a scene from the classic Ninja Gaiden series on the NES, it’s one of the coolest 3D (okay, 2.5D) visual feasts I’ve seen in a while.
While we’re not sure where it’s from (a certain MisterManolo is credited on the actual PDF sheet), there’s no denying how interesting of a project it will be to put together, whether you geek out on classic ROMs all day or couldn’t care less. It’s undeniably a nice tabletop display, apart from declaring your undying love for 2D games and (in case you actually like it) papercraft.
Simply download the Ninja Gaiden Diorama PDF (link below), print it out (in color, of course) and follow the rest of the illustrated instructions. Like most papercraft designs, you [...]
