Sunday, November 26, 2023

free Raccoo Venture game papercraft toy and contest!




Raccoo Venture is a 3D platform game by Diego Ras to be released on December 14 for Steam (PC), Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and X/S and Playstation 4/5. 🎮

What's more, QUbyte Interactive is having a contest where you can win a free copy for the platform that you prefer!

How, you ask?
  1. Download a paper toy of Raccoo from the official website: https://www.raccooventure.com/
  2. Take a picture of your paper Raccoo it in the most unusual place you can think of
  3. Post it as a reply in QUByte Interactive's tweet about the contest with the hastag #RVPapertoy here: https://twitter.com/qubytegames/status/1727323058677887337
  4. Then on the launch date December 14 2023, hopefully you'll be chosen as one of the 10 winners! 🏆

Download the free Raccoo Venture papercraft toy from the official website:

Read QUByte's full contest tweet:

Good luck and have fun! 🦝

Saturday, November 25, 2023

free papercraft color-yourself Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas) shoes and other papercrafts


Christmas 🎅🎄 is a very big holiday in The Netherlands, but on December 5 we will have another holiday first called Pakjesavond! 🎁🌙

With the rising popularity of Christmas over the years as a family holiday, Pakjesavond is really a children's holiday nowadays when late in the evening a figure called Sinterklaas ("Sint Nicolaas": Saint Nicholas of Bari, the bishop of Myra) goes through towns as
an old man with a big white beard dressed in red riding his horse over the roofs of our houses and dropping presents through the chimneys of kids that have been nice all year - or a lump of coal for children that have been bad (or even worse, beats them with a rod and takes them back with him to Spain where he stays during 11 months of the year...! 😱)

The historical Saint Nicholas and modern day Sinterklaas arriving in The Netherlands.

Sounds crazy? Or actually patially very familiiar...? That's probably because Sinterklaas is widely considered as the origin of North America's Santa Clause (a.k.a. Saint Nick, duh...)

(and if you think this sounds a lot like Vunter Slaush than I'm willing to bet you saw season 15 episode 04 "Crack Baby Athletic Association" of South Park - Dutch kids actually do sing "Vunter Slaush Kapushkuh" on Pakjesavond - with slightly different lyrics though... 😉)

So: what does this Dutch Children's holiday tradition have to do with papercraft?

Well, a lot of Dutch stores (especially supermarkets) allow children that have been good all year to leave one of their shoes in the store, so that the store owners (eh, I mean Saint Nicholas of course...!) can put a little present in it for when the children come to pick up their shoe again on December 5th.  🏪👞👟🥿🎁 😀

And well, I guess because it's pretty unsanitary to have lots of children's shoes in your store (and children would have one cold foot during the winter month of November...! ⛄) they usually give out special blank shoes as a papercraft template ("bouwplaat" or "knutselplaat") for children to color and decorate themselves and leave instead. 😊

Usually you can get the papercraft shoe template at the store where you can leave it, but sometimes stores also let you download it from their website. And of course you can also just put it next to the fireplace (or radiator nowadays) in your own home!

Don't forget to leave a yummy carrot for Saint Nicholas' horse in your shoe (and your wish list for Sinterklaas of course!) 🥕🐎

Download + build your own free papercraft color-yourself Saint Nicholas shoes and other papercrafts (from various Dutch stores):
(you can also check your local Dutch supermarket to see if they have printed template for you! 😉)

Thursday, November 23, 2023

free papercraft Sakulife-chan mascot and other activities


Ikari Holdings wants to make beautiful cities with cleanliness and a good environment under the name Sakulife. On their website you can download fun activities that kids can do - including games and (of course 😉) a cute papercraft of their mascot Sakulife-chan! 🌸

Download + build your own free papercraft Sakulife-chan mascot (+lots more, by Sakulife):

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

free Bother Print Terrace papercraft Kawasaki buses


If you look through all the papercrafts that Brother made for their fans so far like a town marina, a highway, and lots more, you can make yourself a nice little town by now I think! 🏡

But of course it would be even better with some public transportation to get around your paper town!

Download + build your own free papercraft Kawasaki buses (+ lots more, by Brother Print Terrace):


Tuesday, November 21, 2023

free papercraft robot automaton by Rob Ives




As a papercrafter, Rob Ives is well known for making paper "automata" (papercrafts with parts that move!) that you can build yourself from his templates!

I showed you a free paper toy robot that he uploaded to vectortuts+ before, and here's another one that he shared on Instructables! 🤖

Download + build your own free papercraft robot automaton (by Rob Ives on Instructables):

(download instructions: click the "paperbot.pdf" button just above "Step 1" of the tutorial on Rob Ives' Instructible article)

Monday, November 20, 2023

free papercraft S.S. Maha Vajiravuit


Retrocale made another old steam ship for you to make as a papercraft: the S.S. Maha Vajiravuit (or Vajiravudh) that used to travel between Bangkok, Tringanu (Terengganu) and Singapore along the coast of old Siam (modern day Thailand)

Download + build your own free papercraft S.S. Maha Vajiravuit (+more, by Retrocale):

Sunday, November 19, 2023

free Aomori Prefectural Police papercraft police cars & holiday trucks


Many years ago, the Aomori Prefectural Police had a webpage where kids could download some simple papercraft caps and things to "play police" with. That old webpage is gone now (probably since a while already), but you can still download the papercrafts from an archived version of the webpage. 👮

And even better: there's a new papercraft webpage with two patrol cars and a special truck with a Christmas 🎄 theme - and two Halloween 🎃 versions that I somehow missed a little while ago... 😉

Download + build your own free papercraft police patrol cars and Christmas and Halloween trucks (by Aomori Prefectural Police):

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

free papercraft Japanese Red Cross Society ambulance


Wouldn't you feel better already if you saw a cute bunny paramedic pull up in a red cross ambulance?  😊 🐰🚑

Download + build your own free papercraft Red Cross ambulance (by Japanese Red Cross Society Nara Prefecture Branch):

(download instructions: click the "救急車ペーパークラフトの用紙はコチラ" link at the top of the Japanese Red Cross Society page)

Sunday, November 12, 2023

free papercraft Funerositora-chan


Yesterday it was "Sint Maarten" ("St. Martin's Day", named after the Roman soldier Martinus that cut off half of his warm cloak  to share with a shivering beggar and converted to Catholicism to became bishop Martin of Tours) when in some parts of the Netherlands children still go around town with a lantern to sing (and collect candy 😁) in his honor (kinda like a Halloween for the low-countries).

St. Martin sharing half of his cloak with a beggar and children with lanterns singing to get candy on St. Martin's day.

But I was very surprised to see that tfrog from Japan apparantly knows about this Dutch tradition too, because he released this super cute papercraft of Funerositora-chan holding her lantern (an original character created by Anmaku Tokeru, a mysterious child walking around with a top hat, lantern and scythe...) yesterday to coincide with the holiday! 🏮

...or maybe it was just a serendipitous coincidence...? 😉

Download + build your own free papercraft Funerositora-chan (+lots more, by tfrog):

(you'll need the free Pepakura Viewer to open *.pdo files!)

Saturday, November 11, 2023

free Freiwillige Feuerwehr Dorf an der Pram fire trucks


If you've been hoping for more free papercraft Austrian Fire trucks - then go to the website of the Freiwillige Feuerwehr Dorf an der Pram. 🚒😊

Download + build your own free Dorf an der Pram fire trucks (by Freiwillige Feuerwehr Dorf an der Pram):

Friday, November 10, 2023

free papercraft Freiwillige Feuerwehr Aderklaa fire truck


The Freiwillige Feuerwehr Aderklaa has this fun papercraft fire truck o download from their website! 🚒🙂

Download + build your own free papercraft fire truck (Freiwillige Feuerwehr Aderklaa):

(download instructions: click the "Bastelbogen RLFA Aderklaa" link at the bottom of Freiwillige Feuerwehr Aderklaa's website)

Thursday, November 9, 2023

free papercraft Freiwilligen Feuerwehr Göpfritz an der Wild fire truck


Don't worry, here's another free papercraft Austrian fire truck! 🚒😉

Download + build your own free papercraft fire truck (by Freiwilligen Feuerwehr Göpfritz an der Wild):

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

free papercraft Kremsmünster fire truck


Somebody at the Kremsmünster fire department must have thought: if I take some good, straight on pictures of our fire truck, you could make a papercraft model of it! 🚒

And guess what?

they were right! 😀

Download + build your own free papercraft fire truck (by Feuerwehr Kremsmünster):

(download instructions: click the "BASTELBOGEN LFB-A" link on the Feuerwehr Kremsmünster's website)

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

free papercraft Freiwillige Feuerwehr Gaaden fire truck


Even though we don't have to find ways to keep occupied while we have to stay home because of the corona virus anymore, maybe you'll want to just to build this little fire truck from the Freiwillige Feuerwehr Gaaden for fun! 🚒

Download  +build your own free papercraft emergency fire team vehicle (by Freiwillige Feuerwehr Gaaden):

Monday, November 6, 2023

free papercraft Magirus Easter Bunny fire truck pencil box


How about an Easter riddle, since we're getting closer to Christmas:

What do you get when a company like Magirus that makes fire trucks and fire fighting equipment creates a papercraft for Easter?

An Easter Bunny driving a fire truck pencil box! 🐰🚒

Download + build your own free papercraft Easter Bunny fire truck pencil box (by Magirus):

Sunday, November 5, 2023

free Column Five papercraft donut


If you like donuts, but don't want to gain weight, maybe you can make them out of paper like Column Five did? 

Download + build your own free papercraft donut (by Column Five):

(download instructions: click the  "templates here" link at the end of the article on Colmn Five's site)

Saturday, November 4, 2023

free Spanish Red Cross ambulance


A few years back during the Coronavirus pandemic, the Spanish Red Cross shared a free papercraft ambulance or people to have a little fun!


Download + build your own free Red Cross ambulance (by the Spanish Red Cross):

Friday, November 3, 2023

The Free Bundle free papercraft US Spider tank M3


This papercraft Spider tank from The Free Bundle comes is uncolored, so you can customize it to fit your own table top army! 

Download + build your own free papercraft US Spider tank M3 (by The Free Bundle):

Thursday, November 2, 2023

free papercraft Warcraft III Temple of the Damned & Quake 2 characters


I found out that Corarpe released a new Temple of the Damned papercraft after this year's Halloween was already over, so I guess now you can't build it anymore unil next year... 😝🎃

(luckily he made lots of other ones already as well and some new Quake 2 ones for you to build - and I'm sure Corarpe won't miond you building his Temple of the Damned anyway 😉)

Download + build your own free papercraft Warcraft III Temple of the Damned & Quake 2 characters (+lots more, by Corarpe):

(use a free file archiver tool like 7-zip to unpack *.rar files)

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

free Kamakura History Workshop papercraft samurai cartoon character and diorama background freebies


The Kamakura History Workshop made a lot of commercial papercrafts kits of samurai figures, but on their website they also have a free diorama background to display them if you bought and made some, and also a free samurai cartoon dog (at least I think it's a dog? - update: I just noticed the squirly tail, so now I think it's a actually a squirrel 😉)

Download + build your own free papercraft samurai cartoon character and diorama background freebies (by Kamakura History Workshop):

(download instructions: scroll down Kamakura History Workshop's website and click the "CHARACTER" and "DIORAMA" pictures)