(Translated by https://www.hiragana.jp/)
Ninjatoes' papercraft weblog: May 2023

Monday, May 29, 2023

free papercraft Misasa Deep Space Station antenna


Sure, it's fun to send unmanned spacecraft 🚀 into space to explore the galaxy, but people on Earth need to be able to communicate with them to receive data of what they find and to send commands if needed of course.

So you need to have big satellite antennas 📡 like JAXA's (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Misasa Deep Space Station antenna!

Download + build your own free papercraft Misasa Deep Space Station antenna (by JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency):

Sunday, May 28, 2023

free papercraft rescue vehicle and ambulance


I know, I know; you must've been waiting for more papercrafts from Japanese fire departments! 🚒🚑

Donload + build your own free papercraft rescue vehicle and ambulance (by Soka Yashio Koiki Fire Department):

(download instructions: click the two PDF links at the bottom of the Soka Yashio Koiki Fire Department website)

Saturday, May 27, 2023

lots of free papercraft passenger airliners in different liveries!


There's a collection of papercraft Minecraft blocks on Citycraft as well at the moment, but there are mostly lots of papercraft passenger planes in lots of different airline liveries! 🛫

Download + build your own free Minecraft blocks & papercraft passenger airliners (by Citycraft Papermodels):

Friday, May 26, 2023

papercraft Tomb Raider X-Ray Lara final build! :o)


What happened to the papercraft Tomb Raider "X-Ray Lara" vignette that I was working on?

Well, she's almost done to be released for free on my papercraft webpage! 😀

I'm already making the instructions, so she'll be released for free probably some time next week on my papercraft webppage with my other free papercrafts after the Minecraft Hostile Mobs papercraft kit giveaway is done (deadline to leave your emailaddress to enter is May 31: https://ninjatoes.blogspot.com/2023/05/free-minecraft-papercraft-giveaway.html 👍).

Stay tuned!
(together these made me think of those images where it shows all the different layers of the human body 😉; papercraft Home Sweet Home Lara and Atlantean double (and lots more!) are already available for free on my papercaft webpage)

Thursday, May 25, 2023

free papercraft Mexico City Metrobús buses


If like elicarrot you love Mexico City's rapid transit system Metrobús but don't have a boyfriend that brings you free Metrobús papercrafts, you can still just download them yourself! 😉

Download + build your own free papercraft Mexico City Metrobús buses (by Metrobús DCMX):

(Alternative: click the third rotating image at the top on the Metrobús DCMX site (where it says "¡Descarga tu Metrobús armable") for the same Metrobús papercrafts PDF file: https://www.metrobus.cdmx.gob.mx/)

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

free bigger papercraft Chinese Pavilion


What did you think of the free papercraft Chinese Pavilion by Kacanonon that I showed you earlier on my blog?

Did you like it, but wish it was a little bit bigger with more columns, and maybe a double roof?

Lucky you: because as you can see that's exactly the new papercraft that Kacanonon uploaded to the Pepakura Gallery again!

Download + build your own free bigger papercraft Chinese Pavilion (by Kacanonon):

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

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

free papercraft Akaiwa City mascot Momo-chan


Momo-chan is the cute mascot for Akaiwa City in Japan's Okayama Prefecture! 🗾

Download + build your own free papercraft Akaiwa City mascot Momo-chan (by Akaiwa City):

Monday, May 22, 2023

free Attac Germany papercraft tram


Attac is advocating for a better world, and since in many European cities (including in Germany) it's no problem using more sustainable transportation like riding the tram instead of cars everywhere, this papercraft tram can remind you of that! (and it can be fun to make) 🚊

Download + build your own free papercraft tram (by Attac Trägerverein):

(download instructions: click the "Die Druckvorlage könnt ihr hier herunterladen (pdf)" link in the orange block of text on Attac Germany's website)

Sunday, May 21, 2023

free official papercraft Dr. Brumm house


Daniel Napp is a German author and illustrator of children's books like Dr. Brumm, about a bear that never gets bored because of all the things he thinks of to do with his friends, like building a house! 🏡(only his own house should have been a bit larger so he could have fit inside, while the free download on Daniel's website is is just a papercraft version that you can build yourself for fun... 😉)

Download + build your own free official papercraft Dr. Brumm house (by Daniel Napp):

(download instructions: click the "Download Bastelbogen" link on Daniel Napp's website)

Saturday, May 20, 2023

new free papercraft Worcestershire Militaria Museum models


I mentioned the website of the Worcestershire Militaria Museum last year, having has lots of educational material, but also lots of free military related papercraft models made by Oliver Dorell from Papermotiv! 😀

Well, they tagged me in a new tweet and I'm glad they did, because it looks like Oliver made a couple of new papercraft freebies: a Vietnam war era Huey helicopter, a German Tiger Tank from the African front of World War II and a classic sports car in the Worcester's Regiment's colors!

Download + build your own free papercraft Worcestershire Militaria Museum models (by Papermotiv for Worcestershire Militaria Museum):

free papercraft Hokuriku Heavy Industries locomotives


Hokuriku Heavy Industries makes big railroad vehicles, but luckily the locomotives you can download from their website are a little bit smaller to be made from paper. 🚃

Download + build your own free 5 and 22-ton and papercraft locomotives (by Hokuriku Heavy Industries):

Friday, May 19, 2023

free Minecraft papercraft giveaway again (deadline May 31, 2023)


Almost a year ago now, I did a free Minecraft papercraft giveaway with four winners! 🥳

Three of them have long gotten their prize already, but unfortunately the fourth winner never responded to several attempts of me asking to send me their shipping address... 😟

After a while I have to admit I kinda forgot about it, but I came across the kit again recently that I still have of course, so let's try again! Here's the contest:

Leave your e-mail address in the Google form below:
(this giveaway has ended, sorry!)


That's it. That's all you have to do to enter this giveaway.
  • Deadline will be May 31st.
  • Then I will draw a random winner again and contact them using the emailaddress you leave to ask for the shipping information* to send the winner their prize.
  • Everybody can enter the giveaway, from any country
  • I will pay for shipping and any  customs/tax costs in your country.
* NOTE: this is a PHYSICAL papercraft kit, so make sure you are okay with sending me a physical shipping address to send the prize to, and if you are under age, make sure you have permission to do so from your parents or guardians!

Have fun and good luck!

Thursday, May 18, 2023

cute free Atorie Loft Creation Rainbow Girl papercrafts


Atorie Loft Creation aims to people's attic space into fun lofts, where kids like Rainbow Girl can play with building blocks to make robots, play original games and of course: make cute papercrafts! 👧😊

Download + build your own cute free Atorie Loft Creation Rainbow Girl papercrafts (by Atorie Loft Creation):

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

papercraft Tomb Raider X-Ray Lara transparant computer screen test WIP


I test printed a few versions of the computer screen for my papercraft upcoming papercraft Tomb Raider  X-Ray Lara vignette on a printable transparancy (which I'm sure you'll agree will make for more interesting papercraft vignette than just printing a black computer screen on paper... 😉)


Note: if  the transparancy is quite thin, it might be too flimsy too stand up under its own weight. If it falls/folds over on itself maybe you can glue a thin metal wire or something like that to the two side edges of the screen to keep it standing up straight?

Stay tuned!

Monday, May 15, 2023

free papercraft Tomb Raider X-Ray Lara rest of the test build WIP


I finished test building X-Ray Lara for the papercraft vignette I'm making!

Some bones of Lara's arms ended up very thin but with thorough scoring before trying to fold the parts, I managed! (alternatively, you could just use 2D strips of paper for the thinnest bones)

I made Lara's ribcage in 2D as you can see and luckily her leg bones are just big enough to build and support her in 3D. 🦵😊



Stay tuned!

Sunday, May 14, 2023

free papercraft Tomb Raider X-Ray Lara first test build WIP


I started a first test build for my papercraft Tomb Raider X-Ray Lara vignette!

I started with the stand which turned out really nice I think with the security desk watching Lara as she runs by. 😊

I'll make the computerscreen transparant in the final version, but it doesn't really matter now because this is just a test build; and I mixed up the texture images anyway: in the final version I want to use the screen that shows Lara's X-ray image. 🦴💀

(while we're on the subject of computer screen texture images: why is an image of the top-secret iris artefact showing on a random computer screen at a security checkpoint??)

Next WIP:


Stay tuned!


Saturday, May 13, 2023

Bouw de Hoogvliet supermarkt vrachtwagen knutselplaat en win kaartjes voor Madurodam (tot 16 juni 2023)


Supermarktketen Hoogvliet bestaat 55 jaar en dat vieren ze met een knutselwedstrijd waarmee je gratis kaartjes kunt winnen voor miniatuurpark Madurodam in Den Haag!
  1. Download de gratis knutselplaat van de speciale Hoogvliet supermarkt vrachtwagen
  2. Druk de knutselplaat af en kleur en versier hem zo mooi mogelijk
  3. Knip en lijm de knutselplaat in elkaar en upload een foto ervan op Instagram met de tag @Hoogvlietsupermarkten !
Download de knutselplaat en lees alle actievoorwaarden op de website van Hoogvliet supermarkten:

LET OP: je moet op de oranje "lees meer" knop klikken in plaats van op de "Download nu" knop... 😒

(de actie loopt al vanaf 3 mei 2023 en eindigt op 16 juni 2023)

Heel veel knutselplezier en veel succes!



💂 English:
For their 55th anniversary, the Dutch supermarket chain Hoogvliet is having a contest from May 3 - June 16 to decorate and build a festive papercraft Hoogvliet truck and win 4 admission tickets to the Dutch miniature park Madurodam in The Hague.

I think the contest is only for people from The Netherlands (sorry!) but nothing is stopping you from downloading and decorating your own free papercraft Hoogvliet supermarket truck! 😀

Download + build your own free papercraft Hoogvliet 55th anniversary supermarket truck (by Hoogvliet):
https://www.hoogvliet.com/knutselen (use the "Lees meer" link instead of the "Download nu" link!)



Thursday, May 11, 2023

free papercraft Au Bout du Monde Cabane holiday living van


"Au Bout du Monde" ("at the end of the world") is a campsite at Les Trois Taillants in France run by the Dutch couple Bram and Annette, where you can spend a nice and quiet holiday on the french countryside, away from the hectic modern day life.


If you want, you can stay at the "Cabane" living van, and don't worry: the real one is a alot bigger than this papercraft version! 😉

(this black-and-white/color-yourself holiday papercraft was actually part of a contest to win a holiday yourself at "Au Bout du Monde", but unfortunately the contest already ended on February 26, but of course you can still unwind a bit building and decorating it! 😊)

Download + build your own free papercraft color-yourself holiday living van "La Cabane" (Le domaine....... "au bout du monde" ):

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

free papercraft Minecraft Bee


KatyAnna made this papercraft MineCraft Bee for a friend - and she felt that you might like to make it too! 

Download + build your own free papercraft Minecraft Bee (by Oh Crafty Day):

(download instructions: click the pink "click here to get the free project files!" button in the Oh Crafty Day article)

Monday, May 8, 2023

free official Evangelion Unit-01 papercraft by chokipetaKOBO


I think this Evangelion Unit-01 head papercraft  by chokipetaKOBO was originally a bonus in a physical magazine in 2007, but in 2021 it was reused as a digital download from the official Evangelion website for the release of Evangelion: 3.0+1.0! 😀

...and if you can find back the official tweet with the link, you can still download it from the official Evangelion website now! 😊

Download + build your own free official Evangelion Unit-01 papercraft (by chokipetaKOBO for Evangelion.co.jp):

(download instructions: click the bit.ly/... link to open the PDF file on the Evangelion.co.jp website)

Sunday, May 7, 2023

free Naruto and other cute anime papercrafts


Are you a fan of  anime and games like Naruto, Figure Fantasy, Spy x Family and others? You can download these cute papercrafts that DeviantArt user einsonezweitwo made and make them yourself too!

Download + build your own free Naruto and other cute anime papercrafts (by einsonezweitwo):

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

Saturday, May 6, 2023

free papercraft Tomb Raider 3D skeleton Lara vignette WIP


The actual game textures that you can extract with the 3D model from a classic Tomb Raider game (using the method I describe in this post) are always "scrambled up" for some reason.

I find it difficult to edit the 3D model with the textures into a base model that you can make into a decent papercraft that way, so I always cut up the extracted texture image into its separates pieces and combine those into a new texture image that's stitched together in a more logical way to make it easier for myself to recognize which piece of it belongs where on the 3D model.


I adjusted the pieces of the 3D model with the new textures,  so that there are no black lines showing around the edges anymore (that won't be necessary because there will be just be a physical hole between the ribs for example in the papercraft).

Like I said earlier, a lot of parts will be 2D pieces and they won't need to be double-sided like in the original game model (because in the papercraft, the visible backside will simply be white from the paper anyway for any 2D pieces 😋)

As always with most 3D video games model from this time, I had to properly connect the joints and pieces together because if they are not properly connected in the 3D model you can't glue them together in the papercraft in the end!

I mode Lara's foot flat so the papercraft will be able to stand on the full bottom of the foot.
I always like to be able to take Lara off the stand of my papercraft vignettes so I will try to make that work, but because she won't be able to balance very well in this running pose, the easy alternative option will be to just glue her permanently to the stand.

I think I'm pretty much done with the 3D work on Lara for now (and the stand I already did earlier and I'm pretty happy with at this point) so stay tuned for my future Work in process updates on X-Ray Lara!

Thursday, May 4, 2023

free papercraft Kobelco LK50Z wheel loader (+lots more!)


I showed you Kobelco's website with several fun papercrafts of their construction machines on their website before, and as you can see they added a new LK50Z wheel loader! 👷✂️😀

Download + build your own free papercraft Kobelco LK50Z wheel loader (+lots more, by Kobelco):

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

free papercraft Sakaiminato Police harbor patrol boat Yukihama


Sakaiminato is a city surrounded by water, so it's no surprise that the Sakaiminato Police uses a harbor patrol boat like "Yumihama" like you see in this papercraft! ⚓👮

Download + build your own free papercraft Sakaiminato Police harbor patrol boat Yukihama (by Tottori Prefecture Sakaiminato Police Station):

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

free papercraft Sabae City red panda community bus


This picture that I saw on the official Twitter account of Sabae City Community Bus shows three versions of their buses! (one small Choro Q toy one, and two papercraft ones) 🚌

I don't know where you can find the toy version or the smaller papercraft one, but I did find the bigger papercraft one on the Sabae City Office website as a free download! 😊

(and the picture doesn't even show the best part of the papercrafts: besides the white image on the front of the buses, there are also cute color images of red pandas on the sides like on the real ones! (they are the official animal of Sabea City 😊)

Download + build your own free papercraft Sabae City red panda community bus (by Sabae City Office):

(download instructions: click the "パンダバスペーパークラフト.pdf" link in the text below the image on Sabae City Office's website)

Monday, May 1, 2023

free papercraft tram in Happy Mamma Fukui magazine online backnumber Vol.31 (March-April 2023)


Happy Mama Fukui is a bi-monthly Japanese magazine for parents of young children that you can pick up at nursery schools, kindergartens, children centers, child care centers, libraries etc. in the Fukui Prefecture for free! 😀

Of course not everybody can get to a place to pick up the magazine though, but the last few issues from previous months are viewable online their website: https://happymama-fukui.com/backnumber/

That's good news for papercrafters as well, because the Vol. 31 issue for 3-4 (March-April) 2023 that has just been put online as a backnumber has a cute papercraft tram at the end (in both a colored and a black-and-white/color-yourself version)! 🚋

Download + build your own free papercraft tram (in the online Vol.31 backnumber issue of the Happy Mamma Fukui magazine):

(download instructions:
  1. Click the green "デジタルブックをる" button under Vol.31 on Happy Mamma Fukui's  online backnumbers archive to view the online version;
  2. Then after it has opened, you can "print" the pages with the papercraft (or all the pages the whole magazine 😀) as a PDF file to save it to your computer before the digital version disappears from the website!)
NOTE: don't forget that Japanese books and magazines read from back to front, so you have to flip the pages to the left to find the free papercraft tram at the end! 😊)