When considering papercraft, your first thought will most likely be of all that boring stuff you made in school, like paper flowers, printable seasonal cards or even scrap-booking. It doesn’t exactly sound like a hobby that stimulates much excitement, for the most of us anyway. How wrong you are.

In actual fact, papercraft can be really cool and loads of fun, especially when you build one of the geeky printable templates we have for you in this post. Can’t afford a Mac? Build your own paper version. Into vintage gaming? Build your own pinball machine or classic arcade cabinet. Huge Star Wars fan? Build your own TIE fighter, AT-AT or even the Millenium Falcon. Into Angry Birds? Why not create your own table-top version. In awe of the Taj Mahal? Build your own. The list goes on and on… You’ll love them.

All of the papercraft templates below, which may at first appear to be quite elaborate, are very easy to build. All you will need is a printer, a craft knife (I used scissors and a steak knife for my R2-D2, worked great) and maybe some glue (to reinforce the interlocking tabs), and you are good to go. Have fun :)

Gaming Console Papercraft Templates

Classic Miniature Pinball Machine

These fabulous all classic mini pinball tables, available in many different designs (Terminator 2, Medieval Madness, Indiana Jones…), are very easy to build. You just need download the plans, print, cut-out and build. 2 images



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You could have your own Desktop Arcade Machine model in under an hour. Just download and print off the plans on to normal printer paper. The model comes in various sizes, and there is a choice of either a .pdf version and a .jpg version.



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Apple Products (and Steve Jobs) Papercraft Templates

Mac Pro Template



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iPhone Template



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Power Mac G5 Template



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iMac G4 Template



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Powerbook G4 Template



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Steve Jobs Cubee



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LEGO Captain Redbeard



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Classic Sci-Fi Movie Papercraft Templates

Star Wars – Millenium Falcon



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Star Wars TIE Fighter



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Star Wars AT-AT Papercraft



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Star Wars – Super Star Destroyer



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Star Trek – The Enterprise



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Star Trek – USS Reliant



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Back to the Future – The De Lorean





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Star Trek Wrath of Khan Characters



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Doctor Who Custom Templates

All of these papercraft templates have been designed by CyberDrone and are available to download from Deviantart. There are 108 templates to choose from including all 11 doctors, various Tardis designs, Daleks and much more.





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Famous Monuments and Buildings Papercraft Templates

Taj Mahal, India



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Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany



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Belem Tower, Portugal



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Tower Bridge, England



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Eiffel Tower (Night)



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Classic Cars Papercraft Templates

Kamigei.net

This huge selection of classic cars templates, from kamigei.com, includes various models from Japan, Germany, Italy and Great Britain. Here are a couple of examples:





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Who understands the phenomenon that is Angry Birds? Anyway, if you would like to recreate your own 'Angry Birds' scene why not download these templates that are available from Little Plastic Man.



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