Here’s a collection of high-quality 3D Halloween printables. Print and build a realistic, lifesize skull, a haunted house, masks, boxes, playsets or board games - even a mechanical bat and a skeleton that seems to follow you with his eyes.
Fold Your Own Sky King Paper Airplane: Part origami, part aeronautics, Takuo Toda’s signature paper plane set a world record with a 27.9 second flight. Wired’s article gives you clear video and diagrams to fold your own. A great way to usher in September sunshine.
Related: Origami Space Shuttles and Paper Airplanes
Fruit-shaped sticky notes from D-BROS. You can buy them individually, or in crates of six. Want. (via Inspire me, now)
Take a look at Simon Schubert’s amazing gallery of paper art, including architectural images like this one, and even some impressive portraits — all created solely by creasing paper. (via pilnick)
More Printable Fun: Augmented Reality toys are starting to pop up (ooh, bad pun) around the web. Basically, you print out a specific template, point your webcam at it, and then interact with a 3D visualization onscreen. Two popular ones to try are the Living Sasquatch pictured here, and GE’s very pretty Plug Into the Smart Grid. (Firefox users: both sites seem to prefer IE, so access them with firefox’s IE tab plugin.)
This has to be the dream of every kid and adult on Earth: Make a paper plane and throw it from orbit. Well, there’s one lucky Japanese astronaut who is going to get nine of them, a paper space shuttle fleet which will go up to the International Space Station. Then, they will be dropped from orbit into a 250-mile, two-day flight to the ground. If you are thinking that these origami spacecrafts won’t be able to resist the re-entry, think again: They can sustain Mach 7 speeds (5,300MPH) and 400-degree Farenheit temperatures.”
(via davereed)
In celebration of spring, here’s a great resource to awaken the kid in you, including folding instructions, tips from pros, and printable origami paper. (via metafilter, which also lists some other great links.)
Bloxes are kind of a grown-up, eco-friendly version of Lego. Available in either white or brown, they can connect on all six sides, to create sturdy platforms, office dividers, or even furniture. They may seem kind of pricey at about $60 for a case of 20, but they sure do look fun. (via lifehacker; photo by Scott Robbin)
A free online tool that turns any PDF document into a printable booklet - basically reordering the pages so that you can print them double-sided and fold the results into a small book. (via makeuseof.com)
Incredible paper sculptures by Peter Callesen. Well worth a browse! I had bookmarked this site a while ago, and was reminded of it today by a post about similar papercut art at Inspire Me, Now!
