Our Indonesian friend and paper toy designer extraordinaire Sal Azad has his own papercraft book (Ayo Membuat Papertoy Cerita Rakyat!). The book contains 6 Indonesian folkstories and templates that will let you build 8 colorful papertoys. The parts of the paper toys are glossy and are printed on cardstock. All you have to do is follow the three basic steps in building papercraft: Cut (Potong), Fold (Lipat) and Glue (Lem).

The book has a fully-colored photo build instructions that are easy to understand even for the young ones.

The papertoy book is now available in bookstores in Indonesia!!! Make sure you go grab a copy. Here's the Indonesian info for the book:

“Ayo Membuat Papertoy Cerita Rakyat!”

Berisikan :
• 6 Cerita Rakyat Indonesia Populer
• 8 Template Papertoy
• Instruksi Perakitan
• Pengenalan Papertoy (Mulai dari sejarah, desain sampai dengan perakitan)

Buku ini berisikan enam buah cerita rakyat dengan tokoh-tokoh yang dapat kalian rakit menjadi papertoy yang imut dan lucu. Jadi kita dapat merakitnya sambil mendengarkan Mama, Papa, Tante, atau Om mendongengkan cerita.

diterbitkan oleh:
Tiga Ananda – Creative Imprint of Tiga Serangkai
Indonesia

Bisa didapat di :
• Toko Buku Gramedia – Indonesia.
• Toko Buku Gunung Agung – Indonesia.
• dan toko-toko buku lainnya…

Flowers make a wonderful gift. You can give them in just about any occasion. But don't you think it's even better if you can make 'em yourself? Create bouquets of flowers from simple materials such as crepe paper, wire and floral tape. Once you have mastered the art of making flowers, the possibilities are endless. You can produce flowers in any color anytime you want. All that is possible with Laurie Cinotto's Making Paper Flowers Papercraft Kit.

With paper flowers, unlike fresh flowers, you're not limited by color, or what's seasonally available. If you can't wait until spring, and want a  vase full of peonies in the dead of winter, you can make those peonies. Even though poppies might not match the colors in your living room, you can pick the perfect paper color and create a coordinating poppy bouquet. Most importantly, paper flowers are not perishable. Fresh flowers fade fast, but these blooms can last a life time-Laurie Cinotto

The kit includes:

         > 36 sheets of 9"x9" crepe paper (24 double-sided two-tone sheets and 12 single-sided one-tone sheets)

         > Floral Wire

         > Green floral tape

         > 24 double-headed stamens

         > 64-page project book

 The illustrated book includes photo build instructions on how to make 9 different flowers: basic rose, dahlia: water lily style, dahlia: cactus style, dahlia: round style, frilly carnation, pretty peony, the eye-popping poppy, precious anemone and the springtime daffodil.

The materials in the kit are enough to make 60 paper flowers. If you run out of materials, just go to your nearest craft supply store and continue making those beautiful flowers.

 I've managed to make a basic rose despite my limited time. Just a little more practice and I'll be a paper flower master;)

The Making Paper Flowers kit by Laurie Cinotto retails for $14.95 and is in stores now.  It  is available at Barnes & Noble stores throughout the country and at www.barnesandnoble.com.      

 Brian Castleforte's much awaited Papertoy Monsters book is now out!!! Included in the book are 50 original die-cut monsters designed by Brian and 24 of the top papertoy designers from around the world. The book measures 8.5 x 11 which is similar to the size of card stock we normally use.

 The parts pre-cut and scored so all you have to do is pop 'em out, fold and glue. The parts are also printed back-to-back. Each monster has its own story as well. The art work are also very cute=)

 Also included are 10 different blank templates that you can design for yourself. I'd love to try and paint some of them when I get some free time.

 Get to know the 25 papertoy artists who made this fun book possible.

I've managed to build 5 adorable monsters for this review. That means there's 45 more left to build. That's a lot. I wonder when I'm gonna be able to build them all. From left to right are Sal Azad's Wingy Wingy, Dolly Oblong's The Blob, Brian Castleforte's Monsters Keepers, Jenni Bryan's The Experiment and Nick Knite's Tongue Toastie.

This is definitely a must-have papertoy book for anyone who loves papercraft and monsters alike. This would make an excellent gift and a perfect way to introduce someone to the wonderful world papercraft. Available now for only $16.95. 

Papertoy Monsters

I want to thank Jillian of Workman Publishing for sending me a copy of this book.

I've received my copy of Mary Beth Cryan's Winter Wonderland papercraft kit and here's a nice little review:

This cute kit comes in a beautifully designed box which includes a fully-colored instruction book, 25 pre-punched project sheets and ribbons.  Since the parts are precut, all you have to do is pop 'em out, fold and glue. 

 There are 12 winter-themed paper sculptures for you to build (blustery birdhouse, icy cool skates, scrappy squirrel, 3D snowflake, winter woodland deer, merry mittens, fun and frosty toboggan, heartwarming hot cocoa, woody pine cones, friendly forest fauns, chilly snowman and the hooting owl).

My personal favorite would have to be the 3D snow flake. Each of the project has easy to follow instructions that even kid can build one.

Another good thing about this kit is that the instruction book includes the templates for the 12 paper sculptures. That means you can photocopy the templates onto card stock and make the models again and again.

This fun papercraft kit is available for $14.95 in stores and only $13.45 at Barnes and Noble. This sure would make a nice gift this holiday. It's also a  perfect way to introduce someone to the art of paper crafting.