Birds and Koi Fish!!!

I'm so excited to share these links.  I spend a lot of time searching for great models, and then taking them over to my students in the art room. These two are super appealing and really well done. I would say these are both medium/difficult. For younger kids it might be nice to make them a bit larger. For the Koi fish I preferred only making the fish that is not curved. It is printed out on a page with a rock. There are three fish in total, and the two that are curved didn't come out as well for me. Maybe it would be easier if I tried it a bit larger, but I haven't yet.

Bird on a beautiful stand. Download the PDF files here http://www.akafuku.co.jp/fun/papercraft/

The Koi fish are on the same page as the bird. The site is in Japanese, but it's straightforward to download the pdf files for the templates and the instructions. 

Enjoy!!!! 🙏🙏

Vintage models - a Castle and Two Houses

Here are a few really nice models. I happened to come across them and tried them out right away with great results.

Right click on the images and 'save' to your computer and then you are ready to print them out.

The castle is fairly challenging, I'd put it at medium/difficult to assemble and takes a couple of hours at least. It is probably easier to assemble most of it before gluing it on to the base. Also I printed it out on A3 size paper and it's still pretty small! 

I've made the first one and it is perfect to place on my desk. I'll post a picture of it shortly. Please let me know if these files don't work! These houses are easy to assemble.
Have fun -- and look for some birds coming along in the next post!! 🙋