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With scenes adorable and awesome, these DIY papercraft kits are as easy to love as they are to transport.
Celebrate the 40th (or 41st ) birthday of Nintendo’s game-changing video game console by putting together a perfect paper replica.
Clever analog visual effect makes it look like Totoro and Kiki are stepping into the real world.
Hokusai’s Great Wave has gone from woodblock to art sensation to a wooden art display piece.
Indulge your inner child in a more mature manner with Lego’s new bonsai and flower bouquet sets.
Despite the fact that we’re entering the Year of the Ox, might as well start off with some fish.
If you need a project with an anime Taisho-period twist, try crafting your own puzzle box!
The snack-package-sculpting genius of this Twitter sensation finally caught the eye of a snack PR department.
Have you ever felt a little…lonely at the cinema? Don’t worry, you can bring your own hand to hold.
The clock, made by a Chinese TikTok user, lights up and contains intricate overlays of Luffy, his friends and the emblematic anime ship.
Need a break? Need gift ideas? Let this beautiful video relax you while showing you the process of making a realistic felt cat torso.
The loving wife of a diehard mobile game fan recreated the gorgeous Rune Stones from the game, and shows us how to make our own too.
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Have you ever wanted to lounge around in your own pair of Legend of Zelda pajama pants? How about snuggling up with a Mario Kart or Donkey Kong pillow? Well now thanks to Jo-Ann Fabrics, all of your Nintendo-related craft dreams can finally come true!
The U.S.-based arts and crafts retailer is now offering more yards of Nintendo-themed fabric than you can shake a Master Sword at. From Mario to Donkey Kong, Zelda to Pokémon, they have it all. Who says fully-grown adults can’t make their own homemade Pikachu PJs?
If you’ve lived in Japan for some time, you may have heard of the popular traditional sweet called Akafuku. It’s basically mochi rice cake topped with a rich and incredibly smooth sweet red bean paste. Well, it’s come to our attention that the makers of this long-selling confection are also offering on their website something you may not expect from a sweets manufacturer — awesome paper craft templates, and all free too! So, are you ready for some serious cutting and pasting?
If you’re a cat lover, you must love cats’ butts too! Of course, their fluffy expressive tails too! Maybe you love them so much you just wanna hang their perky posterior on the wall of your room… all right, that sounded a bit weird. We’re not talking about hanging real cat butts on your wall. No way, that’s just creepy.
We’re talking about these adorable felted cat bums! More pictures after the jump!
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