Paper Toys

Here's another hobby of mine >> making paper toys. I accidentally learned about paper toys while I was Googling for pinhole camera templates. I thought they're cute and challenging so I gave it a try. Making a paper toy gave me a couple of cuts and made my hand ache but I enjoyed it very much. The very first ones that I made were Darth Vader and R2D2 minis but my nephew claimed them already. Haha! I'll try to borrow them next time so I can take a picture, promise!
It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark...
Remember this line? Yes, it's from Michael Jackson's Thriller and this is what my next paper toys are about. I found these templates of Zombie MJ and Wolf MJ and printed them right away without hesitation. Now, here they are...

 
Next are these two severed zombie heads...

 
It was fun making these two and much funner taking their photos. I had to wait until late night to take a picture of these bloody heads because I didn’t want to scare my neighbors and make them think I’m some kind of a nutcase. Haha! Imagine me staging these heads in the middle of the street at around midnight  complete with sachets of ketchup as bloody props.. I sure didn’t scare our neighbors but there was this dog which kept barking and I could hear its owner shushing it. Haha! 

I don’t mean to scare you with this post (Not yet. Haha!), it’s just that I was on a The Walking Dead high when I started this hobby, thus, all these zombies. The severed ones I made in time for Halloween.

If you’re not familiar with what a paper toy is, they’re printed paper pieces that you need to cut and assemble. You will need a printer, cardstocks, x-acto knife or cutter, scissors, cutting mat, glue, exactness or precision, and a lot of patience for this hobby. Also, you’ll need to keep an emergency kit somewhere near your work area in case of emergency cuts (happened to me a lot of times already haha). Yeah, funny but true! So, if you see me with a bandage on one of my fingers, you’ll know for sure that I’m doing some cutting.

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