October 20, 2009

Skeleton papercraft project

I printed out and assembled this little skeleton-zombie guy just for kicks. At 2 1/2" tall, he's a very threatening presence. I believe he might enjoy hiding in the medicine cabinet or the cereal cupboard. To make him (he's part of the "Halloween Night" set), and other Halloween papercrafts, visit Canon's Halloween printables site.

Update for those having trouble finding the template: Click here. Scroll down to "Halloween Decoration" and find "Halloween Night." This printable document contains many characters (cat, pumpkin, etc.) and a house you can build. The skeleton is on one of the pages. Click A4 or Letter, depending on what your country's standard paper size is, to download the PDF. When the template is downloaded, print page 3, the instructions, and page 8, the skeleton body parts.

30 comments:

  1. Cute! Er, I mean, scary! Did you use a very thick paper for that?

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  2. Yes, terrifying. I used some light-weight cardstock.

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  3. Oh my goodness, that's so cute! I'm going to make one!

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  4. Now he would be darling in a little sack lunch, no?

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  5. Courtney says, "I don't like him!"

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  6. She certainly did! She has some very definite dislikes! She particularly doesn't like Willow's half-eaten ferret toys. Or snakes. Or skeletons... Grace had to take down her decorative skeletons outside yesterday, or Courtney wouldn't go out. :-)

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  7. I think he's cute and terrifying and I don't blame the little one for not liking skeletons.... When I was her age (and still at my age), I hated going into the department stores if the scary hallowe'en masks were out and avoided tv - JUST IN CASE! :-)

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  8. LOL - how cute, ohh I mean scary!

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  9. Hi, I went to canon but couldnt' find the cute zombie skeleton... would you happen to have a direct link to it?

    Thanks!

    (harukamae at hotmail dot com)

    :)

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  10. Could be an interesting accessory to halloween decoration. Have several standing in different places.

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  11. Did they take him off the Canon site, I don't see him :(

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  12. He's a character in the "Halloween Night" set. You'll see it on Canon's page. Choose A4 or letter, depending on what your country's standard paper size is, and download the PDF. You'll see him on a page in the PDF. You can print just that page and the instruction page.

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  13. I REALLY want my kids to make these for their teachers' desks, but can't find the project on the site you listed. Do you have a direct link? Or the project YOU can post?

    THANKS for all the inspiration all the time.

    April

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  14. April, see my comment above, and I also just updated the post.

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  15. Have you seen the Nanibirds? http://www.nanibird.com/. Paper cutout birds and other creatures. I've made a couple, so cute!

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  16. Amanda, I have. I love that they're all different and fun. I see more designs have been added since I last saw them. Hmm, I feel a blog post coming on.

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  17. Bummer, I can't find it either, even with the direct link! Only found these under Halloween Decoration:

    Jack-O'-Lantern
    Jack-o'-lantern Family
    Halloween Night
    Halloween Tree
    Witch's Hat and Broom
    Happy Halloween
    Halloween Flag
    Pumpkin

    Oh well. Maybe they'll update it again later.

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  18. Grr! I can't find it either. Do you have the PDF file saved by chance to post on here? :)

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  19. Christina, right you are. It's on a page in the "Halloween Night" project. Look closely at the photo. See him sitting there next to the pumpkin guy? Download that Halloween Night PDF. Print the pages I refer to in my blog post.

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  20. ABSOLUTELY LOVE this little guy! Really want to make one ASAP (I'm such a kid at heart...)

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  21. Oh, he's part of the scene! Great, thanks Jessica :)

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  22. so cute-i cant find the pattern page-Only the instructions. help!

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  23. I am going to try this with my sixth graders!

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  24. This is awesome! I think I'll make one of the little Jack-o'-lanterns and one of the other spooky characters to send to my pen pal in Turkey.

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