Happy Holidays: Santa Claus Papercraft Toy

A warm wish for your winter holiday from all the happy forest folk today. This little paper Santa Claus model (found via Photojojo) might just be the perfect little activity after all the prezzies are opened. (There are Helper Elves there too!)

Paper Artist Yasutaka Matsumoto

I came across the paper art of Yasutaka Matsumoto today and figured since it's practically Christmas I'd share a couple of his Santas. Be sure to check out the rest of his amazing work at his site here.

Elf Report: Having a Ball

There's a rich source of creative paper project tutorials over at Carlos N Molina's wonderful paper site. Still in time for the Holidays is the beautiful and simple to make striped paper ball ornaments from Carlos N. Molina (aka; the paper genius) or subscribe to his paper craft podcast here,

You can see his charming podcast for exactly how to make it at www.carlosNmolina.com. (select "tutorials" and then choose the ball ornament thumbnail on the lower right side.)
(Found via Noricum)

Happy Holidays from the Forest Folks!

Creaturekebab papertoys

Here are some fun papertoys I came across today. They were created by artist Jennifer Bryan and are being released on month at a time on her site Creaturekebab. Highly enjoyable!

Holiday Village Project

Collage artist Claudine Hellmuth has posted a fun little paper project on her blog. This simple holiday village can be created by anyone with the tools and a little bit of time. It is a cute holiday decoration that is easy on the pocketbook this year! It would also make a nice handmade gift that is thoughtful and inexpensive! See the instructions on Claudine's blog.

While visiting the blog, you'll also see that Claudine makes really fun custom artwork as well.