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Papercraft

Here’s something to do while you watch TV: build paper models. Called “card modeling” or “papercraft”, it’s inexpensive and doesn’t take up as much room as regular plastic models. There are hundreds of free designs on the internet, and hundreds (thousands?) more you can buy for a few dollars each.

All you really need is a design, a printer, some heavy paper (card stock works well, look in office supply stores), a sharp knife, and some white glue. The best resource site I have found is cardfaq.org. They give much more detailed information on how to build the models than I ever could, plus they have a huge list of links to free designs.

Just to give you an idea of what kind of models you can find, here are a few links: