A papercraft Asian-style dragon with green body and gold trim

Papercraft dragon and koi

In Japan I picked up a couple papercraft kits to try out. The first one was a very cute dragon (竜) sitting on a cloud.

Green, white, gold, black, and brown pieces of paper with perforated polygons — Paper polygons can be cut and glued to make a 3D model

A side-on view of the papercraft dragon model sitting on top of a paper "cloud" — Paper polygons can be cut and glued to make a 3D model

The second was a black, red, and white koi with an abstract sort of feel.

A papercraft koi made with white, red, and black paper

Both were a lot of fun to make, so I might try to make some more with my Cricut in the future!