Papercraft alphabet
This is the official announcement for the papercraft alphabet I just finished uploading. That was quite some work, especially with two hyperactive kids climbing all over me while I am typing. By the way, if you speak German: Hätte auch auf Deutsch funktioniert.
Anyway, the alphabet is now complete – a collection of 26 papercraft templates for all letters 0f the alphabet, each representing an animal, thing, or people starting with that letter:
You will find the complete list of templates here. You can use them for education, as toys, or to spell out whatever message you want to get across. Here is a tutorial on how to make the letters.
Here is a ZIP file containing all templates as PDFs.
Have fun with these – and if you do, I wouldn’t mind if you help to spread the word…
April 29th, 2013 at 5:36 pm
These are super fun and with teacher appreciation week, these will be fun to print up and pass out!
April 17th, 2013 at 2:02 am
You are insanely creative and clever to have come up with these. Love them, can’t wait to make them with my paper craft obsessed 11 year old! Thank you for sharing!
April 5th, 2013 at 4:13 am
[...] paper craft (from markus of digitprop) blows my mind, just a little. my plan was to use this alphabet pattern [...]
March 1st, 2013 at 6:35 am
[...] has our finger on the print button right now. That’s right, this fun bunch is available as a free download over here. Aside from D and P being our favorite letters from the set (for obvious reasons, who doesn’t [...]
February 26th, 2013 at 6:37 am
Wow – this is amazing. So much work!! Thank you, thank you – this will keep my kids entertained while we are stuck indoors due to floods in our part of the world..
February 26th, 2013 at 10:55 pm
Thanks – and good luck with the flood! I hope you are safe!
February 22nd, 2013 at 1:43 pm
Thank you so much for this beautiful alphabet and for sharing them!!
February 14th, 2013 at 10:44 am
[...] автора можно скачать каждую букву отдельно или все вместе одним архивом. Я же позволила себе разложить все буквы в архиве по [...]
February 12th, 2013 at 10:27 am
Großartige Arbeit – Vielen Dank! Wir haben uns erlaubt, darüber auf unserer Website zu berichten http://www.freshdads.com/magazin/alphabet-spielerisch-lernen-kostenloses-papercraft-alphabet
February 17th, 2013 at 11:01 am
Vielen Dank für das Feature auf freshdads.com!
February 12th, 2013 at 3:04 am
Thank you thank you thank you for this clever idea !!! My daughter will love this !!!
February 10th, 2013 at 11:32 am
[...] אותיות תלת ממדיות עם קישוטים שונים המייצגים את האות עצמה – למשל רופא (doctor) עבור האות D, קשת בענן (rainbow) עבור האות R. מקסים ומתאים גם לקישוט חדר הילדים. ניתן להוריד מאתר digitprop. [...]
January 20th, 2013 at 8:42 am
[...] איזה דבר מקסים! אותיות הABC כדמויות תלת מימדיות , רמת קושי גבוה יותר, אבל שווה את [...]
January 20th, 2013 at 4:33 am
thankyou for sharing. I made the T for Tiger. I will use it for my classroom.
January 9th, 2013 at 12:56 pm
This is very clever! 18 of these letters may work in Italian too (Astronauta, Camaleonte, Dottore, Elefante, Gorilla, Indiano,Jolly, Leone, Mostro, Ninja, Pappagallo, Serpente, Tigre, Ufo, Vampiro, (Raggi)X, Yak, Zebra), so I will print them for my 3YO son! Thanks!
January 9th, 2013 at 12:48 am
I love these! Thank you so much for sharing. I can’t wait to use them in my classroom!
December 22nd, 2012 at 3:30 pm
[...] איזה דבר מקסים! אותיות הABC כדמויות תלת מימדיות , רמת קושי גבוה יותר, אבל שווה את [...]
December 3rd, 2012 at 9:43 pm
For now I just printed the first letter of my two older boys’ names. If they actually sit and make them like I hope, I will print out the rest!
December 1st, 2012 at 2:34 pm
Vielen Danke. Das sind super Idee!!
November 27th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
Thks so much for such a great work …
November 26th, 2012 at 3:39 am
These are awesome. Up to W right now. My daughter loves ‘em!
November 21st, 2012 at 5:52 am
I just had to print these out for my 3 yr old. I had regular paper so I used cereal boxes to help them stand.
November 19th, 2012 at 7:29 pm
This is sooooo clever and fantastic, we’ll turn of the tv and turn on our diy mode
November 7th, 2012 at 3:08 pm
Thank you! These are great. I will make these for /with my son. God bless
November 1st, 2012 at 4:26 pm
These are so clever and wonderful and simply delightful — thank you so very much for sharing them with us.
October 31st, 2012 at 12:31 pm
This is AWESOME!!! I can’t wait to put it all together for my girl. Thank you!!!!!
October 31st, 2012 at 1:51 am
These are awesome! Thanks for sharing.
October 16th, 2012 at 5:19 pm
Wow! Thanks so much! I love your alphabet! The detail is fabulous!
October 11th, 2012 at 5:18 pm
[...] Randa on October 11, 2012 I’m a sucker for cute paper crafts, and recently ran across this amazing papercraft alphabet at DigitProp.com. The site has an extensive collection of really neat paper animals, rockets, [...]
October 8th, 2012 at 9:10 pm
First let me say thank you for these cute letters, I love’em. Also I was thining about the Q, could you not make a Queen? I can’t even pronounce quetzalcoatl. Just wondering.
October 9th, 2012 at 9:15 pm
Tanks! Yes, a queen is a good idea. Will definitely consider it. Actually I have a couple of additional letters in mind.
October 6th, 2012 at 10:20 am
I love the concept! Great idea!
October 2nd, 2012 at 5:28 pm
What a neat website you have. Excellent ideas. Thanks for sharing!!!!
Hope my son will hook into these activities as I know I will.
September 30th, 2012 at 4:19 pm
These are absolutely incredible! Thanks so much for sharing this. I know what we’ll be doing on the next rainy day. I’ll be sharing this everywhere!
September 30th, 2012 at 2:55 pm
[...] Papercraft Alphabet ::: digitprop [...]
September 19th, 2012 at 12:34 pm
My little one is gonna love it.
Thanx for sharing.
September 13th, 2012 at 11:52 am
[...] Download link here: http://digitprop.com/2012/07/papercraft-alphabet/ [...]
September 12th, 2012 at 4:02 pm
[...] Vorlagen für Papier-Buchstaben zum Ausdrucken, Ausschneiden und Drauflos-Basteln. Jeder Buchstabe stellt ein Tier, eine Person [...]
September 11th, 2012 at 11:09 am
great…. can U make the Icelandic Þ and Æ ??
September 19th, 2012 at 10:26 am
Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately right now a lot of other projects are piling up on my desk. It would be nice to have the Icelandic characters in the alphabet, though. I will try to work on it when I have a bit more time (maybe around Christmas?).
Since the other characters are modeled after things that start with the corresponding letter, would have any suggestions for Þ and Æ, i.e. any words that in Islandic start with these letters?
Best,
Markus
September 7th, 2012 at 12:30 pm
[...] DigitProp made an amazing collection of 3D letters. Aren’t they awesome!?!? And they are all available for free download here. Make them all, or choose your favorites! They’re all pretty great, but I think I love the U and the N the most. How ’bout you…any faves? /* [...]
September 5th, 2012 at 2:32 am
[...] printable alphabet set is simply amazing! Thanks to digitprop you can download and print this entire 3D alphabet set [...]
September 4th, 2012 at 10:24 am
[...] für die Fälle hat man für uns auf digitprop.com das Papercraft-Alphabet zusammengestellt. Jeder Buchstabe stellt ein witziges Figürchen dar, z.B. ein bunter Regenbogen [...]
September 2nd, 2012 at 6:40 pm
[...] I found someone who must be as madly in love with letters as I am. Because Markus form Digitprop made this amazing DIY alphabet, wich you can download here for free. Each letter is representing an [...]
September 1st, 2012 at 1:48 pm
[...] Pour télécharger les lettres de votre choix, vous n’avez qu’à cliquer sur les templates correspondants (ci-dessous). On peut également récupérer tout l’alphabet en papier (archive ZIP) en cliquant là. Toutes ces lettres en papier sont également disponibles sur le site de l’auteur, Markus Fisher, à cette adresse. [...]
August 26th, 2012 at 9:51 pm
I’m pinning this and hope others will find it too.
August 24th, 2012 at 3:58 pm
[...] the cutest paper alphabet ever. Incidentally, it is also an effective guard against Alzheimers. I dare you to try to make [...]
August 22nd, 2012 at 3:21 pm
I just made one of these with my 5-yr.-old granddaughter yesterday. You can see it here:
http://aphotosworth.blogspot.com/2012/08/crafting-with-courtney_22.html
Thanks for the fun! I’m sure we’ll be making more!
August 25th, 2012 at 5:53 pm
Wow, thanks for sharing! Give my regards to your granddaughter – she did a great job cutting! Great photos!
August 18th, 2012 at 4:47 am
Awesome work! I love them all. Would you by any chance have the same kind of alphabet but in French? Out of the 26 letters I could use 20 as these French words also start with that letter however 6 of them are not usable for the French alphabet (B, F, Q, R, W, X)? Just thought I would ask. Thanks a lot
Cheers
August 25th, 2012 at 5:55 pm
Sorry, for the time being I don’t have a complete French alphabet. As for the letters missing, any suggestions for suitable French words? I have to admit that my French is a bit rusty (to say the least). I can’t promise anything, and in the next couple of weeks I will be very busy, but if time permits, I will definitely consider adapting the alphabet to French words.
August 16th, 2012 at 10:20 pm
Awesome craft for the kids to take home from Kindy
thank you for sharing
August 15th, 2012 at 2:20 pm
Wow! That’s all I can say!! And for free… who does that!!
Appreciated!!
Charlene
August 8th, 2012 at 11:49 am
[...] by this incredible 3-D paper crafting, we simplified the concept and made an astronaut in the shape of the letter [...]
August 7th, 2012 at 11:09 pm
Just wanted to let you know that we introduced students to your wonderful 3D letters. They all had such fun and had lots of ideas of what they wanted to do with them…make a baby’s name for a baby shower, put their own name on their shelves in their rooms, make their teacher’s name and give it as a teacher gift. They were all so excited and I gave them each the web address so they could find you!
xoxo
August 25th, 2012 at 5:56 pm
Thank you very much for sharing! I am very happy that your students liked the letters!
August 5th, 2012 at 5:30 pm
Super cute!! I am working on cutting them all out right now and will be putting them together before long! Thank you so much for this awesome FREE (wow!) craft!
August 4th, 2012 at 9:52 am
[...] can’t eat them, but I just had to share these letter printables from Digitprop. Aren’t they adorable? And they’re [...]
August 4th, 2012 at 12:30 am
Oh.Em.Greatness! YOU are utterly awesome! That is a freakin’ ton of work you did and it turned out SOOOOOOO COOOOOL!!!! And FREE too?!?! I bow down to you! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!
August 2nd, 2012 at 9:12 pm
I am really enjoying making these letters, my daughters are having a lot of fun playing with them – thank you for sharing your amazing creativity. The patience you must have! Looking forward to exploring the rest of your site!
August 2nd, 2012 at 4:08 pm
[...] Print and Fold Paper Toy Alphabet by Digitprop as seen on How About Orange. I am going to print out my son’s name and put these [...]
August 2nd, 2012 at 11:48 am
[...] probably my most favorite baby-related item I’ve come across: this guy makes templates that you can download FOR FREE for every single letter in the alphabet. Sign me up! [...]
July 31st, 2012 at 3:00 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbBgh2j2uTc&feature=player_embedded
July 30th, 2012 at 5:42 pm
Found these this afternoon through Rag and Bone Bindery… through Apartment Therapy. I’m passing this awesomeness along through my new blog, as well. It’s Flowers for Ferdinand– http://flowersforferdinand.blogspot.com/
Just want to say T H A N K Y O U so much for sharing. I’m so inspired. xo
July 30th, 2012 at 4:54 pm
¡¡¡♥!!!
love it! now making my daughter´s name and it´s amazing, thanks!
July 30th, 2012 at 12:33 pm
You are such an amazing person for making this and for offering it for free! I have completed all the 26 letters in 2 weeks and I cannot wait to let my almost 3 year old boy play with them! (Who I am sure is going to smash it to bits in 5 seconds!) Thanks again!
July 30th, 2012 at 3:29 pm
Thanks! I am happy to hear that you made all of them – congratulations! Yes, with a 3-year old the models will not get very old. But actually I find that quite charming about papercraft toys: They have a small environmental footprint, and if they break, you can either build a new version or let it be a lesson for the kids that things last as long as you take care of them.
July 30th, 2012 at 10:57 am
These are splendid! Thanks so much for the work you put into these. I’ll spread the word.
July 30th, 2012 at 9:34 am
Die sind total super!!! Werde sie als Motivationsstütze in der LRS-Therapie benutzen. Vielen Dank!
July 27th, 2012 at 7:25 pm
hmmm… “i” for “indian”? what happened to “i” for “ice cream”? they don’t have “r” for “russian”? or “e” for “eskimo”?
July 28th, 2012 at 8:04 pm
Well, ‘ice cream’ didn’t work for me, as I wanted the whole alphabet to work both in English and German. Interestingly, there are not many non-abstract words starting with an ‘I’ both in English and German. I struggled a bit with ‘Indian’ myself, as this is the only letter representing a nationality. However, I put some effort into making this a nice, flattering character. If people feel uncomfortable with it, I will think about alternatives…
July 27th, 2012 at 7:03 pm
This is just great! Thank your for designing this and giving it to us all for free use. The letters are wonderful for a birthday or anything else.
Greets, Katja
July 27th, 2012 at 3:34 pm
[...] them to fit note cards she made, but I could see them being used for photo CD’s too.Over at Dig It Prop they have a paper crafted alphabet. It is in a downloadable zip file. This looks like a lot of [...]
July 27th, 2012 at 3:05 pm
[...] pelo Amenidades do Design e encontrei um post sobre esse alfabeto paper toy que o pessoal do Digitprop disponibilizou pra gente baixar. Tudo ficou bem interessante e com certeza dá pra se divertir [...]
July 27th, 2012 at 2:37 pm
Super cute! My husband is a doctor, so I’ll have to make one for his desk. I’m here from the Grosgrain blog and I am overwhelmed by the awesomeness of your work. Can’t wait to dig in to more of your content!
July 27th, 2012 at 12:59 pm
how awesome! and generous of you to share! and hilarious, i had just said, right before stumbling upon this, as i try to work with my computer on the floor (recent move), ‘ahhh, that’s it, i’ve gotta set up my desk! i can’t work like this with two kids climbing all over me & my stuff!’ then i saw your post and it made me laugh…
July 27th, 2012 at 4:36 am
[...] Posted on July 27, 2012 by Gen Riding the wave of printable paper products for children is Digitprop‘s bright and very cool Papercraft [...]
July 27th, 2012 at 12:21 am
Thanks for sharing! This is really sooo cool!
Now i can make this as a gift for frens..! how wonderful…!!
July 26th, 2012 at 11:12 pm
Thank you – what a beautiful concept, beautiful design, beautiful generosity. Just wonderful!
July 26th, 2012 at 4:17 pm
[...] Quelle: digitprop.com [...]
July 26th, 2012 at 3:54 pm
[...] Cut and assemble these amazing (but extremely tedious!) letters. (I am up to D) or these cool [...]
July 26th, 2012 at 3:41 pm
Dashing graphics! Congrats on finishing this project with your little monkeys around, I know what it is!
I’ve shared it on my FB page, so cool!
July 26th, 2012 at 3:21 pm
Thanks for sharing this. I pinned these and plan on printing them so my daughter can play with them. They are so cute!!
July 26th, 2012 at 2:32 pm
This is so wicked! My kids will have a blast making these, thank you so much for sharing. And ditto the UFO – LOVE!!
July 26th, 2012 at 7:27 am
Great great work!! And how generaous you’re that you can share this with us! A big <3 for you ^^
I'm gonna definitely try this and share on my blog linking back to your page.
Maybe you'd like to check out my blog too ^^ http://craftanddecorate.blogspot.com/
Lots of love
July 25th, 2012 at 12:40 pm
I love it! Thank you for sharing!
July 25th, 2012 at 7:05 am
Amazing!!! Thank you for sharing.
July 25th, 2012 at 4:46 am
this is amazing. thank you for sharing
July 25th, 2012 at 3:02 am
Thank you so much for your generosity in publishing these unique alphabet letters for all the have! My husband & I have been looking through Etsy for a while now to find the perfect alphabet set for our son and haven’t found anything cutting the mustard, until this. I feel a little daunted about the construction, but I did read the comments and will try my best. Thank you again- you are very talented!
July 25th, 2012 at 2:52 am
[...] goal for next Monday is to tackle this paper alphabet project! So adorable and inspirational! I wish I thought of things like this…designing [...]
July 25th, 2012 at 12:16 am
[...] blog Digitprop publicó recientemente este hermoso set de modelos tipográficos para imprimir y armar en papel que incluye las 26 letras [...]
July 24th, 2012 at 6:24 pm
Thanks for sharing. My Daughter will love it.
July 24th, 2012 at 5:29 pm
Just wanted to say you are fabulously creative and I can’t wait to try making these!
July 24th, 2012 at 4:45 pm
thank you so much for sharing for free!!! I appreciate the kindness so much. My grandson and I are having a blast!
July 24th, 2012 at 1:48 pm
[...] del blog Digitprop, se dio a la tarea de armar un alfabeto de papel para sus hijos. La labor no fue rápida ni fácil, pero el resultado está listo: una plantilla [...]
July 24th, 2012 at 11:22 am
Thanks so much for sharing. They are great.
July 24th, 2012 at 8:10 am
wooow this is sooo funny and cute , well done, and thank you soooo much for sharing the free templates.
Love it, awesome design!!!!
July 24th, 2012 at 5:21 am
Oh! They are so lovely. Thanks for sharing your efforts with us. Can’t wait to make for my kid and myself too
July 24th, 2012 at 3:17 am
Very pretty! Thank you for sharing
July 24th, 2012 at 2:29 am
this is perfect for my daughter’s room! thanks!
July 23rd, 2012 at 9:07 pm
I just found these via How About Orange! Thank you so much, my kids will love them!
Aahhh, who am I kidding?? I love them
July 23rd, 2012 at 8:46 pm
This is fantastic! THANKS!
July 23rd, 2012 at 8:34 pm
Awesome!!! Thank you so much for sharing!! Can’t wait to print out and start cutting!!!
July 23rd, 2012 at 7:36 pm
These are so cute!
Would you recommend using standard printer paper, or something a little thicker like cardstock?
Thanks!
July 23rd, 2012 at 8:05 pm
Definitely something a bit thicker. Cardstock is ideal – a weight of 50-80 lb is good. It should work with regular printer paper as well, but it’s a lot of work to make all of the letters, and with printer paper I’m afraid they won’t last very long.
July 29th, 2012 at 5:05 pm
I wonder if anyone has blown them up to a bigger size and put on cardstock to acutally have children in the classroo be able to manipulate?
July 30th, 2012 at 11:09 am
Interesting – someone else asked about that as well. If you don’t have access to a larger-sized printer, a print shop should be able to do that at reasonable costs. What do you think would be an ideal size?
July 23rd, 2012 at 6:50 pm
I love these and my kids will love it too.
Next week there’s a goodbye party in the kindergarden and the theme is ABC. I try to do something with your great offer. You’ll see it on my blog!
Thank you soooo much!!
July 23rd, 2012 at 7:10 pm
Nice – if you post something, please let me know. Would love to see the result…
July 23rd, 2012 at 6:41 pm
Thanks for sharing! Very cool!
July 23rd, 2012 at 6:14 pm
My little kids are going to *LOVE* these.
July 23rd, 2012 at 3:25 pm
This is incredible! Thank you so much!
July 23rd, 2012 at 2:14 pm
Amazing and such a wonderful project to share! Thank you!
July 23rd, 2012 at 4:16 am
I LOVE these!! I’m just a little confused as to the making of them because I have no experience in this…do I just fold on all the dotted lines? Is there any chance of a tutorial?
Or is this all much easier then I think it is?
July 23rd, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Unfortunately I don’t have a detailed tutorial ready at the moment. However, it’s indeed much easier than you think. Simply cut along the outlines / solid lines. Crease along the dotted lines with the back of your scissors, using a ruler as a guide. Then fold along the dotted lines (most are mountain folds, some are valley folds – this is not indicated, but in most cases easy to figure out). Glue the tabs to the opposing faces.
For most letters, the templates consist of the two faces of the letter (back and front), plus an edge about 10mm wide. Since the edge needs to go around the whole letter, in some cases it can be somewhat difficult to assemble. In these cases, I suggest to glue the edge to one face first, and then – when everything is solidly glued – add the other face. Hope that helps…
July 23rd, 2012 at 3:09 am
I also loved the U the best, even though I wasn’t sure what it was until I read the previous comment! A UFO is cool! I also posted it on pinterest. Thanks so much. Really really cool.
July 22nd, 2012 at 6:01 pm
I LOVE this so much! So creative! I think the UFO might be my favorite.
July 22nd, 2012 at 12:44 pm
I think it was very generous of you to offer this adorable alphabet. I am a K-12 Art teacher and i just love collecting ABC’s of all types. I will add this to my collection and share it with my students. i also posted it on Pinterest. Thanks again!
July 22nd, 2012 at 8:19 pm
Glad you like it – hope your students do, too! And thanks for posting on Pinterest! I am really happy if I can expand the readership of the website, and who knows, maybe some day this will turn into a small community…
July 21st, 2012 at 4:46 pm
This is beyond awesome! Thanks so much for sharing it with us
July 21st, 2012 at 3:23 pm
AMAZING! I’m entranced … can’t wait to share all over the place!
July 21st, 2012 at 2:10 pm
Those are adorable I saved my grand daughters names to print and when they come to grams they will make them. Very nice. Thank you
July 21st, 2012 at 11:59 am
This is amazing!! Thank you so much for sharing. I’ll be using this for my sunday school kids’ activity
July 21st, 2012 at 2:57 am
love these!
my favorite is the monster!
(now if only my name had a ‘M’ in it)
going to make these!
July 19th, 2012 at 2:41 pm
These are so darling! Congrats on completing the project despite the distraction of the hyper kids!