Kiki (Kikis Delivery Service) papercraft

Kiki (Kikis Delivery Service) papercraft

Everybody that knows my work for a long time now knows that I absolutely adore Studio Ghibli movies and the characters in each one. And because I had this one in my mind for a long time to make a project out of and I always have so much stuff to do, I am absolutely thrilled that the papercraft diorama is now FINALLY finished and I could make a really cute Kiki & Jiji papercraft! So, here you go (;

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The papercraft is unfolded to 26 cm and has 12 pages to print (3 of them being optional double-sided print pages for a colored inner side of her hair and dress.

It consists of a separate 3D Kiki model (with optional 2D or 3D hands), a separate Jiji the cat model, her broom with additional bristles to make it look like a real witches broom, a simple cage package from the movie that she has of a cat plush, and a separate 3D cloud that is basically her stand for the broom to make her look like she is flying in the sky.

The hair is made in 2D flat layers, so it really looks like wild wind in her hair when she is flying, and it is closed in the back with a 3D piece. Since she does have a dress, you assemble the upper torso with the dress first, and then make the legs separately to glue them together later on, so it’s easier to fix her on the broom and the broom on the cloud stand.

*NOTE: The papercraft is hard to make, since the stand, the broom and Kiki herself need to be additionally filled with weights and probably connected with either stronger glue, magnets or a system of wires to make her stand the way she is intended to. Additionally to this, the Jiji model is also very small and delicate, with really thin limbs. So, I only suggest this papercraft for really experienced papercrafters only.

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*** This is a premium papercraft that you need to purchase in order to receive the PDFs and blank, locked PDO file for assembly. – You can buy and download the template here:

https://ko-fi.com/s/a8336fb9df

You can view all of my available premium papercrafts that are for sale on my Ko-fi page:

ko-fi.com/antyyyspapercrafts ***

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I hope you like the diorama, I really spent ages making it just right, so it really has the feel of the anime itself. Do go watch the anime (again, if you watched it already, because you can watch it 1000 of times without getting bored). It is a cute and beautiful story of things we most cherish in life and what they should mean to us.

Enjoy and happy crafting~