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Howard Johnson’s Fudge Papercraft

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My first papercraft in a long time. Sorry you papercraft fans have had to wait so long! I’ll add several more before the Christmas.

This is a recreation of the Howard Johnson’s fudge bar from the 1950s. I don’t have a lot of information about either the candy or the dimensions of the wrapper, so I’m kind of leaving it to you to decide what to do with it.

My idea was to print it, wrap a piece of my own fudge in it and give it away as a stocking stuffer. Think of this as mini wrapping paper, for the retro candy lover.

If you print this page without shrinking or enlarging it, the wrapper will come out 7 by 5.2 inches. To completely cover a piece of chocolate, I would cut the candy to about 4 by 2 inches, keeping in mind that the thickness of the candy will also reduce coverage. If your candy is too thick, I’d cut it even smaller. Of course, you can always scale up the image and print it larger than what I’ve got here.

Have fun!

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Posted on November 18th, 2012 by Jason
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February Robot Papercraft – Valentines-Bot

I’ve created a Valentines Day themed papercraft robot for the month of February. If all goes according to plan, I’ll do one of these a month, each with a calendar on the back. Check back often to download the latest!
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Posted on February 5th, 2012 by Jason
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Christmas Papercraft – Dimestore Christmas Lights

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This is another papercraft set from Mistletoegreetings.com which is going bye bye. These are miniature Christmas Tree Light boxes from old five and dime stores like Woolworth’s, McCrory’s and Kresge’s. I like vintage packaging, especially stuff from the holidays. I copied the packaging pretty closely from the original designs, so these are authentic, albeit in miniature. Add them to Christmas dioramas and dollhouses, print and fold a bunch of them and fill a bowl as a table centerpiece, string them up like popcorn for a garland, tie them to a bow, etc. I just design them. You get to choose the usage.

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Posted on November 14th, 2010 by Jason
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Christmas Papercraft – Atomic Elf, Robot Calendar

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It’s a toy robot! It’s a calendar! It’s a paper Santa Robot Toy Calendar! Why not? Click on the image above for a larger version to download.

This is a little bit of a throwback to 2008, when I launched mistletoegreetings.com to sell a line of greeting cards and papercraft. I’m closing that site, but I still get a lot of traffic to the papercraft pages so I’m migrating them over here. I have updated the calendar on the robot to 2010, so he is current again. I may start doing one paper robot calendar a month just for kicks, each themed to the season. Stay tuned. I should have the January model done by mid December. In the meantime, checkback often for more free Christmas papercraft.

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Posted on November 12th, 2010 by Jason
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Christmas Papercraft – Miniature Gift Boxes

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More for the now defunct Mistletoegreetings site. These are tiny boxes with vintage style Christmas wrapping paper. Cut them out, put them together following the instructions, and let your creativity run wild. Use them as decorative accents on packages. Decorate a Christmas Doll house scene. Put candy in them and use them as stocking stuffers. Lot’s of possibilities. Each of the selections below will print out on 8.5 by 11 paper. Click on the image to make larger.

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Posted on November 4th, 2010 by Jason
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Christmas Papercraft – Old Fashioned Ornaments

More Christmas papercraft from the late Mistletoegreetings.com. I created these ornaments for the 2008 Orlando Festival of Trees. These paper ornaments are the real thing. Be sure to print them on heavy paper so they’ve got some heft to them.

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Posted on November 2nd, 2010 by Jason
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