All Things Kawaii Blog

Paper Crafts Maniacs is a Japanese site offering free downloads of printable papercrafts, featuring teddy bears and sushi. Just print, cut out, and fold to make your own paper toy.

Berrysprite crochets cute amigurumi animals, foods, and other items, and she also sews and designs fabric. You can view more of her work on her Flickr photostream, purchase some of her creations on her Etsy shop, or read about her latest project on her blog.

Acrylicana’s creations are an amazingly colorful collection of smiling foods of all sorts, from rainbows of candy to tasty sushi, and lots more. She sells accessories, stationery goods, art prints, and even shoes on her Etsy shop, and you can view a gallery of her illustrations on her DeviantArt account.

Snoopytk05′s Etsy shop has lots of pastel-colored animals and other lovely designs, gracing items such as stickers, calendars, matchbooks, and other paper goods.

Leafty is self-described as a place “where cute meets function,” with sweet clay figure toys, prints, magnets, and plenty of other cute items to browse.

You can find out more about the creators at their blog Leafty.com.

View more cute plush creations on Fluffel’s photostream, or make your own by buying the pattern on the DIYFluffies Etsy shop.

At Cubeecraft, you can print and make your own cubed paper creature, including original characters (like this snowman cat) and popular ones from TV shows, movies, cartoons, and more.

To celebrate New Year’s Day in Japan, people often give children money in small decorated envelopes, called “pochibukuro.” Pochibukuro.net has gathered envelope designs from various illustrators and artists, so you can print and make your very own pochibukuro.

Learn more about Japanese New Year on Wikipedia.

Jamie Ferraioli makes these adorable clay dolls, or “Plinis” as she calls them, in varying designs. Check out her Flickr photostream for more Plini photos, buy your own at her Etsy shop magicbeanbuyer, or read more from Jamie at her blog.