If creasing paper seems like a dull pastime, then you obviously haven’t been exposed to the wondrous world of papercraft.

These artists take colored paper or printed patterns, add a few well-placed folds and creases and turn them into 3D masterpieces.

Case in point is Matthew Hawkin’s Pac-Man papercraft sculpture.

As with anything these days, there are fans in abundance and many of them gather at Paperkraft.net to share designs, several of which involve classic and modern video game characters.

Assuming you have 3 bills to drop, that is.

Signed by artist-creator Matthew Hawkins, this all-paper Pac-Man 3D creation features the infamous yellow munching head with arms and legs, swallowing ghost Pinky and grabbing an unhappy blue-ish Inky.

It measures 14 in. wide and 10 in. tall and is available for purchase through RivetArt for $300.

Not quite origami, but with origami elements, or a card model, papercraft is something that falls between the two model making genres and allows people to create things and characters they love using paper, tape or glue and scissors. If you love video games, and are looking for a nice, quiet activity to do on New Years Day, then you should stop by Ninjatoes’ papercraft webpage and print out some patterns and instructions in advance.

Ninjatoes has a nice little collection of patterns and models up on the site – 66 total. The newest additions are in the Advance Wars category, and include Green Earth, Blue Moon and Orange Star stealth planes. The site is organized nicely – there’s an index of all available models, photo galleries for each model so you can get a better idea of how much detail is really in it and…