There are many creative people on the Net, and some of them are willing to share their creations. I've assembled a list of unique free printables that are either fun, useful, or both.
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Normally I would not be very excited about a free printable pocket planner, but PocketMod is actually pretty cool. It is an application that lets you generate an eight page pocket sized booklet with various formats and content. There are online and downloadable versions of the program as well as a program that will take any PDF file and create a pocket booklet from it.
The Mutopia Project offers a collection of free printable sheet music. Most of the collection is classical, but there is some jazz and other styles represented.
Pop-up book author and paper engineer Robert Sabuda offers free pop-up designs you can print, and build.
Free Printable Certificates has 100 printable certificates in about twenty categories. You can download the PDF file, print the certificate, and fill in your custom information. The standard certificates are free, but they charge for editable versions.
TribalShapes.com offers a huge assortment of free tattoo flash with tribal designs and Kanji symbols. Even if you are not into tattoos, these designs would be cool to use for other printable projects.
Woman's Day Magazine offers a very nice variety of free printables and no site registration is required.
Using simple online forms you can create just about any kind of calendar you might need in in various sizes and in one of a dozen languages.
If you ever have occasion to use graph paper or any lined paper for that matter you will want to bookmark this site. You can create a pdf file with just about any kind of lined paper you could imagine in just about any size and color you could desire.
And you thought connect the dots was just for kids. David Kalvitis has managed to create connect the dots drawings that are fun and challenging for kids and adults. These are not the simple connect the dots that you remember from your childhood and that gave away the picture even before you started to connect the dots. You can download and print a weekly free connect the dots plus three other free sample connect the dots puzzles.
Better Homes and Gardens has a free online application that allows you create your own cookbook. You can use any of their recipes and/or your own recipes. You can customize just about everything but the cover with your own text and pictures. There are five cover designs to choose from.
If you have ever wished you could make nifty little paper animals and flowers just by folding ordinary paper then this is a site you will want to check out
The Signatures Bookmark Maker from Nestlé allows you to quickly create a customized and colorful bookmark.
Make your own working 35 mm paper camera from these plans that were first published in a magazine in Czechoslovakia in 1979.
Marion Boddy-Evans, the About Painting Guide has a large categorized list of original stencils that are free for personal use.
Mom's Break Village has patterns you can print and intructions to use them for transfers.
Dinese has a great collection of free colorful patterns you can print on card stock for your scrapbooking needs.
This is not your standard paper airplane. You can print, assemble, and actually fly this 3D jet.
This is a cute set of animal cards and envelopes based on the children's book "The Hat" by Jan Brett.
Canon offers a wealth of free printable projects. The site is organized into seven categories for ease of use.
The Flying Pig has a number of interesting projects you can print and build for free.
GGdesigners offers free customized printable calendar cards. You submit two fields and you receive an Acrobat PDF file by email you can use to print your cards. They would make a good giveaway to promote your Website, business, or just yourself. (international)
Paper Paradise offers this printable flying model as a downloadable Adobe Acrobat file.
Free printable holiday gift tags from your About.com Guide to Crochet. (international)
HP also offers a large number of printable projects. They have recently updated the site to provide more printables and better organization.
If you record a lot of CD's, you probably get tired of the labels scribbled in magic marker or the plain labels you print. eMemorex has a nice selection of graphics you can use to print slick CD labels and jewel case inserts.
Skymaps.com offers an updated star map printable each month including helpful information for star gazers. There are separate versions for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Click on the download an airplane link for several paper airplane plans including Ken Blackburn's world record flight time plane.
PaperToys has a large list of paper models. Models range from an Alfa Romeo to a replica of Bill Gates's house. You can even send the plans to friend just link sending an electronic greeting card.
PrintSix Photo Printing Software has online templates to allow you to print your own greeting cards and postcards using your photos or those downloaded from the Web. It's an easy to use cool money saving idea.
Fiddler's Green makes these two of their printable 3D projects available free.
A large variety of charts and checklists that you can print to help get you and your kids organized. (international)
Complete instructions and printable pages to create your own household organizer notebook. The parent site Organizedhome.com also has great tips for reducing clutter. (international)
You can print, cut and glue this model turkey for holiday fun.
Jim Collins has a large number of miniature printables in four different sizes.
The Back Yard Yacht Builders Association has four beautiful full color sailboats that you can download, print, and build.
Steve Ulstad presents a dozen really slick looking paper model trucks for you to print and build. Most of the trucks have a separate printout for the cab and trailer.
Yamaha has the most incredibly realistic looking paper models I have ever seen. Models include an amazing motorcycle and a collection of animals.
