When 3D printing became a thing, it seemed cool to see people printing figurines, pet bowls, and other small knick-knacks. Then things like the 3D-printed stainless steel bridge in Amsterdam came along, and we realized that 3D printing may have endless potential.

Not all 3D prints have to be life-changing urban engineering feats, and Bored Panda is here to prove that regular people can create some cool projects, too. We found the most interesting and cool 3D-printed things that people have shared online and are showing them to you here. Some of them are incredibly cool-looking; others are also highly functional, but all are worth celebrating the insane levels of human creativity!

#1 I've Had The Printer For A Month, I'm Still Figuring Out What's What

#2 I Create And Print Pictures

#3 A Lightbulb

#4 Dachshunds That Hold Our Paper

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#6 Printed Some “AC” For My Girlfriends Cat

#7 We're Trying To Print Everything Little By Little ✨ From The Last One - Lamps

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#9 My Boyfriend Printed This For Me

#10 Vases

#11 Brother Prints Such Beauty

#12 My Son Models And Prints Toys

#13 A Shelf For Mini Figures

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#16 Ildan 47 Cm

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#19 Lamps With Photos

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#23 I Fully Model And Print My Own Fantasy Cosplay Armor/Weapon

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#25 I Designed A 3D Printed Mirror Array To Propose! The Mirrors Are Angled So That Just Before Sunset, They Reflect The Sunlight To Spell “Marry Me?”

#26 Printed A Sisyphus Statue To Push My Tp Up A Shelf For All Eternity

#27 My Cactus Was Leaning Heavily On One Side So I Made It A Crutch

#28 I Spent Way Too Much Time Designing A Magsafe Charger Into A Bonsai Tree

#29 I May Have A slight Addiction To Printing Covers For My Bionic Arm

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#31 I Mostly Print Toys For Kids, Sometimes Something For Home. Today I Went Completely Crazy And Printed A Light Switch For The Older Child

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#33 Decorative Flower Pots And Vases

#34 All Sorts Of Things For Cosplay

#35 Props For Animators

#36 I Print Planters And Vases

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#41 We Have Our Own Night Lights, Inspired By Ukrainian Mythology

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#43 Decor For A Candlestick

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#45 We Print Organizeres

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A wind storm broke this angled vent off my house. Spent about 3 weeks checking every place I could for a replacement and found nothing. So had a siding guy come out to take a look. He explained that the only way to fix it would be to remove the entire exhaust fan piece and replace it. Cost of about $400 in parts and labor. So I modeled it and printed it that afternoon for about $11 in filament. It turned three years old in May, and has survived -20F and 106F in that time.