Tuesday, August 25, 2009


meow again, its time for papercraft tribute... this time to the little cat i've seen
around who can play the keyboard. All cats can play the keyboard but only
some make it to the big time. This is a special papercraft because it can move
if you (carefully) turn the little handle. I made this papercraft a while ago but
haven't put it out because I think its very hard to make, so I made a happy
papercraft instruction video animation to watch to help anyone who wants to try.

I think you should only try this one if you are good at
papercraft or really bored though. You have to be very
careful when you make it. Sometimes depending on the
thickness of you paper or card you have to adjust things
like the size of the holes...scary now? woooo, its scary.

click on the little image to make it go bigger, think
carefully about this one when you are making it. Also,
if you do finish it, don't turn the little handle until it is
dry (even then you should be careful) or you will cry
when it breaks like I did the first time. Good luck, and Please
watch the following video for the instructions or to enjoy
and have a happy time (don't blink) and scary...

(please note this video doesn't show every every thing but those bits are easy, please enjoy^-^)

57 comments:

anxietydecending said...

Nice job.
TC:DM

Too complicated : Didn't make.

❤Yisin said...

AWESOME!!! Really cute!
i'm going to try this!
i love cat :D
thank you very much for doing this!

emicakes said...

I LOVE IT! <3

That Girl said...

awesome job, tubbypaws! I may finally try automata now... looks simple enough!
Thanks again for such cute design work :3

Kamal said...

Nicely done mate. Thumbed up :)

Wapper said...

WOW! i'm making this! So kyooot!

angie said...

Awesome! You're really creative!
I'll give it a try.

Thanks! :D

Edie's Fashion Factory said...

Tubbypaws just makes me happy.
meep!

harm said...

GAH this is blowing my mind as to how awesome this is. I am shaking with excitement as I assemble it!!!

Kuranes said...

Thank you so much!

Olimpia said...

ahah thats great XD

Jiro said...

Rockin'

omgmog said...

Here's my attempt, the handle and turning mechanism were a bit fiddly (and hard to glue), but it works :D

http://localhostr.com/files/2fe0be/keyboardcat.png

BrideOfPorkins said...

Holy cats, thank you. I'm going to go insane making this and it will be worth every papercut.

PLAY US OUT!

Maga said...

I Love you, cute boy!!! Awesome your blog!!

BrideOfPorkins said...

Holy cats, thank you for making this. I may go crazy putting it together but it'll be worth every paper cut to have my own keyboard cat to play me off.

odber said...

I love it <3 Can't wait to make this

Anonymous said...

Scribblenauts on Nintendo DS also features keyboard cat!

cooper said...

i am going to laminate it before i do it! make it last longer!

katie said...

I built one, only took an hour or so, I love him! Click through to my blog to see a photo. Thanks for the pattern!

alex.00 said...

this blog roacks!!!

William said...

Very cool!

Ysol said...

Brilliant as ever! I haven't made one yet cos my hands are too big, but maybe later :)

Jennie said...

This is the best papercraft i have ever made or seen. Thank you so much! I love it!

curator said...

I just love looking at them. You're the greatest. (Still fondly remembering 3D Ceiling Cat)

minky said...

I love you, Tubbypaws

Ramone said...

I trying to do mine.

Larry Legend said...

Great work Tubby Paws!

Here's a picture of mine, I just made it this evening. It took me 3 1/2 hours and almost killed me! But I'm so proud: http://yfrog.com/dzaldj

alang said...

I sit next to the Greg from this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1ZyAv1aQuI I made him a Tubbypaws Keyboard Cat.

Thankyou so much :)

Menina rosa said...

Do you have twitter???

ayam_god said...

THANKS!!

you make me happy this day!

Shel/Nate/Anipals said...

This is fantastic. I may have to skip making dinner and get to printing. Thanks so much for this!

theNerdPatrol said...

This is glorious and magical!

I love it so much I featured it on my blog, theNerdPatrol!

Jerom said...

really awesome!!
Another great papertoy!

Tobias said...

It just so happens I have bumped into the complete reverse of a cat playing the keyboard... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katzenklavier

Rafaela said...

you never cease to amaze me. I'm totally making this for my boyfriend, he loves keyboard cat even more than I do!

Shakiraida said...

awesome!
I love the video!
original!
me fascino!
I have already done it!
actually it is easy...<3

Luís Yasuoka said...

whoa awesome I've never done something like this before, it's really cool! It worked without the crank, now it's drying. I'm afraid it'll fall apart when I try it with the crank.

Catt said...

Ooooo ^.^ I'm going to do it. Once I do this one, I will have officially made all of your blog paper crafts (for now) o.o they are too fun.<3

Anonymous said...

Great job on the pattern! I motorized it and connected it to an Easy button (with sound). Here's a clip of it in action:

Keyboard MechArduino Cat!

Hope you like it!

Anonymous said...

Absolutely loved the papercraft, BUT THE VIDEO SUCKS! I realized in the end that i forgot to glue both E and F to the pole-thingy. That was really hard to make, because my flap wasn't printed. You must be using american format or something because it got really messed up on a european printer... the internet is global you know... the random dogs and stuff are just annoying and not funny. the animations were ok. please be a bit more clear in the future!! You have great ideas!

Switchum said...

I love your blog. Please keep up the good work.

Random said...

Reaaly nice blog, love the papercrafts. fav+

MatheusHackmann said...

I made it!

Great job! But it doesn't turn very well...

Anyway, nice blog huh?

Keep it up =D

Loulú said...

this is really awesome!
I'll be doing it for sure.
thanks for posting this.

markus said...

I just wanted to come back after thinking about this for a few weeks and tell you that, for my money, the video associated with this is literally the best thing on the internet. Thank you.

Zoetrope said...

cute, but really complicated to make... the video needed a few more instructions for the itty bitty stuff...

run4panda said...

Hi I just finished making mine! Unfortunately I cannot get the mechanism to work! but I don't care because it is sooo cute to look at!!!
Thanks for making this!!

I always check your blog and it always makes me smile!!!

thank you! ^^

TekStyle said...

OMG! kitty and Meow synth!! ooh shi!

Diseño web said...

awesome!!

Verbo said...

My brother is going to love this...

skizzenblog said...

WOW!
Great work, funny idea, excellent docu, hihi.
i built it and it works :-)
thank you for this!
have a look: http://skizzenblog.clausast.de/?p=951

A_Flama said...

Ahhhh... cute!!! :)
Sharing!!!
Good blogging!

sornptar said...

It wasnt complicated at all! Easy and awesome automation papercraft. The only thing I found that could be improved was the design of handle to turn, as it was unstable and wanted to break off when I turned it.

Vitae said...

Thanks a lot, I really enjoyed making this one!

Anonymous said...

i did it! works excelent! thanks!!!

saroide said...

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