Illusion Papercraft Collection

The folks at the education website, e*chalk, have a collection of papercraft illusions available for download. Sure, you know the illusion, the one where the character's head turns to follow you no matter where you move in the room. E*chalk calls their version of this trick "Swivel Heads". Four of the twelve illusions available are pictured. The ones not pictured are a cat, a fox, a dragon, a knight, a duck, a horse, a rooster and a skeleton. I wouldn't build too many of these.  The effect of a dozen pair of eyes following your every move can be kind of creepy! ;)

Other Illusion Papercraft:

Robot Dog
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Rolling Dice
Doge the Shiba Inu
Disney Hitchhiking Ghosts

Disney Hitchhiking Ghosts Illusion

Near the end of the trip through Disney's Haunted Mansion attraction, the "narrator" of the ride warns to "Beware of hitchhiking ghosts!" Shortly after the warning, three ghosts appear; their thumbs out as if to catch a lift. These illusion paper toys of the hitchhiking trio were released as a Halloween treat by the Disney Parks Blog in 2011. Still available nine years later, the printable templates for the toys may be downloaded here. The optical illusion these toys use makes it appear as if their heads and eyes move to follow you wherever you go.

Other Halloween Papercraft:
Tabletop Graveyard
Coffin Treat Boxes
Boo! Glasses
Cute Articulated Skeleton
3D Jack Skellington

Doge Illusion Papercraft

It all started, I believe, with a dragon. It's eyes followed you no matter where you went in the room. From there, the papercraft illusion evolved into a myriad of characters, all with the same unwavering stare. Pictured is a version of the illusion that features the dog (a Shiba Inu to be precise) from the "Doge" meme. The printable template for this illusion may be downloaded here. Photo and design by Muumin Craft.

Other Papercraft to Fool the Eye:

Super Robot Dog
Cat
Horse
T-Rex
Dice

Papercraft Dice Illusion

Remember that papercraft dragon that gave the illusion its eyes were following you about the room? Here is another papercraft illusion built around the same principle. When rotated back and forth, the apparently 3D dice appear to hover and roll over the game board. Instructions and a free PDF template for the illusion may be downloaded at Instructables.com. This papercraft was designed by paper engineer extraordinaire Rob Ives.

Other Illusion Papercraft:
Robot Dog
Cat
Horse
T-Rex

T-Rex Illusion Papercraft

Here is another twist on the ever-popular dragon illusion papercraft (you know, the one whose head appears to turn toward you as you move around the room?). This version is a tyrannosaurus rex. Not much different from the original dragon, but the thing that makes this one special is its size. Estimating by the television in the background, this baby appears to be at least 3' tall! As you will see in the video after the jump, an illusion this large requires cardboard construction rather than mere cardstock. The author offers downloads of the template for the t-rex (normal-sized) at his Youtube page here. There are three different colors available: green, red, and blue.

Previous Illusion Papercraft:
Horse
Dog
Cat
Robot Dog

Dog Illusion Papercraft

Here is yet another illusion papercraft to add to your collection. :) This happy dog is offered at the dogtrickacademy.com forum here. The above photo really doesn't do the model justice. The graphics are very high quality. As with previous illusion papercraft posted, the dog's eyes and head appear to follow you as you move about the room. Miss the previous illusion papercraft posts? They can be found here. :)

Horse Illusion Papercraft

Here is a horse to add to your collection of illusion papercraft animals. ^^ This illusion was created by the OSA-IFISC Student Chapter for a 2009 Science Fair on Menorca Island, Spain. OSA-IFISC Student chapter members are Ph.D. students with a common interest in optics. If you are not familiar with this type of paper model, it creates an optical illusion as you move about the room that the head and eyes of the animal are following you. The template for the horse is located here.

Other Illusion Papercraft Animals

Robot Dog Illusion Papercraft

Cat Illusion Papecraft

Cat Illusion Papercraft

Just to give cat loving papercrafters equal opportunity with robot dog and dragon loving papercrafters, here is a cat illusion papercraft. ^_^ Just like the Super Robot Dog I posted yesterday, if constructed correctly this kitty's eyes and head will appear to follow you around the room as you move. I like to give credit where credit is due, but I was unable to find out who created this one. Perhaps the text at the bottom of the template would provide a clue if I could find someone to translate it for me. A copy of the template can be found at /po/ Archives Papercraft and Origami Database.

Robot Dog Illusion Papercraft

This robot dog is a new take on the optical illusion dragon papercraft that you may have seen. Illusion papercraft such as this are constructed in such a way that as you move about the room the head and eyes appear to follow you. Entitled "Super Robot: Dog Version", this papercraft was designed by graphic designer Tanarat Ruamwang, Thailand, 2008. Both the template for the robot dog and a blank template to create your own illusion papercraft are available at Ruamwang's blog here.