Ape Escape Paper Toy

I have fond memories of playing the Ape Escape game on a PlayStation 1. Last year, PlayStation released a paper toy of a typical monkey in the game. The printable PDF template for the toy is still available at the PlayStation website. The original Ape Escape game was released in 1999. Since that time, numerous games have been released in the franchise, the most current one being released in 2010.

Other Papercraft Monkeys:

Balancing Monkey Toy

Sengoku Basara Yumekiti
Monkey King Paper Toy

Balancing Monkey Paper Toy

I love when 3D papercraft can also be an actual toy! Case in point is this balancing monkey paper toy by Salazad. The official title of this toy is "Monyi the Acrobat Monkey". What makes this balancing act work is placing a penny in each of Monyi's fruit baskets. The PDF template for this papertoy may be downloaded at Salazad.com.

Other Fun Papercraft:

Russian Nesting Dolls
Rolling Ball Kinetic Sculpture
Minecraft Automata
Playful Circus Wagon
Cranky Automata Animals

Papercraft Animal Diorama

This cute papercraft diorama from the Kirin company features six animals: a squirrel, a chimp, an owl, two rabbits, and a fox. I think the fox is my favorite of the bunch.  These "Forest Friends" are offered by Kirin as part of their collection of promotional paper toys for kids. Printable PDF templates for each of the creatures may be found here. A template for the "display tree" in the photo is also available.

Sengoku Basara Papercraft: Yumekiti the Monkey

Sengoku Basara began life as a Capcom video game. Later it was made into an anime television show. One of the main characters in the series is Keiji Maeda who has a little pet monkey named Yumekichi. This is a papercraft of Yumekichi. The template and instructions for the model may be downloaded here and here. Build photo by hoshiterasu.

KH1 Cave of Wonders Ape Statue Papercraft

In the Agrabah (Disney Aladdin) area of the Kingdom Hearts 1 video game, the player must enter the "Cave of Wonders". Among other things inside the Cave of Wonders are statues of apes holding enormous gems. This paper model is of one of those statues. The build photo above is by TouchFuzzyGetDizzy, the designer of the papercraft. He has made his Pepakura PDO template for the statue available on DeviantART.

Monkey Opera Paper Theater

Monkey:Journey to the West is a nine act contemporary opera inspired by a Chinese legend about the adventures of a monkey who hatches out of a stone egg. The production of the opera involves acrobatics, singing, animation and electronic music by the co-creators of Gorillaz. What's not to love about this opera? 

UPDATE 7/25/17: Sorry this papercraft is no longer available. :(

Simple Sock Monkey Papercraft

Everyone loves sock monkeys. A unique North American craft item, the first sock monkeys are thought to have been created sometime in the early 20th Century. Sock monkeys are crafted from the signature red heeled socks manufactured by the Nelson Knitting Mills (now Fox River Mills). The stuffed monkeys had become popular enough by 1920 that the Nelson Knitting Mills began including instructions on how to build them with every pair of red heeled socks they sold. This simple papercraft sock monkey was created by Tyler Tinsley in 2008 and may be downloaded here.

Monkey King Paper Toy

As I have said before, monkeys always make me smile, and this one is no exception. This colorful monkey is the work of Belgian artist "Fossfor" and may be downloaded from her Flickr page here. As if you couldn't tell, the title of this paper toy is "Monkeyking".^^

Monkey vs. Robot Papertoys

I mentioned in a previous post that I have a fondness for monkeys and robots. Here is a papertoy set with both! :) This pair is from the "Brickboy" papertoy series. Together they are a set titled "Monkey vs. Robot". What I like best about the battling duo are the whimsical details like the robot's escape hatch on top and the monkey's bare bottom. These easy to build papertoys were designed by Sjors Frimbach, Netherlands, 2005.

UPDATE 8/10/2011: Frimbach is no longer posting his paper toys. An alternate site to download this template may be found here.