Sunday, February 21, 2010

Little Paper Cowboy

Today I made a little cowboy scene out of paper.  Similar to the paper animals I made before.  These are made from painted paper that I use for my collages, but any paper will do.  I also used a black and silver pen to draw on them.  I like toys like these because they flatten and you can take them on the go, to restaurants or the doctor' office.





Here are the pieces flattened. If you'd like, you can click the image below to get a large version to use as a template or to print and cut out. I used an X-Acto knife because the kids were napping, but scissors will work fine.  Also, I cut a notch in the horses saddle for the cowboy to slide into.

12 comments:

  1. Joel, your creativity rocks!! I love your ideas :)

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  2. I love paper toys. My man does some papercraft for children , too.
    http://alombredupommier.blogspot.com/search/label/papercraft

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  3. Brilliant! ( not sure if my almost 18 year old son would still want to play with it... ;-))

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  4. i have to go to the doctor's office this afternoon, but won't manage to do something as beautiful!

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  5. Such a fantastic idea! That little horse is killing me!

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  6. Thanks everybody. Yeah, both the horse and cowboy crack me up too. It would be fun to do a stop motion short with them. The would be quite the double act.

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  7. Another great one! The notch in the horse is a clever idea, love seeing all the little aspect of a design.

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