{"id":572,"date":"2017-09-11T19:18:47","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T19:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/takemy.money\/mechanical-paper-animal-toys-from-japan"},"modified":"2019-01-12T13:32:20","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T13:32:20","slug":"mechanical-paper-animal-toys-from-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/takemy.money\/mechanical-paper-animal-toys-from-japan","title":{"rendered":"Mechanical Paper Animal Toys from Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you think you&#8217;ve explored everything in paper craft ideas here is some black magic from Japan that will blow your mind.<\/p>\n<p>Japanese designer Haruki Nakamura is a veteran paper engineer. He makes paper animal toys that have neat mechanical tricks whenever you trigger them in a certain way. This type of paper craft is called Kamikara, a combination of the words &#8216;kami&#8217; (paper) and &#8216;karakuri&#8217; (mechanism).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KPZtFSyA6VY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When you live in Japan you can buy Haruki&#8217;s paper creations online <a href=\"http:\/\/kamikara.cart.fc2.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Recreating these animals is not for the faint hearted. However, when you&#8217;re able to pull off putting all the pieces and mechanisms together you&#8217;ll have something awesome to show off to your friends or kids.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"kamikaratools\">Kamikara tools<\/h2>\n<p>If you want to work on your own Kamikara from scratch here&#8217;s a list of what you need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>cardstock paper<\/li>\n<li>scissors<\/li>\n<li>craft knife<\/li>\n<li>white school glue<\/li>\n<li>ruler<\/li>\n<li>toothpick<\/li>\n<li>rubber bands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"kamikarabook\">Kamikara book<\/h2>\n<p>If you want to try to create Kamikara from existing examples get this essential book:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2f0JqBy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/karakuri-774x1024.jpg\" alt=\"karakuri\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The book includes pull-out cardstock pages that contain all the pieces you need to create similar Kamikara creatures, no further tools needed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2xlcgEv\">Take my money!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(this link directs you to the product page on Amazon)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you think you&#8217;ve explored everything in paper craft ideas here is some black magic from Japan that will blow your mind. Japanese designer Haruki Nakamura is a veteran paper engineer. He makes paper animal toys that have neat mechanical tricks whenever you trigger them in a certain way. 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