Halcyon Days

Lindsey Carr, Halcyon Days

Atak

Vladimir Fedotov, Wood River, 1975, 

and R. Varshamov, Fish House, 1985, thanks to polny_shkaf 

Mirko Hanak

Leonard Weisgard, Little Island

Kenard Pak

Chris Wormell

Ikai Tadashi, Blue Ocean, thanks to JennWarburt

Rose Sanderson

Abigail Brown

Jonathan Woodward

J. Kábrt, Jak Zajączek Mateuszek chciał się ślizgać, 1965, 

thanks to 50 Watts and Hipopotam Studio

Woop Studios

Matazo Kayama, 1990

Kristi Makaloff

Ian Macarthur

Ben the Illustrator

PigPen

Dahlov Ipcar, Hard scrabble harvest, via The Retro/Vintage Scan Emporium

John Burningham, Mr. Grumpy's Outing, 1970, thanks to flamenconut

Stanley Stubenberg, Young Folks Hawaiian Time, 1965, thanks to Glen Mullaly

Ota Janeček, Vom Klugen Esel und Andere Tierfabeln, 1972

Atsushi Hara

Ron Sandford, 1965, thanks to joy of a toy

Catherine Louis, Le rat m'a dit...

Aleksandra Woldańska-Płocińska

1950s brass piggy bank at Fears and Kahn

Amie Roman, Souee!

Garth Williams, Charlotte's Web, thanks to Bibliodyssey

Saverio Polloni

Tim Flach

Roman Diaz

 Michael Sowa

Christopher Wormell

 Hermann-Paul, Don Quichotte, 1929, thanks to 50 Watts

À la carte

Alexander Rodchenko, photo from Animaux à mimer, 1926

When I was a child, I spent countless magical hours making worlds out of paper...

paper dolls, playing cards, collage paper, postcards, stickers, I loved them all!

Even today, I am still very attracted to beautiful paper toys.

In this collection you'll find a few great vintage zoos

and some irresistible new entries.

 Reconstruction of Cut-outs for Noah's Ark, Madrid, 1932

from the exhibition Toys of the Avant-Garde, via Mondoblogo

 Victorine Leblond, Animaux domestiques articulés: Découpage et montage sans collage, 1941

Elephant animal paper cut-out toy from Billiken magazine, 1966, 

thanks to Il favoloso mondo di carta di Totò

Attilio, Lo zoo di carta. I used to have this as a kid!

 Shigeo Fukuda's flying paper animals

Junzo Terada's Magical Menagerie

ABC Punch Out Animals from Japan, thanks to Ribambelles & Ribambins

Alice Melvin's Cut Out and Make Menagerie

Forest Friends and The Yolk Folk by Mibo

Jungling by milimbo