Popping Animal

Pick an animal, where it pops out of and a hat. A keyboard switch underneath makes it click and pop. Three prints, multi-colour 3MF / STL.

1 · Animal

2 · Pops out of

3 · On its head

4 · Colours

Parts with the same colour share a filament. A 4-colour AMS covers most combinations; pick shared colours to need fewer.

5 · Fit

What you need and how to put it together
  1. One MX-style keyboard switch (Cherry MX, Gateron, Kailh Box, Outemu…). Clicky ones (blue, box white, box jade) click loudest.
  2. Print the three parts as laid out: container and animal standing up, hat flat side down. The animal's hollow underside bridges over the switch post; a ear or snout may want tree supports on some printers.
  3. Snap the switch into the container from the top, press the animal onto the stem, glue the hat onto the flat spot on the head (the peg lines it up).
  4. Press the hat: the animal sinks and pops back up with a click. Push the switch out through the hole in the bottom to swap it.