A fan ofAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsdecided to create Tom Nook as a pinata using paper mache techniques.Animal Crossingis Nintendo’s smash hit social simulation video game series. The most recently releasedAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsbroke sales recordson its initial release for the Nintendo Switch on May 25, 2025, during the global COVID-19 pandemic. The game almost served as an escape for gamers during unsure times and became a massive success, selling over 40 million copies worldwide.
Animal Crossing: New Horizonshas players follow a character who decides to move to a deserted island where they meet aspiring capitalist and personal bank lender, Tom Nook. Players are then tasked totransform the island ofAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsinto a perfect get-away to attract other villagers, giving players the freedom to explore, interact with villagers, collect items, and customize homes and the look of the island itself. Despite all the work the players do, Tom Nook does not pay the player for their effort but rather grants them a generous loan with flexible financing for their own home.
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Thenature of Tom Nook inAnimal Crossing: New Horizonshave some fans debating his morality. Tom Nook is viewed as exploitative by players as they are the ones responsible for building the island while remaining in debt to Tom throughout the game. Maybe this is why u/CaveFlavored on Reddit decided to spend “too many hours” crafting their very own Tom Nook pinata out of paper mache that was filled with chocolate coins. In a post to Reddit, CaveFlavored highlighted their hard work in a text post and accompanied it with several images of the process for all to see.
Additional images can be seen onCaveFlavored’s original post.
The replies to the post featured a mix of praise for the crafting talents of CaveFlavored and a sense of sweet revenge against Tom Nook for placing them in virtual debt inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons. One user stated that it was a dream of theirs to beat their spent bells back out of Tom Nook and thanked the original poster for making their dreams a reality. Another user jokingly commented about on one of the progress photos of “Naked pinata Nook” and stated that he is not real and cannot hurt them.
Considering that the game allows players to experiment with design and aesthetic choices, it is no surprise thatAnimal Crossing: New Horizonshas attracted a crafty crowd. It is a lot of fun to seeAnimal Crossingfans craft items in real life alongside the video game and is a testament to how iconic the game and characters are years after its release.
