Furry Pin Crowdfunding Projects You Should Back Right Now
Pintopia is a collection of crowdfunding projects that focus on enamel pins, ita bags, and plush. The 2026 lineup hosts over 200 projects for every flavor of collector. In an effort to boost furry creators, I wanted to share these awesome furry-created pin projects that could use your support!
A Quick Note About Pintopia
If you’re new to crowdfunding, you’re pledging an amount today, to help bring products to market. If a project reaches its financial goal, you pay what you pledged, and the creator gets to make what they’re promising. If a project doesn’t work out, you don’t get charged!
Pintopia has a couple gimmicks, but the most important one is cross-collaboration. Many Pintopia projects have a partner, where backing the two projects gets you a free item from each artist. While not every complete pair is on this list, there’s a couple, so be sure to check what every project is offering if you help out their partner!
“Pins featuring the Hyaenidae family, and other critters, too!”
2” inch portrait pins of 4 species of hyenas, with stretch goals that include bonus designs, stickers, and patches. If funding surpasses all planned hyena-based rewards, backers have a chance to unlock additional animal designs such as thylacine, maned wolf, clouded leopard, and more!
These pins feature artwork by a treasured fandom artist, Henrieke “Kiki” Goorhuis, and is one of the first chances for people to purchase outside of conventions.
Special Note:
Since Henrieke is based in the Netherlands, shipping is available for US customers through KEN’S PIN HUSTLE. Backing both projects will work out in more ways than one: Henrieke and Ken have a cockatiel and hyena pin for each double backer.
Gnawesome Predators - Carnivore Pin Sets by Lairbrew
“Enamel pins of meat eaters and their favorite foods!”
This super-unique project features a variety of mix-and-match 2-2.5" pins of carnivores and omnivores and their favorite snack. Each pin set is composed of 2 parts: a large animal pin and a small meat magnet which attaches to the critter’s mouth via an anchor point. You can even swap meats between animals. Get creative!
This project has a lot of common fandom species and hosts regular votes for new pins. Stretch goals include stickers, animal color variants, and meat-shaped plush keychains.
Soft Circuit: Short Circuit 1.2 by CZGoldEdition
“After two successful enamel pin campaigns, the Short Circuit bot boards are BACK with both a third pin installment and a soft new twist in the mix: a PLUSH version of Byte to hold and help you relax!”
This is another campaign in a very successful ongoing series of extremely unique “circuit board” styled pins, great for show pieces or gifts for tech nerds. This set also includes the addition of a wonderful robot dog plush. Check out the sample on the campaign page, and look at all these details!
Silly Critter Collection - Animal Enamel Pins by grind3h
“A collection of cute and silly little creature pins, based on various animals! Cute, silly, and goofy.”
Small, goofy, 2” hard enamel pins featuring lots of fandom favorite animals such as bears, hyenas, wolves, possums, foxes, and more!
Something I want to highlight here is the Critter Sponsor tier. By backing at this level at just $350 (I know some of you big spenders can swing it) you can pick your own favorite animal and have it made as a pin. Before this campaign started, I worked with Allie and got myself a cockatiel. Isn’t he perfect?
Look how cute it is! Worth every penny, if you have a lesser-represented sona or favorite critter. But hurry, slots for this option are limited.
CHALLENGE COIN CRITTERS by KEN’S PIN HUSTLE
“CHALLENGE COIN CRITTERS are a tribute to Disney collectibles and military memorabilia from the 20th century.”
Can’t miss out on a little self promotion, here, can we? CHALLENGE COIN CRITTERS will bring some classy vintage flair to your pin collection with antique-plated 1.5” pins with dozens of wildlife and creature designs in a vintage Disney toon-inspired style.
Right now we’ve unlocked birds of various types, foxes, wolves, big cats, trash mammals (we got your possums, your raccoons, your skunks) but still need your help in unlocking more stretch goals.
Our late-game roster includes mythical creatures and even some fandom-specific favorites including protogens and sergals. There’s also custom sponsor slots, and custom 50-pin runs, for our high rollers.
Special Note:
CHALLENGE COIN CRITTERS is paired up with The Hyena Family, with two free pins for dual backers.
Birds of North America by roundbirbart
“A set of bird enamel pins, featuring birds found in North America. Some of the unlocked pins will be donated to charity.”
Birders and bird lovers, this is for you! This project features artistic “stained glass”-style pins of native birds of North America. Roundbirb is a Dutch artist with an excellent fulfillment record, wide portfolio, and transparent updates through over a dozen campaigns.
If you back both Birds of North America and Frogtastic Frogs 2 there’s a pair of adorable crossover pins with your name on ‘em.
There are also a TON of campaign-exclusives for birds they’ve already made, that won’t be available for general sale outside of this backing period. So, it’s definitely worth checking out the extras!
Special Note:
Since Roundbirb is in the Netherlands, they along with the maker of Frogtastic Frogs (see below) are partnering to take a bite out of international shipping costs for backers. If you’re in the US, you have the option to combine both projects and save money.
Frogtastic Frogs #2 by Studio Appeltjesgroen
“Realistic illustrated pins of frogs and other amphibians, partnered with birds of North America for free backer bonus pins.”
We need more semi-realistic pins! There are loads still to unlock, for those who love frogs and frog accessories. Each stretch goal unlocks a new amphibian, including salamanders and newts.
They also have add-ons such as stickers, keychains, and even socks. You can also pick up frogs from the first Frogtastic Frogs campaign.
Special Note:
In addition to saving on shipping by backing both projects, there’s two free pins for customers who back both Frogtastic Frogs 2 and Birds of North America, so check both out!
Flying Friends: A Batpack Companion Project by ANDPIERRES
“A partner project to my successful Batpack campaign from last year, this project aims to fund a small collection of themed enamel pins to match with your batpack!”
Soft, sweet, cartoon bat pins that pair perfectly with ANDPIERRES’ “Batpacks” ita bag project. A great option for pin fanatics looking for a creative way to carry and display their collection!
With each tier unlocked, supporters get to vote on the next pin design. Voice some opinions, follow this project, and get yourself some bats!
Pocket Bugs: Tiny Enamel Pins by Karen Alleluia
“The Pocket series returns! But this time smaller, greener, and way buggier. Our favorite Pocket bugs have come crawling in from the backyard as enamel pins and you’re invited to the cookout! 🐛”
If you love certain bug-type pocket monsters, these pins are for you! This project also features tons of bug-themed extras and add-ons, including this adorable caterpillar carabiner. If your favorite’s missing from the roster, don’t sweat it—this project asks backers to vote on who’s next.
Where You Can Find Even More Great Projects
There are tons of great projects on Pintopia this year, many of which will definitely appeal to fandom interests! This list isn’t even all of my favorites, but it’s a good handful made BY furries or fandom-adjacent artists.
Make sure to check your artist’s country of origin before backing: not all of these projects are US-based. International shipping, customs, and tariffs are currently a nightmare, so make sure you’re aware of what you’re on the hook for. Shipping and tariffs don’t get charged till the end, so don’t get sticker shock in two weeks!
If you want to check out the full range of projects for yourself, be sure to visit Pintopia’s main page and browse! But be sure to specifically check the Pin Safari group for projects exclusively featuring creatures and critters as that’s where a lot of these furry-created projects are being hosted.
