So is each plushie going to have a unique name? That is how I understood it at first then noticed the back said "each Pamela plushie". I kind of like the idea of having the fact but if indeed they each have a different name then you loose that aspect of the design on first look. I wonder if you could combine the two ideas.  Hi my name is ______ did you know ....

I would try it without any foam in it, I think the two sides of the fabric should give it enough of a puff to get the point across...

Mr Lupvet was my first. Typical of me, I went too big too soon - he's more a large ventriloquist than a puppet - but I love him regardless



Great idea for a thread. I look forward to seeing what others share.

Lizzie

Thanks for the feedback. I'm not going to do word balloons off to the side simply because the idea is based on the shadow puppets: the puppets will also have the 'hole' in the head, and in that gap you can have word/pictogram props appearing in that hole. I did try using a word balloon for fitting in the 'hole' but I lost a lot of the space used to write the text on.

I'm not sure - can you read the text in the pics? It may help to click on the image so you can, but the massive sizes on my Flickr account should allow you to read it. The back of the tag has a quote by the astronomer the plushie is named after, specially picked to match the idea that each plushie is unique. (The whole blog post I'm quoting from is about how astronomers and scientists in general aren't just the white geeky guys you see on TV)

But yes, the point is that each one is a character   So glad that comes across!

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I like word balloons. If you hung it by the top side it could pivot and have a question on one side with answer on the other. I am a scientist, my lab coat has multicolored stains acid holes. I have a suggestion for that one.

"I am a scientist, I see the possiblities for success in each failure.  The stains and holes in my lab coat are proof of the progress toward the next great revelation right around the corner." 

This reminds me of fun fortune cookies or cabbage patch dolls that come with character back stories. They are coming to life.

"Bones" McCoy: "I signed aboard this ship to practice medicine, not to have my atoms scattered back and forth across space by this gadget."

It seems to me that the darkness under the eye stands out more to make an eye tired.  Also for older eyes there are deep lines that create folds so maybe hand stitching in curves might create the ridges if you pull stitches tight. A brown or black thicker strip along the bottom of the eye edge might give a tired effect tapering at the corners.  A few squiggly red lines on the white of the eye ball would help too. It might be wise to test ideas on some scraps first.

Ha, those tranporters always saved their bacon.  Much better than "It was all a dream..." save.

I need help on constructing puppet eye bags..like the type of bags to show exhaustion or the puppet being tired in a sense. I tried rolling up some foam and sewing a little sack of fleece and gluing the foam stuffed sack under the eyes but it doesn't work for me..any suggestions?