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Hi all,
I've spent my Christmas toilet training my son. I've downloaded the Sesame Street android app for my Asus tablet so he can watch sesame street videos while he sits which makes it more enjoyable for him (and me). He absolutely loves cookie monster (almost more than he loves Elmo) so as I'd just purchased the borsa puppet pattern I thought I'd have a go at altering it to a cookie monster pattern. He's probably a mix of a few different versions I've seen over the years, but I'm happy with him. The eyes are not his final eyes, I'm still working out the details/finding the right screw to make it safer. At the moment his eyes are the large clear christmas baubles which I painted flat white, and added felt discs displaced. The eyes rock back and forth (and a little side to side) when I operate cookie monster so I displaced the pupils and it really creates a very similar illusion to the googly eyes. It's safe for my son which was my main concern with this build, while keeping the googly eyes which is a definite must for a cookie monster replica.
I gave him the five fingers that cookie has, but have not extended to include the fluffy pointed ends yet. I still have plenty of fur so will probably add that when I go back and replace the eyes. I made several attempts at the head none of which worked. The final design was a 1/2" foam mouth plate, slit on the center fold with a foam ring glues for my pointer finger, pinky finger and thumb. This gives great control over the mouth movement given it's a wider than normal mouth (at least from what I'm used to). I machine sewed everything, which wasn't the best way to proceed (particularly the fingers), but I got impatient and just wanted him finished. Took ages to get the trapped fur out, as I also didn't trim away the seam edges either. The fur is a little straight and flat but my son will fix that in not time. Elmo has already changed dramatically since I made him due to being dragged around the house, and give lots of cuddles. I'm hoping cookie will have the same fate, so he gets a more matted/knotted furry look.
The felt mouth was sewn to the finished head, then the mouthplate glued to it, and sewn onto the body. no foam in his head other than the mouthplate and finger rings. Seems to still give it a nice rounded shape mostly from my own hand shape.
I hope you like him, I haven't given him to my son yet, but I did put just the body and unfinished head onto my hand and he immediately said "cookie monster" so I think he would still appreciate it without all the extra effort, but I enjoy it, I learn from it and that adds to the enjoyment I see when he plays with it.
I would like to attempt an oscar next I think but I haven't found fur that I really like for him yet. Also not yet ready to tackle anything with a mechanism, still need to do more research before making any moving parts.
anyway, onto the pics.
Greg
I've spent my Christmas toilet training my son. I've downloaded the Sesame Street android app for my Asus tablet so he can watch sesame street videos while he sits which makes it more enjoyable for him (and me). He absolutely loves cookie monster (almost more than he loves Elmo) so as I'd just purchased the borsa puppet pattern I thought I'd have a go at altering it to a cookie monster pattern. He's probably a mix of a few different versions I've seen over the years, but I'm happy with him. The eyes are not his final eyes, I'm still working out the details/finding the right screw to make it safer. At the moment his eyes are the large clear christmas baubles which I painted flat white, and added felt discs displaced. The eyes rock back and forth (and a little side to side) when I operate cookie monster so I displaced the pupils and it really creates a very similar illusion to the googly eyes. It's safe for my son which was my main concern with this build, while keeping the googly eyes which is a definite must for a cookie monster replica.
I gave him the five fingers that cookie has, but have not extended to include the fluffy pointed ends yet. I still have plenty of fur so will probably add that when I go back and replace the eyes. I made several attempts at the head none of which worked. The final design was a 1/2" foam mouth plate, slit on the center fold with a foam ring glues for my pointer finger, pinky finger and thumb. This gives great control over the mouth movement given it's a wider than normal mouth (at least from what I'm used to). I machine sewed everything, which wasn't the best way to proceed (particularly the fingers), but I got impatient and just wanted him finished. Took ages to get the trapped fur out, as I also didn't trim away the seam edges either. The fur is a little straight and flat but my son will fix that in not time. Elmo has already changed dramatically since I made him due to being dragged around the house, and give lots of cuddles. I'm hoping cookie will have the same fate, so he gets a more matted/knotted furry look.
The felt mouth was sewn to the finished head, then the mouthplate glued to it, and sewn onto the body. no foam in his head other than the mouthplate and finger rings. Seems to still give it a nice rounded shape mostly from my own hand shape.
I hope you like him, I haven't given him to my son yet, but I did put just the body and unfinished head onto my hand and he immediately said "cookie monster" so I think he would still appreciate it without all the extra effort, but I enjoy it, I learn from it and that adds to the enjoyment I see when he plays with it.
I would like to attempt an oscar next I think but I haven't found fur that I really like for him yet. Also not yet ready to tackle anything with a mechanism, still need to do more research before making any moving parts.
anyway, onto the pics.
Greg
Me love this.