How do you attach 'Elmo style' eyes?

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There are a million ways to attach spherical eyes. Mostly depends on what kind of structure there is underneath, and how heavy the eyes are.

Elmo's eyes are actually quite complicated because they're removable, but the idea is pretty simple. There's a thin wooden plate inside his head, with rods running up through the foam and fur from the plate. Then the rods are secured to inside his eyes. It's a bit hard to explain in words - I wish I could attach a picture here. A simple version I've used is a thin plywood plate inside the head with two wooden dowels epoxied into it running up through the foam and fur of the head, then the eyes, which have holes drilled in the bottom to accommodate the dowels, are epoxied on top of the dowels. The two hardest things are: placing the dowels the perfect width apart in the plate so that the eyes end up where you want them once they're glued on; and, making the dowels exactly the right length so the eyes sit perfectly on the surface of the head.

Hope that explanation was helpful.

Rick