A Bulborb is a creature from the video game Pikmin. Kate recently got a stuffed Pikmin figure (ebay!) and wanted a Bulborb to go with it, but we couldn't find one online, so I said I would make her a crocheted one for my Conference weekend project. Before it was finished we were having fun using it as a puppet, so I asked Kate if she wanted me to stuff it or leave it as a puppet. Her solution was that I should make two--stuffed Bulborb and puppet Bulborb. I decided puppet Bulborb should be a little smaller, to fit Kate's hand. She is thrilled with the new additions to her menagerie and has named them Big Gulp and Little Gulp.
Kate lost a front tooth the day before, so she's looking particularly gappy. Grin!
I've never made anything with a mouth that opens like this before. I made the mouth inside part first (a long oval that folds in half) and then built the rest around it. Doug thought the eyes were cool.
Little Gulp checks out a mushroom.
nom nom nom
Mmmmmwah!
What great puppets!
ReplyDeleteI love Kate's shorter hair and gap-tooth smile.
You're amazing--and those things are seriously cute! (and yes, the eyes trump all--though I'm partial to the polka dots too)
ReplyDeleteThey're awesome. The eyes are definitely "up there" on the coolness scale.
ReplyDelete(And you've gotta love a mum who can not only invent the whole pattern but will do a stuffed one AND a puppet one as well)
The Bluborbs are so cute! You are very talented and Kate looks very happy with the additions to her menagerie.
ReplyDeleteMy 9 year old would completely flip over that!! Do you have a pattern somewhere?
ReplyDeleteI don't, sorry! I just kind of made it up as I went.
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