monster inspired by JoCo's Skullcrusher Mountain
Looking for something hugely fun and interactive for a party? Try a Monster Mash — cut up bunches of stuffed animals and recombine them into monsters. Plush fabric is pretty forgiving, so you don’t have to sew well to make your monsters work. Mimi Noyes has been running these for a while for house parties on the west coast and at Norwescon every year. I got to enjoy one at Arisia this year at one of her east coast visits. She suggests using three stuffed animals per monster on average. Trying to use more monsters can work, but often just leads to a jumble. Make sure that you have a lot of variety to start off with, more than just teddy bears and bunnies. Things with tails and wings and horns are good. Mimi has set up a livejournal community at http://community.livejournal.com/mashmonsters/ if you’d like to see more of these. If you have your own Monster Mash party, add it to Mimi’s page so we can all share, and please comment here so we can see it.
I combined a gorilla, puppy, and elephant to get Loverboy.
In honor of Valentine’s Day and the red heart on the tip of his tail, I show him with the only cute couple around, my daughter Alice and her young man. When I made Loverboy, I was tempted to put the elephant face on the other side to make it obscene, but I showed restraint.
Here are some process photos of the carnage… I’m particularly fond of the decapitated heads.
Works in Progress
Leftover Body Parts
Oh my god, the heads....
