{"id":492,"date":"2011-02-14T17:57:29","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T00:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/?p=492"},"modified":"2011-02-11T19:38:37","modified_gmt":"2011-02-12T02:38:37","slug":"monster-mash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/?p=492","title":{"rendered":"Monster Mash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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monster inspired by JoCo's Skullcrusher Mountain<\/p><\/div>\n

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.\u00c2\u00a0 She suggests using three stuffed animals per monster on average.\u00c2\u00a0 Trying to use more monsters can work, but often just leads to a jumble.\u00c2\u00a0 Make sure that you have a lot of variety to start off with, more than just teddy bears and bunnies.\u00c2\u00a0 Things with tails and wings and horns are good.\u00c2\u00a0 Mimi has set up a livejournal community at http:\/\/community.livejournal.com\/mashmonsters\/ if you’d like to see more of these.\u00c2\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n

I combined a gorilla, puppy, and elephant to get Loverboy.<\/p>\n

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\nIn 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.<\/p>\n

Here are some process photos of the carnage… I’m particularly fond of the decapitated heads.<\/p>\n

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Works in Progress<\/p><\/div>\n

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Leftover Body Parts<\/p><\/div>\n

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Oh my god, the heads....<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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