Look what my mom and I made yesterday! I want to eat him up!
photo: Marie Chu
We struggled some with the construction which is why it looks like he has a buzz hair cut. But considering my mom and I have no experience making stuffed animals (though my mom is very good with sewing clothes), this prototype didn’t turn out as badly as I thought it would. He’s pretty cute! I have no sewing experience, so I ended up making a bad choice with the white fabric (upon further research I think fleece would’ve been a better and sturdier choice). We will try again with some major changes. I’m thinking no arms and legs next time, just a marshmallow with eyes? As you can see, we didn’t attempt the hands and feet because of how difficult that white fabric was to work with.
I wanted to make a Marmion doll because many children’s authors advise having a prop for school readings. For many reasons I won’t get into, we weren’t able to make one in time for my readings at AUCP and James River Elementary. Judging from the comments and questions I got from the first graders at James River, I think a Marmion doll would be a big hit! (They also asked if there’s a Marmion video game… any freelance app developers interested in contacting me about that??)
“Hi there!! I am ready for HUGS!!”
Marmion the Marshmallow 