The Birth of Suzie

Shaped the head out of a Styrofoam ball and gouged out some eyes and nose holes. Sliced off the bottom jaw and set aside. 

Carved out a place for my hand (which I later had to make some adjustments to because it shouldn't have been so open and my palm needed a place to rest). 

Cut out a space for my thumb in the bottom jaw and covered the Styrofoam part with fabric so it wasn't so scratchy on my skin. Covered the opening of the hole with cardboard to give a place for resistance for my thumb. 

Covered the Styrofoam with fabric (flannel) to keep it from being too scratchy. 

Using a glue gun, although I could have used spray adhesive, I attached the flannel to the face and head, wrapping around the edges of the jaw. 

I cut off the extra flannel from the back of the head. 

I used large googly eyes and wanted some eyelids so she didn't look too much like an alien. 

I poked some holes into the back of the eyes so I could drop some glue in there to keep the eyes from "googling." Then I glued the eyelids into place. 

Added felt eyelashes. Oh, and the nose is a small ball of Styrofoam covered in flannel. I just piled in a bunch of glue into each socket to secure the eyes and nose. 

After covering the bottom jaw with flannel, I lined it up with the top jaw and glued along the hinges to attach the mouth. 

Glued on some black felt for the inside of the mouth. 

Back of Suzie's unfinished neck. Needed a "tube" for my arm and hand to fit into. 

Got the wig at a thrift store and just glued a ribbon into her hair to make her a little less like a granny. 

Glued around the neck of an old tshirt so that she could wear clothes and have stuffing put inside without making a mess when I use her. 

"Neck tube" is inside of the tshirt. 

Finally, just sewed some hands and attached them to the sleeves of the tshirt. I stuffed the whole tshirt, but not the neck tube, and finally put her thrift store baby dress on over the lumpy stuffed tshirt. 

And there's my baby!!