Product Review: Custom Stuffed Animal (Doodlers+)
Celebrate Your Child’s Creativity! Turn Your Child’s Drawing Into A Huggable Friend!
My mom hung around a lot of creative people and some of it rubbed off on me as much as I could let it. My first stuffed animal’s clothes were crocheted and my mom was always making something out of felt or construction paper and ribbons. I usually (happily) got roped into most of her projects and liked to help out. The one thing my mom is really good at doing is drawing. We always had art supplies around and my mom would actually do art work backdrops for things like the local plays at school. Yes, she was really good and was always making or drawing something interesting. One day I came home around my freshman year of high school and almost screamed when I saw what looked like a man sitting crouched over our couch like he was dying. My mom, seeing my distress, shrugged her shoulders and said that was just ‘Herky’, a character she made for some sort of play or show or something like that….it was just a normal thing in my house. While it pained my dad that I started painting murals on my walls starting in 6th grade (he certainly had fun covering them up when I left home), I think my mom was somewhat proud I could make a decent underwater scene out of four walls. She encouraged pudding finger painting and whipped cream designs. In fact, the first time I saw the Happy Doodles Custom Stuffed Animals, I knew it would thrill my mom that (while her sewing and quilting did not rub off on me) Brooke could have a doll made out of her own artwork. Wow. Just WOW.
Happy Doodles was created by creative genius and sewing extraordinaire, Heather O’Neil, who takes your child’s ‘happy doodles’ and makes them huggable. You must check out her Gallery of Smiles to get a full appreciation of her effort. It is truly inspiring. If any of her work looks familiar, you will probably recognize it from your own child’s sweet doodles. So how does it work exactly? Well, it’s pretty simple once your child picks out a picture they love and want Heather to create their own customized stuffed animal!
- Get Your Child’s Art Work to Heather! The easiest way is to scan your artwork and e-mail. You can also take a photo of it, and upload it when checking out the site. Heather asks that you scan and take the highest picture resolution that you can so she can get the Stuffed Animal as close to the real thing as possible. You can also mail the picture to her, and she will take good care of it and return it with the Happy Doodle.
- How big is a Happy Doodle?
A large Happy Doodle is approximately 18” in its bigger dimension, either length or width, and about 4” thick. A medium Happy Doodle is about 12″ long or wide, and 3″ thick. You can also purchase the smaller key chains, backpack decorations and ornaments that are about 4″ high or wide, and 1/2″ thick. Remember, Happy Doodles are made in the shape of the character that your child draws so they can be of irregular shape and size. Prices vary depending on size and type! - What is in a Happy Doodle?
The artwork is digitally printed on soft cotton. The printing does not change the soft feel of the fabric. Happy Doodles are backed with incredibly soft fleece, and stuffed with polyester fiberfill.
Check it out! Here is Brooke’s ‘Before’ picture and the ‘After’ Happy Doodle Custom Stuffed Animal created by Heather that Brooke has dubbed ‘Happy Jack’ (Jack is one of her friends). My photo skills really do not do her custom stuffed animal justice, but I do hope it comes through at how special it is for us and for Brooke. Highly recommended for your budding artist!
Custom Stuffed Animal (Doodlers+)
List Price: $ 25.00 – $ 60.00 (Depending on customization)
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