In honor of the upcoming release of Maurice Sendak and Spike Jonze’s new film, Where the Wild Things Are, I tried my hand at creating my own home-made Wild Thing. The materials are a bit eclectic. There was no road map to where I was planning to go, but here it is:
Where the Wild Things Are: can you find it?
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- Stuff the sock and cut the legs.
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- Improvise a makeup sponge for a nose.
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- Stuff legs, attach claws. Sew/stuff arms, attach claws.
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- Root Canal. Or gluing in the teeth.
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- Glue on hair and horns!
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- Pick out buttons for eyes. Pay attention to this step. It gets creepy fast.
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- See? Just quirky enough to not be entirely creepy.
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- Stitch on some scales.
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- You’re done! Now find him some friends.
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- Where the Wild Things Are: can you find it?
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- Put the ball in the sock. (I swear this is leading to a stuffed animal.)
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- Careful when carving the mouth…
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- The Raw Materials
Hey hey erin may 
Aw he’s cute! What a fun project. I want to make a little guy sometime.
I love it!