It doesn't happen often, but it does happen.
I was whipping up a couple of Baby Brainmonster hats recently and my 10 yo pulled out the camera as I prepared some buttons for the eyes.
My sweetly supportive husband bought me my Dremel in honor of my college-metals-class days. He rocks like that.
As a mother who has survived the baby years twice over, I am well aware of the surprising physical capabilities of a little one when it comes to the allure of googly eyes.
I mean, really...they are irresistible!
So when I made my first Baby Brainmonster hat last year for my cousin's new baby I put a fair amount of thought into how to baby-proof them. I had found googly eyes that were made to attach to stufftie-type things, but they had posts in the back.
Fine for stuffties. Not fine for little baby heads.
So here's what I came up with: take some black buttons (very slightly larger that the googly eyes) and sand the middle of them to help the glue do its job, sew the buttons onto the hat with as many stitches as the holes will allow, and use enough super-strong-industrial-type craft glue to ooze out around the edge of the googly eyes when you stick them onto the buttons.
There is a creepy cuteness to the hats when it's just the buttons, I must say.
Et voila!
These two finished Baby Brainmonsters have already found new homes, and I'm working on making more for the booth, but with the holidays on the way... If you're interested in one, your best bet is to contact me at ataylorchrien(at)roadrunner(dot)com and place a special order since I have a number of other things I'm working on for the booth, too. But I'm always happy for a particular excuse to whip one of these little guys up because, hey...they make me giggle!
