This is John pictured with Mr. Paper.
Mr. Paper was seated outside on our front porch for a few days 19 Octobers ago. His only purpose was to scare away trick or treaters so I could have all the candy, but he failed.
I made the life-size doll from shredded paper, poly fill (for the head), old clothes, a tee-shirt (the head), rubber gloves, markers (to color the head), and sewing supplies.
I don’t have instructions because, I didn’t have any in the first place, and I made the doll 19 years ago. I can tell you that the head is made from a cut up and re-sewn tee-shirt that I stuffed with poly-fill, then soft sculpted with a needle and thread. The body is simply clothes stuffed with shredded paper and I can not remember how I did that – he didn’t leak paper, so I must have secured it all in some way.
–Edited to add both photographs.
Elaine says
Sorry Mr. Paper did not live up to your expectations of him. Maybe if you`d managed to have “real” blood coming out of him and a chain saw in his hand with “blood” on the blade that would have done the trick – pun intended.
John looks so soo cute. You did a great job.
MichielleRose says
So cute!! You know that every time I see John, I notice again how much he still looks the same as he did as a small child.
Lisa says
John is just adorable
You are so creative.
Donna Young says
He`s not changed much at all, he is mostly taller and bigger.
Donna Young says
Elaine, you are right, I should have added more … “blood”
Michelle says
Mr. Paper is cool looking. I would not have figured out that the head was made from a t-shirt. 😀
Melanie says
That is a terrific picture! It made me laugh!
Donna Young says
It is a funny one. In the first picture that I took of him and the doll, the one I did not post, John looks repulsed by the big ugly doll.