After my friend, Phil, bought the farm animal blocks for Sena, he made a special request for a sea turtle. His wife's favorite animal is a sea turtle. HRM... I made a small ocean themed set. Here we have a crab, octopus, and a sea turtle. My favorite out of this bunch is the octopus. The sea turtle is a bit of a stretch. Some animals aren't easily able to be translated as a cube shape. I got custom ribbon made with my name on them for a little branding. These plush blocks look all offishul now.
While working as a toy designer, I learned the most popular animal theme is farm. Who doesn't like farm animals! Here we have a duck, pig, chicken, cow, horse, and sheep. I might make a super farm set and include cat, dog, and goat. This particular set is for my friend, Phil's daughter, Sena. She is at the stage where she is sitting up on her own so these blocks are the perfect toy for her.
I had so much fun making the jungle animal soft blocks for Ruby, I came up with another set with a forest theme. Here we have an owl, deer, bunny, raccoon, fox, and bear. I'm thinking about making a bunch of these and putting up on the Etsy store.
I miss being a toy designer. Since I'm not currently a professional, I may as well make toys for fun. Here's a set of jungle animal blocks I made for my friend, Mariclair's baby, Ruby. I am told she loves to knock things over as she is sitting up. Joann's Fabrics had a few textured and printed pattern felt so I experimented. After some attempts of using regular poly-fil for stuffing a square shape, I found foam to be the ideal material for the cubes to hold their shape. There's also a rattle inside. In a perfect world, I'd stuff the penguin's wings and elephant's ears with some crinkle material since babies like that feature.
I realize penguins may not be considered a jungle animal but my friend made a special request. They're at least included in "Madagascar", right? Ruby will be getting these over Thanksgiving when a mutual friend makes the delivery. Hope she likes them!
