Since the painted-on glow-in-the-dark eyes didn't work, I finally broke down and bought googly eyes. And glued them over the paint job...
And now I think he looks like Toothless. But that's better than the creepy look he had before.
Per your suggestions, I tried using pipe cleaners for the legs for the twins. I rather like the way those turned out. Alas, I didn't have a chance to get pictures before I delivered them (I was down with a cold). However, when I gave the twins their spiders, the other two nephews requested spiders of their own.
The eldest nephew (HapkidoKid) asked that his be brown...
And the middle nephew (Rambo) requested purple but with pipe cleaner legs. Unfortunately, they only make pipe cleaners in one shade of purple which doesn't match the shade of purple I had in yarn...
Ah well. Just to get an idea of what the twins' spiders looked like, I did a little photo manipulation...
It's a bit fuzzy, but otherwise gives you a good idea of how those turned out. I think I might like the pipe cleaner version better. (Although, getting the pipe cleaners onto the body is just as difficult as getting the I-cord legs on.)
And now I'm done. Unless the nephews want eyes on theirs. (I've asked but gotten no answer.) I suppose now I should start thinking about Christmas projects. But it's been way too hot to think about Christmas.
I love them!! The purple on is fun. The others so real!! And yes to the googly eyes!!
ReplyDeleteSeems like the googly eyes are a hit.
DeleteI think they look great! Googly eyes - good idea.
ReplyDeleteThey do look great. They googly eyes and all.
ReplyDeleteIt's been too hot to think about Christmas here, too. I can't even understand why my neighbors are putting up fall decorations. It's still summer to me!
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DeleteHow cute! I like the different purples on the spider. And the googly eyes are nice, too. You did a great job.
ReplyDeleteVery neat! They would be great for Halloween. The purple spider does look very cool.
ReplyDeleteThey all look great and I actually like the different purple look for the legs. The googly eyes are great and brown for a spider is just as creepy-Great work!
ReplyDeleteI thin you did a great job on them all! I did hear it was hot in your neck of the woods.
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Thanks. And yeah, we had 100 deg temps this weekend. Ugh!
DeleteThey're awesome! Clever you!
ReplyDeleteThanks. But I can't take credit for the pattern. I was following someone else's pattern.
DeleteThe googly eyes were definitely the way to go. What's the next project?
ReplyDeleteI love this project! Thanks for posting pics.
ReplyDeleteIt's been kind of fun.
DeleteI like the pipe cleaner legs, and I like the one with the different shades of purple. Very cute!
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised at how many people have liked that. If I could have gotten the same shade of purple, I would have.
DeleteAw they look great and yup agreeing on the two shades of purple. That looks great together :D
ReplyDeleteThe first one *does* look a bit like Toothless... Which in my opinion is a good thing. :-)
ReplyDeleteHe just needs fewer legs, and then he'd be a perfect Toothless. Well, wings too, of course.
DeleteI really hate spiders, but I think I would be willing to let one of these ones stay in my house, hehe.
ReplyDeleteThe eyes definitely help with the cute factor.
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