How to make a 9 Doll from the movie

I just made this for my son. We liked the movie 9 and he wanted a toy, I couldn't find one so we went to Hobby Lobby and made our own.

I want to apologies for not putting a load of effort in to this tutorial. I just felt like giving back to Instructables in some way.

I have other free video tutorials on Youtube.com just look up picturebandit or go to

http://www.youtube.com/picturebandit

Step 1

Items that I used
Black cloth - 2$ per yard x 1 yrd
Burlap cloth - 3$ per yard x 1 yrd
Filler cotton - 3$
black thread - 2$
wood eggs - 1$
berets sm - 1$
wire - 1$
thimbles - 2$ ea
googly eyes 15mm - 1$
black zipper - 1$
2" foam egg - 1$

Comments

[creamos]

I just love it! I want to make a big one, I wonder how much more material I need? what can I use for the frame of the eyes? I was thinking in a 24 inches one... how big is the one you make? [e-mail] thanks

[kbabbage]

Soooo coool.

thx

[mlloyd3]

I am blown away by this. I am hoping that you would be willing to make and sell one, i KNOW i could not create anything this wonderful and my 4 year old (!) is obsessed with the movie.

Please contact me if you would be interested!

[Mommy9]

Please can you explain the berets. I don't know what this is, and can't see from the pictures.

Thanks a lot, have to say, a brilliant project, I've been trying desperately to find something as my son is also NUTS about No. 9!

J

[iamde123]

cool

[mindshockpm]

Can u make me one? My email is [e-mail]

[itsnightmarechild]

to true, and i tihnk a bit more stuffing in the right places would fill it out more but overall great job! i cant tell if u did it or not but the neck is simply the head and the body with a bit of cloth inbetween with a wire wrapped around it, you can see it pretty clearly after the whole, church burned down, 1 gets "drained" scene : P

[friquitaki]

I was thinking on making one, no for my seven year old son but for me, you did a great job. The movie a thrill, I love it.

[JillLorraine]

Thanks for the instructable! I had to make one of these for my nephew's birthday this weekend and I used yours for inspiration. There are some figures out now for sale (which I didn't realize until I was done) but nothing beats making one from scratch. Just a note to anyone trying to make one - burlap is NOT fun to work with. My stitching was a mess, I had to do the face three times and the hot glue gun was finally dragged out to make life easier! http://alturego.com/2010/06/9-doll/

[FFVIIBOY]

Wow this is impressive i just saw the movie on demand and it wuz pretty cool, also, why dont you make 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 and make a slideshow showin all of them cuz id like to see 5 es my favorite :)

[theexternaldisk]

leatherman! wich one? surge? 
I love leatherman

[The Zombie Hunter]

Excellent job!  Lucky lad you've got too with a pops like you. You might take note that you're the top Google hit for '9 doll' and they don't exist on store shelves yet.. Just saying...
Again, what a great job.

[clothmancer]

Beautiful your son has a very crafty father most dads just yell at tv's im sure hes very proud

P.S i made an account just to say that :)

[CristalCube]

You can try with augmented reality, to take a better look of the character that you will do.

Take a look ---> http://www.filminfocus.com/video/9_augmented_reality_demo

Direct to augmented reality ---> http://www.filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/9/ar

And you need to print this ---> http://www.filminfocus.com/pdf/down.php?downfile=A_ARmarker-9.pdf

Greetings. Esteban³.

[MaiaElizabeth]

Awesome links, thanks for posting them!!

[doa_7]

t look great do you think you could sell me one, pleas
thank you

[rekom]

"inspiring". after making the costume of 9 for my son.
this is my next project.. .. 1-9 in true mini form!
Thanks!

[___]

I hated that movie

[SlashmasterAeoniX]

Then why do you care? If you didn't enjoy it, don't comment. Spamming isn't worth it.

[___]

it wasnt spam i saw it on my bday and i was dssapointed.

[___]

but that was the movie, the instructables was excellent

[M4industries]

The movie was amazing, The animation?, breathtaking. The plot?, deplorable.

[Gage987]

indeed i just watched it it is amazing and i love me some tim burton

[SkateboardingForLife]

Agreed.

[sAmdud3]

how do you get the circular shape?

[bassclarinet23]

Coolio.

[psp guy]

beat it

[lint66]

All I have is one question what is a beret. Like the French berets or what lol

[picturebandit]

Really? Almost 5000 views and your the first, I don't feel to bad about that.. How is it supposed to be spelled?

[lint66]

Nvm I got it but thanks

[etsay2]

wow that looks great! i was considering making one of these too, but i could not do as good as job as you did. also i loved that movie.

[magnoliasouth]

Very, VERY well done! You're extremely creative and you should be proud. I know this took you by surprise, as evidenced by your, "I had no idea this would become so popular…" but you shouldn't be surprised. You're the first to write a tutorial about something everyone loves and you've done it so incredibly well! Congrats!

[doa_7]

it look great do you think you could sell me one, pleas thank you

[corn fluffleberry]

only one thing wrong the legs are just wire but i can fix that hello 9 prepare to become the new stop motion star

[nighguy]

a bigger zipper would be awesome. its what makes the character.

[Doldrum]

Thanks so much for the instructable, I loved the movie too, this will look great on my desk :)

[GianniMora]

i thought the movie would be betr

[007dna]

Good eyes! :)

[VanillaXtiffy]

Very cute!

[threadbare]

Oh no, I love 9 so much, he's so cute. You did a great job.