AnitaMorrison

I just made tube for the arm with the same material as my jacket (I had some left over) and used a black glove and stuffed that too. You can put a piece of foam inside to give it some more shape if you want. No pattern really.

Thank you. I was very pleased with the result.

Approximately 2 meters with a little left over for a repair.

He's amazing!!! Great job.

Hey, he is adorable. Job well done.

Thank you.

A bit cheeky, but I thought it was cute.

Thank you very much.

I bought the mouth pieces at our local Value Village in their Halloween section just after Halloween. There is really no brand, just a generic product. They were a bottom jaw for a "wolf" maybe with some brown fur attached to the chin that hung down over your neck. I removed the fur from both and used one set as a top and one as a bottom. I believe I pushed the incisors on the bottom piece down so the top ones would go over the bottom jaw piece.

Thank you. Second item I made. Takes some practice to get the shape just so, but I enjoyed trying it out.

Amazing work.

No, I did not stuff the rest of his body. His head is quite heavy, and I did not want to give him too much more weight. I did stuff his paws, that was sufficient.

They are no lightweight. His head is heavy and my arm and hand get a workout. So, several times a year is enough for me.

The measurements are not precise as you need to make it fit around your body size. So, best to measure across your shoulders - I started his tail just over my opposite shoulder and down a bit. If you are broader, you will need to make this longer.

No. Just the paws. Was trying to avoid extra weight.

Thank you for your kind comments. I hope you are inspired to make your own book.

That is outstanding. Thank you so much for sharing your project with me.

So glad it brought some sunshine into your life. Enjoy.

Glad you liked it. It was fun to make and give to my daughter.

Congrats. This is amazing.

Thank you for that. I have updated my instructable. Good luck with making your own "altered" book.

Awesome. Perhaps you could do an instructable using that software for others. I have never used it, so am unable to help out anyone who has a question with the particular software.

I am sorry, I do not use that software. However, someone else responded they were able to use my instructable to do the same thing in that software. See their response and perhaps touch base with them on how to do it.

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.

Sure.

Or throw it....whatever you are in the mood to do. lol

It is kind of addictive - even though I don't actually play the game, I go and help out with the non-players group keeping their camping area tidy, helping them get into costume to be a monster etc, besides taking the photos at the events as well. They have franchises all over, so you could actually check them out to see if there is one close to you. We have people who drive 5 hours to attend an event here, so there are some pretty dedicated players. Glad you enjoyed the instructable. Thanks for taking the time to view it.

Thank you. I still made clothes for my daughter's dolls even though she was "into" them that much. It is still fun.

Not into them much. lol

Wonderful item. Congrats on your win.

This is very unique. Well done. Congrats on your win.

This is awesome. Congrats on your win.

Hard cover works best. I found the ones with fabric even better as they add to the texturized look. The harder cover also gives some support for the dragon eye. You could give it a try, but my gut tells me the softer cover will be more floppy as opposed to the firmness of the hard cover.

I try to find instructions from others - no need to create the wheel if someone has already done it.

Thank you. Your grandson will love it. You don't need to make it as elaborate as mine - even four or five puzzles will do nicely.

You are def well on the way to creating your own mystery gift. I am glad my project inspired you to move forward. Make sure to drop a reply here with a picture of your finished project so I can see it. Cheers.

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you for your review and comments. As I noted, I truly enjoyed making the project as much as he enjoyed solving the puzzles. The memory it created is priceless and the cost involved was minimal - as I am into a lot of crafty stuff, I already had most of the supplies. I am glad you enjoyed the story - there was a lot of detail in each letter that I did not have room to put here - he did actually keep the handwritten (with a fountain pen and ink no less) letters. Cheers.

Thank you for taking the time to review my instructable.

As long as the word "fun" was incorporated, it was worth it. Glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you. Yes, he has some favorite pieces that he keeps in his room.

Well done.

This is a very nice beginner loom if you just want to try it out. Well done.

Thank you.

Thank you. It was not as difficult as I thought it would be and led me to some additional uses for the process on other things.

Hey, that is really great. Originally, I was going to give it to him as an anonymous gift when we went on our vacation, but I really, really wanted to see him open and solve the puzzles, so opted not to do this. I asked my neighbors to participate later on, but my neighbor was ex-military and had offered to have some of his friends from all over the world participate by remailing packages from different places. This would have taken too long too, so I didn't go that route as well. You can do so many variations on this mystery gift, so go for it if you want to incorporate more mysteriousness to your project. Unfortunately, I did not know about instructables when I made that project, so recreating it from scratch is not something I have the time or all of the pieces to do. I believe...

Hey, that is really great. Originally, I was going to give it to him as an anonymous gift when we went on our vacation, but I really, really wanted to see him open and solve the puzzles, so opted not to do this. I asked my neighbors to participate later on, but my neighbor was ex-military and had offered to have some of his friends from all over the world participate by remailing packages from different places. This would have taken too long too, so I didn't go that route as well. You can do so many variations on this mystery gift, so go for it if you want to incorporate more mysteriousness to your project. Unfortunately, I did not know about instructables when I made that project, so recreating it from scratch is not something I have the time or all of the pieces to do. I believe I started by researching the different types of puzzles one could use. I incorporated a lot of them. This instructable shows you each piece/package of the project to give you some ideas. Most of the items I made very easily and with very little cost. It is sort of based on the Mysterious Package Company concept that you can buy online - I just made mine a bit more personal. Homemade jigsaw puzzle sounds awesome and a really great way to reveal the sender of the package. I did a lot of planning on paper before making any of the pieces. It is really important to lay it all out on paper and follow your steps over and over to make sure the clues you use do lead the person through the correct order to the solution at the end. A lot of the clues from one package were used on the outside of the envelopes - in the return or addressee information or by use of the stamp, so I had to make sure that if it was a number or word it showed up on only the one package to ensure the correct package was selected. I wish you all the best with your project and hope you are able to share the results when you are done.

Outstanding!

Incredible work.

What a delightful instructable. I was entertained while reading it. My daughter runs a LARP Company. These combs woul be great for the marketplace. Thanks.

Hmmm....wondering if you could just make prints of digital photos and print them on overhead sheets, they come pretty thin and might work on a color printer. That way, you could use your digital camera. Just a thought. I might try this out and use your template for the disc.

Unfortunately, they will. Before you know it, you will be dealing with tweenies and then young adults. Enjoy this time with them. Make other crafts suitable for younger ages, I did with both of my children. Exploring colors, textures and experiments gave me just as much pleasure as it did for them. Thank you for taking the time to check out my instructable.

Thank you. I hope it will help someone who might choose to try their own mystery puzzle or even just the book. Cheers.

Thank you for your comment. It sort of mushroomed because I could not decide which puzzles to leave out, what was one more if it kept the treasure hunt going. It was even fun watching him try to solve them all. Anyone can make their own but stop at an earlier point rather making it quite as elaborate as this one. I was glad to share it here for others to be inspired. Cheers.

Thank you very much. I wanted to share my experience so that others might be able to have bit of a head start on making their own. Almost all of the internet sites were people selling them and not really showing details about making one, so I had to learn and figure out some of the stuff on my own with bits and pieces from others. Thanks for your comments.

Thank you. I really enjoyed making him.

Thank you. I was very pleased with the result.