Biggles!

Someone asked me to make a Biggles plane for him, and I was intrigued by the idea because while it is hard to make a stuffed plane (floppy wings) it seemed impossible to make a stuffed plane with two sets of floppy wings, but with judicious use of bendy plastic I think I pulled it off!

 To make the goggles I made small circles out of plastic and glued felt around their brims. To get perfect circles I took the plastic into work and used a hole punch.
Colleague comes up to ask me a question while I, worried that I will lose the tiny circles, am carfully sticking them to a strip of sellotape.
"Hi, Emma, can I ask you a question?"
I look up, tongue sticking out in concentration "Yep"
She looks at me "Urm, you look busy, why don't I leave you for a bit?"
"If you could just give me a minute"
"Of course, you just come over when you have finished... doing that thing that you are doing."

 I used a cotter pin joint on the blades so they do actually turn around.

Cabin in the Woods Quiet Book (contains spoilers - sort of)

So there are these things called quiet books that you give to small children to keep them occupied during car journeys, apparently.
This all started when someone made a Star Trek quiet book, and then I found a Buffy book. And I got to thinking someone *really* needs to do a Cabin in the Woods quiet book. I mean... come on, think about it!

Sorry there are going to be a lot of pictures. [ETA: and not a few videos in which I scream. I actually didn't know it was picking up sound, I was making the noises for my own amusement, and having posted it I'm not redoing all the videos now!]

 

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Labyrinth Worm

'Ello.

 Say, come inside and meet the missus.

How To Train Your Dragon hat

I still have a large amount of black fleece that I bought for some reason. I've been vaguely thinking about making a toothless hoodie but I expect I would make a mess of it. So here's a toothless hat I made. I think it will go with my red coat better than the minion one would have.