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Giant cockroach for my son! It’s his favorite toy now, he calls it ‘Gokiburi-kun’ (gokiburi = cockroach).
It is basically just an oval shape pillow with legs. The wings and head are made with leftover dupioni silk that I dyed brown. The original color of the silk was silver, and the shimmers would make a perfect cockroach. The body is made with cotton/linen fabric with interesting texture, leftover from my husband’s shirt.
If you want to make it, the tutorial is in my blog here
Material Notes
dupioni silk, japanese cotton/linen
Difficulty
Novice
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Apr 2, 2011, 07.47 AMby flowergirl22
well better then a life one,, you got to make mama cockroach now,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Mar 27, 2011, 07.00 AMby Ralf Schmitz
leaving aside, that i hate cockroaches, this “toy” is so well made, it looks so real and if it makes your son happy, why not :-) ??
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Mar 27, 2011, 10.19 AMby verypurpleperson
Haha who doesn’t hate cockroaches? I guess little boys are different at all from the rest of us :D
Mar 27, 2011, 04.02 AMby dejanu
It’s awesome <3
Mar 26, 2011, 04.39 PMby janul
This is absolutely gorgeous, I love it! Look like real one! :)
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Mar 27, 2011, 10.22 AMby verypurpleperson
It gives me mixed feelings too, I’m not sure if it’s cute or disgusting. I can’t stand its legs touching me when it is on my couch. I guess that’s how dr. Frankenstein felt :P
On the other hand, my son loves it, he uses it as a pillow now.