Planning

I've had quite a bit of a break lately, with Christmas and the assessment period. I realised that I am a bit un-organised, and there is a lot I need to get and figure out still. So I sorted my thoughts out into lists.

To figure out:

• Eyebrows & mouth
• Eyes
• Trees
• Hair
• Flowers & rocks
• Giant feet
• Doll

I wanted to have pin-on eyes, eyebrows and mouth shapes, so I quickly sketched how I would do these:

I figured I'd need four eye shapes: open wide, open with eyelid, half blink, eyes closed.
I haven't figured out the material that the eyes will be made out of yet, but it will be made with a small pin in the back that will pin onto the face.

I'd only need one pair of eyebrows, because I can pin them on in the one spot, and just rotate them slightly to form a different expression.

I have decided on five mouth shapes: sad, plain, happy, shocked and scared. I figured out that I can make the mouth shapes out of milliput, as it would be easy to shape and paint, and it would dry with a pin in.

I'm not sure what to do about the hair. I could either have wool hair, that is stuck in place. Or some kind of wire hair that I can animate. But I might be making too much work for myself with animatable hair. 

I'm also not sure what material to make the trees out of, as they need to morph shape. I could do it with brown plasticine with wire inside. I don't like using plasticine to animate with, but it won't need much animating. 

Also, I'm not sure what material to make the rocks out of, as they need to be hollow to be able to pull the pin-end flowers through. 

I'm considering buying a doll, as I already have a bear from a doll house, and it would be incredibly difficult to make one that small. But I would need to find one close to my design.
I'd then need to build the giant feet to match the small toys. I've been told a long rod, foam and fur/fabric will be enough for the giant feet as they are only really moving up and down. But I still need to figure that out properly.

To buy/get:

• Green wall paint (set)
• Black and white paint (set)
• Pins (face)
• Cotton wool (bedding)
• More fabric (bedding, clothes and giant feet) 
• Rods - wood? (giant feet)
• Metal plates (feet)
• Split pins (shadow figures)
• Mountboard/thick cardboard (shadow figures)