Pun Times With John: The Doc Oc Edition

I've been having a creative dry spell lately, so when these gloves at Dollar Tree gave me a silly idea, I decided to roll with it.

I grabbed a handful of polyfill ("handful," get it?), lightly stuffed the fingers, and hot-glued the gloves overlapping like this:

Then I joined the outside edges to form a tube:

... tucked the wrist parts inside:

... glued the top shut, and added a ribbon and googly eyes.

Boom badda bing, an octopus that has seen things, man.

:D

(I was aiming for cute with the oversized eyes, but definitely landed on the startled and/or horrified side. Um. Oops.)

For the green one I chopped off the glove thumbs and fashioned little ear flaps, ala the Dumbo Octopus:

This also has cuttlefish vibes... if the cuttlefish is wearing cat ears.




It did need some extra padding, so I smooshed polyfill up the butt:

Also I know this is hard to believe, but it's not easy to segue out of a line like "smooshed polyfill up the butt." So sit back, and watch the master at work.

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LOOK NOW IT'S WAVING:

I just pinned the leg up, but craft wire inside would be even better:

Next I left these two on top of my radio cabinet for a few days, where they spent the hours contemplating societal ennui and staring wide-eyed into the abyss.

As a bonus, everything John and I did during this time was both fascinating and mildly alarming.

The eyes really were too much, though, so eventually I went back and tried again.

Better? I think they're better.

(The new eyes are just painted googly eyes and stick-on pearls.)

Now here's where it gets silly.

I had two reasonably cute-ish octopuses, but no plans on what to do with them.

"They need something," I complained to John.

"Like what?"

"I don't know, something more. A purpose. A display. A pun. Something."

"Huh."

I thought that was the end of it, but an hour later John called me back to the dining room.

"Come see," he said with a grin.


"Look," he said, "It's a Sock-topus."


John's actual face.

Let's pause to appreciate the unexpected adorableness of octopus gym socks:


I still don't know what John even used to make these. I'm a little afraid to check my sweaters.

Anyway, while I was still laughing and awwing,  John brought over:

Doc-topus.

(Though I'll be calling her Doc Oc, thank you verra much. ;))



He used craft wire and metal snaps to make the teeny stethoscope - which I just realized makes the Doc look like she's smiling, omigosh. Bonus! And so cute.

After much exclaiming I headed to the couch for a headache nap. (The pollen counts down here are off the charts, and my sinuses are angered. ANGERED, I say.)

Some time later I was awakened by a softly glowing cellphone screen in front of my face, a screen showing this photo:

EEEEEEEEE

Did you already guess?


It's a Rock-topus.

Playing Octopus's Garden, I imagine.


And finally, after I staggered off the couch at John's insistence, here's the one that broke me:

Me, still sleepy: "Uh... I don't get it."

John, trying and failing to keep a straight face: "It's a Chef-alopod."

A chef-alopod.

Y'all.

Y'all.

It finally happened.

MY HUSBAND HAS OUT-PUNNED ME.

And I'm so proud.



 I still don't have any sort of occasion or purpose for these cuties, so hit me with your suggestions and/or more puns for John to craft, haha. Just be advised if you make the pun we're all thinking of, it's going to be a chicken. Which makes me think of Hei Hei with tentacles.




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Happy Tuesday!


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P.S. I was just telling a friend about this Funko Pop shelf yesterday, and thought of y'all:

3-Step Acrylic Riser Shelf

These acrylic risers help maximize your display space, fit Funko Pops especially well, and are on sale right now for less than $13, Prime. Not too shabby.

And look how nice!

Of course if you have a lot of Pops that cost can add up, so you might also check out my DIY version made from foam board:

I got fancy and embedded LEDs in mine, but that's optional; all you really need are hot glue and foam board. With my free templates you could easily make two dozen foam risers for the cost of one acrylic one, so these are a great option for those of you with extra large collections.

Happy crafting! Happy Tuesday! Try not to think of Hei Hei with tentacles! Byeeee!