Today my youngest nephew turns 5! I don’t have photos of his birthday gift (it’s not 100% finished), but I would like to share what I made for Kaden’s birthday in 2011: a robot squid!

bloppy bloppy squidy, made by Julianne

I called him Squidy, but Kaden renamed him Bloppy Bloppy, which is pretty awesome too.

bloppy bloppy squidy, made by Julianne bloppy bloppy squidy, made by Julianne

The body is made from a thin green jersey over gold vinyl. Its inner body is a strange ruffled polyester, of which I have been hoarding several yards of for quite some time. The tentacles each have a different ribbon or time, and the arms have button suction cups.

bloppy bloppy squidy, made by Julianne

The eyes puff out and the mouth is a silver robot mouth because it just felt like the right thing to do.

bloppy bloppy squidy, made by Julianne

Happy birthday Kader-tot!