Remember those furry-headed pencil toppers that had the little eyes on them from the 80's?

Question

They looked like the haoir on top of a troll doll and would get a "messy hairdo" if you rolled the pencil between your hand quickly. I'm looking to purchas them and can't find them. Anyone know where I can find them or how I can make them myself?

Answer 1

Try http://www.orientaltrading.com
If anyone has them it will be them...

Answer 2

Troll Pencil Topper

Answer 3

This Site Might Help You.

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Remember those furry-headed pencil toppers that had the little eyes on them from the 80's?
They looked like the haoir on top of a troll doll and would get a "messy hairdo" if you rolled the pencil between your hand quickly. I'm looking to purchas them and can't find them. Anyone know where I can find them or how I can make them myself?

Answer 4

I'm not sure I know exactly which ones you're thinking of, but you could always use polymer clay (or another clay) for the base, then embed or glue on the hair and eyes.

If you use polymer clay, you can buy "eraser" clay or Bake and Bend clay (kits only these days?) which will stay somewhat flexible after baking, or you can use regular polymer clay (if you use regular polymer clay, it would be best to bake the clay right on the pencil so it the hole size wouldn't change even a tiny bit).

You can bake hair or eyes with the clay as long as the they can take 275 degree F heat for 15 minutes or so (some synthetics may qualify, but all natural or mohair types would for sure... and of course, if you make the eyes from clay, they'd be fine).
The ends of the hair could be "embedded" in the raw clay before baking, or it could be glued on after baking. Plastic "googly eyes," probably wouldn't work too well but they might, so may be best to glue those on afterward (the best glues probably would be a 2-part epoxy, E-6000 or Goop, or even a permanent white glue--Elmers GlueAll, tacky, etc.)

You may want to read some of the stuff at my website and elsewhere about those things:

making pencil topper eraser creatures (lesson) using Eraser Clay
http://www.sculpey.com/Projects/projects_EC%20Creatures.htm
http://www.sculpey.com/teacherslounge.htm
http://www.michaels.com/art/online/search?type=0&searchWords=erasers&pageNumber=2

making and attaching eyes, hair, etc.
http://glassattic.com/polymer/sculpting_body_and_tools.htm
(...click on HAIR and EYES...)
http://glassattic.com/polymer/kids_beginners.htm
(...click on SCULPTING, and read the categories down through MONSTERS, etc....)

And for more on the "flexible" polymer clays in general:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/Characteristics.htm
(... click on SUPER FLEXIBLES....)


HTH and have fun!

Diane B.

Answer 5

get a strip of that insane fake fur fabric, and a bag of tiny wiggle eyes, Joann fabrics should have both.

Answer 6

I don't know, but they sure are cute.