Calcifer Plush

Much like all of the Studio Ghibli films, I loved Howl's Moving Castle. After Magfest I decided that I really wanted to make more plushes from those worlds and quickly jumped on Calcifer as my next creation because I just had a wonderful idea on how I wanted to do the flame effect. It turned out almost exactly like I wanted it too and he's so soft as a result and it just makes me so HAPPY!

This is another plush where I'd seen a few around online, but they hadn't quite hit the right buttons for me. They were all adorable (come on, this is Calcifer we're talking about), but I really wanted a plush that captured the moving flame ability that the character has. So I adapted a different medium technique to create distressed yarn for the outer parts and voila! Instant flamey! His arms just added that extra bit of adorable since they are fully poseable and allow him to grip onto things. Not to mention how lovely his gradient worked out....Oooo, I just love him so!

Time: Approx 4-5 hours
Materials: Yarn, Poly-fil, buttons, pipe cleaners