Blast From The Past -- Snails

 

Wow, I almost forgot about this one!  I used to make snails for someone - mostly out of different colored velour fabrics.  The snail was a sort of tube, and I'd attach the separate shell once I squeezed and sewed the 'curl' into the shell by hand.  It was too hard to machine sew that and then stuff it, so the groove was hand sewn in.

 

They got these little black bead eyes, and I took the satin rat tail cord that I use for mouse tails and knotted a 5" piece at both ends, and attached the center to the head for antennae.  The catnip was in the body part. 

 

Doing the shells took too long by hand, which is why I discontinued those.