to feel bad about dismembering a teddy?

[IamAporcupine]

I am making a costume for DS. I need some fur so I bought a teddy in a charity shop....but now I feel creeped out a little ?

You should never destroy anything with a face.

(I had to make an exception for a doll I once won in a raffle, it was the creepiest thing you've ever seen, DD dubbed it 'The cursed doll'. But I 'regifted' it rather than actually murdering redesigning it)

It's not being destroyed, it's being reincarnated.

elephantoverthehill no, just a birthday party! but now you say that, I will tell DS to pick lion for the nativity play (if there is one)

Can you perhaps wrap it in a scarf first so when the fur acquiring deed is done to transform teddy to lion, it is more like a caterpillar graduating to butterfly?

Poor teddy bear
I had to wash DS Teddy Bear , I put him in a laundry bag, I told DS it was to stop any bits falling off but it was so that I didn't have to see his little face smooshed up against the washing machine glass door.

I turned a (new) cheapie Barbie doll into a Vampire in a chocolate cake coffin. Involved removal of limb, hair, black pen round eyes.
No Guilt Felt.

Done.

You could've bought a scabby old faux fur coat..........

Hide the knives I tell ya, hide the knives , Mr Threadbare Teddy Bear will do a Chucky mwah ha ha

When dh was a teacher he did mummifying teddies with his class as part of their ancient egypt topic.

Every year, my mum buys little teddies from charity shops, rips their guts stuffing out, fills them with catnip and then gives them to their cats for Christmas.

I do wonder how those poor teddies feel about it. Toy Story hasn't helped.

Can’t believe you murdered a teddy. He was sitting in the shop, patiently waiting to be loved again and now he was sadistically murdered. Your next thread will be about tearing little flies’ wings off, I just know that.

'You should never destroy anything with a face'

Curse you Lindt bunnies!

NOOOO. SAVE THE TEDDY.

My DD would be mortified. It’s her aim to save every poor unwanted furry (toy) creature.

Murderer 😤

I've done the same, into a lion it went.

For me it wasn't just cutting it up, but getting rid of all the evidence that got to me!

Can’t believe you murdered a teddy. He was sitting in the shop, patiently waiting to be loved again and now he was sadistically murdered.

It's the shop's fault.

Traffickers

We must hold a proper funeral for the poor little thing's remains.
Who will do the eulogy?

Ah - Thought:
What have you done with the stuffing? I could knit a new little Teddy and we could have a reincarnation ceremony and fill my Teddy with the stuffing and then find him a good home where HE WILL BE LOVED AND CARED FOR.

New Teddy from all the bits eh? Sounds like a plan! :D

You monster! If I’m packing them in bags I keep their little heads out so they can breathe!

Bit mad I know.
Got it from me mother.

Haha new toys from the bits made me think of Sid's toys from Toy Story (can't post a pic sorry)

Mountainpika I kept all the stuffing - happy to post it to you for a new reincarnated teddy!

For all of you worried about the teddy, he seemed ok with the precedure, well, at least he kept smiling

Dakiara! so glad I am not the only one!

Oh OP, how could you 😱 couldn’t you have just bought “fur”? I bought some for when I made a Superted costume a few years back, didn’t even cross my mind to hack the ears off a teddy 😂

Have you ever seen Ted? He would make me think twice about skinning a teddy.

You're on, Porcupine!

Think of it this way. You’re letting the teddy be who it wants to be. Hear him roar!