Simon Bolthouse

So, for some reason, the idea of creating a robot doll for Maggie just popped into my head. Very random, I know, but that's the way I operate. Not totally random- I was inspired by my good friend, Amy, to make Maggie a doll after she made her Molly Monkey. The doll turned out cute, but with very long and thin arms and legs. Her name is Natalie, in case you were wondering. My daughter is 10 months old and not able to name things. Naming items is my specialty and is much better than calling stuffed toys "dolly" and "bear". How mundane.

Back to the topic at hand: Simon Bolthouse. Simon is perhaps the dorkiest thing I've ever created, yet there's something I like about him. That's probably good since Maggie throws him on the floor every time I give him to her.


If I were to make a Simon again, I would reconfigure his eyes. He looks a little too alien-like for my taste, which takes away from him intellectualism, don't you think? :) His body is made of wool felt and I used scraps of polka dots and stripes for appendages. His control panel contains gray wool felt and buttons plus some rick rack so he can measure frequencies and wavelengths, whatever that means. Because my husband develops software and is a major techie, I thought I'd throw a little binary code on Simon's control panel. (I think he was impressed that I knew what binary code was.) Simon's neck looked a little strange so I added a lavender ribbon to show that even though he is a very technical creature, he has some creative flair. ;)