Unusual retro craft project -- dolls in a dead tree

Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, March 31, 2008 4:27 PM | permalink

The Collector's Quest blog has an illustrated list of "Thirteen Retro Kitsch Items That Likely Didn’t Survive For You To Collect." Shown here: "Dolls displayed in a dead tree." Link (Via Hang Fire Books)

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#1 posted by butfirst , March 31, 2008 5:15 PM

Hmm... I think this one scores low on the craft factor but more than makes up for it in creepiness. Imagine the poor child walking into this room only to find their favourite dolls re-enacting a scene from 'Hurricane Disaster at Doll Picnic'. Personally, I imagine them as a flock of murderous dolls whose flying attack is accompanied by an unholy screeching; very The Birds meets Piranha Part Two: The Spawning.

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#2 posted by rrsafety , March 31, 2008 5:50 PM

That is one of the most truly horrible things I've ever seen.

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#3 posted by cls , March 31, 2008 6:43 PM

This reminds me of a "Kool-Aid" tree my mom made for some friends of mine when they got their first apartment. They loved Kool-Aid & Mom loved being silly. She still talks about it too.

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#4 posted by Mikey Likes BoingBoing , March 31, 2008 7:30 PM

Do the dolls sing, "It's an effed world after all...It's an effed world after all..." ?

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#5 posted by JamesMason , March 31, 2008 7:30 PM

You could emulate "Excalibur" and hang all your kids Rescue Heroes from a dead tree.

For added realism, you could add a bird pecking their eyes out...

They're kind of like modern-day knights, really.

Jim

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#6 posted by cha0tic