A Toy Caterpillar made for children. Cam the Caterpillar is hand-stitched and crocheted. It is specially designed to help children with anxiety, by grounding and comforting them when needed. Each sphere has an outer crocheted surface as well as a hand-stitched bean bag filled with hypoallergenic bean stuffing inside. The legs and antennas are crocheted as well.
Children can squeeze each part like a stress ball and feel the easy weight of it when they hold it. It is long enough to be draped on your shoulder but not long enough to choke you or make it hard for you to breathe.
Below are my initial sketches, a GIF process of how I made each sphere and some photos of the final product that I took upon finishing it.
It is 20 inches in length, 3 inches in width, and 2.5 inches in height.
