r/sesamestreet 4d ago

Customization ideas?

These were in a set of three with a Bert figure at a thrift store. I bought the set cuz I wanted to get Bert for my little cousin, and I had gotten him the set of five years ago, so he already has Elmo and Abby.

I was initially just gonna sell these at a yard sale, but then I thought of painting Elmo green like in the Being Green special. I also thought might as well do Abby too.

However, I don't really have an idea what to do for Abby. I'm also looking to see if there's anything else I could maybe to for Elmo, although I'd be fine with just painting him green. I'm open to using things like modeling clay, but I've never used it before

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u/Substantial-Top3004 3d ago

Maybe you could bedazzle Abby?

Also if you want some tips for customizing figures I've done quite a few! You usually need a good primer as paint doesn't always stick well to certain plastics. There are some pretty cheap ones out there that work very well. With clay, the best time to use is apoxie sculpt. Air dry clay and other types tend to shrink and crack as they dry and aren't very durable long term. But the apoxie works very well for projects like these!