I made this for my friend who had a "herp" themed baby shower. Herps are reptiles and amphibians, not herpes. I was trying to think about how to make it rattle (Easter egg glued shut with rice in it? Some crumply wax paper?) and then just decided to stuff it with an old soft rattle/sock thing we've had lying around the house from baby days. So basically I took a rattle and made it into a larger rattle. That counts as upcycling, right?? I had to do a honu because it was the best (only?) native Hawaiian reptile. And a gecko seemed too complicated and they aren't native anyway. I just sort of made it up, so who knows if I'll ever be able to recreate it. Here's the bottom:
