May the force be with you!

Recently, a friend of my mother's asked her if she could make a Star Wars figurine for her son, who is a huuuge fan of the saga. Ever up to the challenge, my mother started with R2D2 and then simply could not stop. Check out her supercute assembly of prominent Star Wars characters:

In contrast to me, my mother does not stuff with cotton batting, but with styrofoam objects. For example, she uses a ball or cone and then fits the crocheted shell to the object. This has the advantage that the figurines are much more stable. So while mine are fluffy and cuddly, hers are solid. Each to their own, as they say...