![Disgusting Weird New Age Hippie Thing of the Day: Placenta Teddy Bear
Doing it for the Kids is a current exhibition put on by [re] design to showcase the latest, most innovative sustainable toy designs from around the globe. Among them, the Placenta Teddy Bear by designer Alex Green. A crafty alternative for those who don’t necessarily want to eat their baby’s placenta, but want to pay their respects to the life sustaining organ by turning it into a one-of-a-kind teddy bear. Green’s ‘Twin Teddy Kit’ ‘celebrates the unity of the infant, the mother and the placenta,’ and enables preparation of the placenta so it may be transformed into a teddy bear. The placenta must be cut in half and rubbed with sea salt to cure it. After it is dried out, it is treated with an emulsifying mixture of tannin and egg yolk to make it soft and pliable. Then, you craft it into a teddy bear. [VIA]
So if you are not into the whole eating the placenta thing but are into fun arts and crafts projects then this is for you. And just so we don’t get off topic with today’s recurring theme, does eating the placenta count as cannibalism?](http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt9nb2YDZh1qzrrwoo1_500.jpg)
Disgusting Weird New Age Hippie Thing of the Day: Placenta Teddy Bear
Doing it for the Kids is a current exhibition put on by [re] design to showcase the latest, most innovative sustainable toy designs from around the globe. Among them, the Placenta Teddy Bear by designer Alex Green. A crafty alternative for those who don’t necessarily want to eat their baby’s placenta, but want to pay their respects to the life sustaining organ by turning it into a one-of-a-kind teddy bear. Green’s ‘Twin Teddy Kit’ ‘celebrates the unity of the infant, the mother and the placenta,’ and enables preparation of the placenta so it may be transformed into a teddy bear. The placenta must be cut in half and rubbed with sea salt to cure it. After it is dried out, it is treated with an emulsifying mixture of tannin and egg yolk to make it soft and pliable. Then, you craft it into a teddy bear. [VIA]
So if you are not into the whole eating the placenta thing but are into fun arts and crafts projects then this is for you. And just so we don’t get off topic with today’s recurring theme, does eating the placenta count as cannibalism?
