There’s some big news a-brewing at the PterodactylPants headquarters –
The monthly PterodactylPants Haiku contest!
Just when you thought this beacon of craftiness couldn’t get any better!
Meet my newest:
The Blue Barnacle
Avast, Matey!
And the back:
And a close-up of the barnacles! These took me a week to finish, seriously.
So, here’s the deal: Want to win this very awesome and never before seen plush? Well, it’s easy! I think up a haiku to accompany each piece I create. All you need to do is think up the haiku that best fits this new creature, and post it as a comment. You’ve got until next Sunday night, October 12th, 7 pm to get your entries in.
Before you break out in a nervous sweat – let me assure you that haiku writing is easy and fun! Just think up a quick 3 lines made up of 5, 7, and 5 syllables (in that order).
Here’s a quick example of one of mine from a previous post:
A Predatorial Haiku:
My tummy rumbles.
You won’t hear me sneaking up
On my tippy toes.
See? It’s just that easy and fun! And the winner will win this very magical plush creature that they have so deftly haiku-ed. So get those haikus in – submit as many as you’d like! A mere three lines stand between you and a life-long plush companion, or a fantastic (and free) holiday gift for someone you love. Tell your friends! Anyone can win! And stay tuned for more contests to come – I’m hoping to be able to hold them on the 5th of every month from here on out.
Yay! Now get crackin’!
PterodactylPants 
Barnacles on me,
barnacles surround my head,
I need to move more.
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Shallow tides flow and
I eat plankton all day. Then
Somehow I turned blue.
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I floated all day,
Waiting to eat Halibut,
It was Delicious
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i need some buttons
for my nice blue shirt
that thing has a lot
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Lonely barnacle,
Weeps on the stern of a ship,
Needs a friend to hug.
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The best thing about you
is your beautiful blue heart
the buttons is plus
why do I want you?
Not to eat or look at you
just to sleep with you
the best thing about plush
is not that is light or soft
it just feels like love
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love for a blue plush
is like eating lots of food
they both satisfy
thinking of your blue
is like thinking of a sky
it is all so blue
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i want a blue toy
to play with all day everyday
a blue toy i want
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Such avid Haiku-ers! Keep it up! I love it!
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I will pimp my ride
hanging you in the mirror
it will be very fun
the first lady I meet
this blue plush I will present
in love she will fall
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ToyinvCes wants to win it bad!
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half an octopus
too long on the ocean floor
my rhinestone coat is alive!
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spreadsheets can’t compete
when there are haikus to write
barnacle buttons
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In the deep blue sea
Connected to the big whale
I’m adventurous!
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Waiting for my food
I sit patiently watching
I envy mermaids
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Crustacean I am
quietly hoping to meet
a mate in the bay.
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Living in the sea
Happily eating plankton
The rocks are my home.
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Embraced by waters
The cool, deep, and salty sea
I swish by, slowly
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Swishing and swashing
I jerk through the choppy waves
The whale is my home.
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Let us go swimming
I’ll stick myself to your leg
Swim deep in the sea
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Here I go again
Deep, deep down in the ocean
Riding on a whale
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Swimming through the sea
Embraced by deep blue water
I’m always moving
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The whale and I play
I sit on his fat tummy
Water on my face
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barnacles, buttons
bodacious beastie beacons
bibbity bop boo
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I’m old, so old that
My barnacles became pearls
And my skin is blue.
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Ancient haunting eyes
Davy Jones’ deepest, darkest
Creature of them all.
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Long ago and far
Away is where I live and
Where I play. The end.
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The Zebra mussel
Gets all of the attention
I, too, shall invade…!
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A beautiful red
barnacle passed by. Will our
babies be purple?
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i chewed this gum that
tasted like blueberry pie…
now they will drain me
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Ahoy there matey.
I think I’ve got the pink eye,
Conjunctivitis
Let me know when you’ll need my shipping address.
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Too is not a Two
You is not a ewe either
One is all alone
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Big, wide, open eyes
Icy, cold, clear blue water
Watching you watch me
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