mascot design

Beverage Can Mascots – It’s all in the Details

January 11, 2025Leave a Comment

It’s the Pop-top that makes the beverage can mascots over-the-top adorable!

They are a kind of “Pop-Art” , an art that raises the ordinary into the extraordinary.

That is what the mascoteers at Avant Garb do. We bring an ordinary sized container into an extraordinary size of, well…..REALLY, REALLY BIG!

The Beverage Can mascots are social media stars. They give people the gift of story and the story is backed up with photos on their phone.

People take photos of friends and family w/ the GIANT cans —and because the photos of the cans are on their phones they become part of the family of friends. It becomes a personal, serendipitous, word of mouth marketing, social media event.

Mascots are experiential marketing at it’s best. The give the gift of story.

Labels for the cans are printed on heavy duty, athletic fabric – a process called dye sublimation. The colors bond with the fabric. The labels don’t fade with wear.

With an enthusiastic performer, the beverage mascot cans move, groove and interact with their enthusiastic fans.

There are many beverage choices. People who interact with the Beverage Can mascots will tell their friends and family about the can mascots. Interacting with or watching the “Pop-Top Can” mascots makes them friends. We’re not getting maudlin about this. It’s true!

When a company spends significant time and money getting an original, custom mascot to entertain and interact w/ current and future consumers, they are sending them a love letter. The company is saying. “We want to be friends “

Thinking about a mascot? Get in touch – [email protected] 317-523-6267

Mascots Are Loyal &True

January 7, 2025Leave a Comment

Favorite players and coaches may change teams, students will graduate and tastes may change. The mascot remains true to the brand, the team, the school and even the idea.

Mascots are loyal and true.

Mascots are also totally, uniquely, adorably themselves.

Mascots are totally engaged with the brands, teams, schools and causes they represent.

Their ambition is to connect with everyone they encounter.

Mascots bring peace on earth and joy to the world.

Mascots are designed and created to be miraculous loyalists to the school, brand, event, do-good organization and even idea.

Here at Avant Garb – Big Mascots Big Costumes & Awfully Big Puppets – we work with you to design mascots with the right tone and enthusiasms.

Our mascot are one-of-a-kind. They are carefully sculpted and stitched.

Enlarge your brand with a mascot!

Be a knight in shining armour

Avant Garb brings your mascot ideas to life!

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[email protected] 317-523-6267

Fuzz + Foam = Fun!

School Mascots – Your Students Will Love Them

January 13, 2023Leave a Comment

Say you’re looking at a couple of schools. Both are terrific schools. At one school, the mascot shows up to greet the potential students. You take a selfie with the mascot and go to the bookstore to pick up a plush of the mascot. You’re already invested in the school culture.

Or you’re at a sporting event and turn to the person next to you and say “Holy cow! I love that mascot!” and that comment leads to a new romance or a lifelong friendship.

Both scenarios are monster events. Something BIG happened because a mascot was present.

As a college, university or high school, when you add a mascot to your program, you get more than a mascot to show up for your school’s sports programs, you also get a representative at events that matter in your community like parades, charitable runs and festivals. You can probably name a dozen of local events where your mascot’s presence would enhance your brand. Your mascot will interact with students, their families and create media opportunities.

How do I choose a school mascot?

You might already have made the decision to get a custom mascot for your school, and now you wonder where to go from here. We will guide you. we will be with you from the teensiet germ of and idea until the completion of a wonderful mascot that will walk with you, in front of you and tickle your fancy

Avant Garb can help guide you through the process. Starting from just the school name, logo or team name, or maybe you already have a sketch of what you would want your mascot to look like.
Send us your ideas, and we’ll work with you to create a professional mascot design and bring the mascot design to life as a full-sized mascot.

©Jennifer Smith 2023

Tubby – The Unhinged Dukes Mayonnaise Jar Mascot – A Strong Brand Mascot

September 11, 20221 Comment

What have we been doing recently at Avant Garb Mascots? Well —- We just finished making the Dukes Mayonnaise mascot, Tubby.

If you watched the Dukes Classic, you saw Tubby movin’ & groovin’ across the field

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Or, If you watched the Dukes Bowl on December 30, 2022 – you saw Tubby again. Tubby is a social media star!

TUBBY pic.twitter.com/HIwAv5gqbY
— Duke's Mayo Bowl (@DukesMayoBowl) December 30, 2022

Tubby was a hugely satisfying mascot to make. We were delighted that the marketing & design team that conceived Tubby chose Avant Garb to bring their idea to life —and, of course Duke’s Mayonnaise has an innovative marketing team.

All in all, it was a great ride!

©Jennifer Smith 2023

Mascots Are Brand Diplomats!

November 30, 2020Leave a Comment

They are BIG and somewhat unmanageable.

They are MASCOTS, and mascots are diplomats for your brand.

Think of mascots as enthusiastic community liaisons who represent your brand in very public places.

Lives change in the presence of a mascot:

Victor E Bull the mascot for U. Buffalo

Say you’re looking at a couple of schools. Both are terrific schools. At one school, the mascot shows up to greet the potential students. You take a selfie with the mascot and go to the bookstore to pick up a plush of the mascot. You’re already invested in the school culture.
Or you’re at a sporting event and turn to the person next to you and say “Holy cow! I love that mascot!” and that comment leads to a new romance or a lifelong friendship.

Both scenarios are monster events. Something BIG happened because a mascot was present.

BIG, Somewhat Unmanageable & Fun

You’ve probably seen the Geico Gecko. The mascot is a Brand Awareness Monster for GEICO. The Geico Gecko has brought big, somewhat unmanageable attention to their brand and it’s been really fun and exciting to witness the personality of the brand through the Gecko.

Many have switched to the brand because they like the mascot.

We all know, Disney uses mascots brilliantly. Who doesn’t recognize Mickey, Minnie, Pluto and Donald. They have lead million to Disney parks, theater, movies and products.

Mascots are powerful. They represent the brand’s true desire interact with their community.

Mascots are Enthusiastic, Community Liasons

Community is formed around mascots. That’s good for the brand, the team, the school and the world.

Thinking about getting a Brand Awareness Mascot?

We’ve been making mascots since before they were a “thing”. We will work with you on design and bring the mascot to life in our mascot studio ,

Let’s connect and discuss big things!

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What comes next/ Mascots in a Post Pandemic World

July 22, 2020Leave a Comment

Even during the quarantines and the pandemic, the mascots reach out to us with —well—goofy joy. Like us, the mascots have adjusted. They totally get social media. They groove with ZOOM. They easily interact with fans, students and customers no matter what the circumstances.

They are with us in on our screens as we work from home and tiptoe into the office.

When we all come out of our homes to explore the ever-changing new normal, the mascots will be there to greet us.

Stay in touch with each other, wear a mask and connect with your favorite mascots.

xo Queen of Fuzz and the Mascot Makers

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Let’s connect and discuss big things!

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