A cry for help...

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I've been asked by a friend to make a stuffed animal that can be used as a teaching tool. Fine, no problem. I figured I'd have a little tear away section (with velcro) that would expose hearts (five of them!), gizzard, intestine.. all that fun stuff.

Problem is .. the animal is a WORM.

How can I do this without making it look like a ... well.. phallus?

I was going to put eyes on it, but I'd like to use a flesh colored fabric so as not to make it TOO cartoony/unrealistic. It's for middle school (fourth, fifth and sixth grades). My friend doesn't think it'll be a problem but I thought I'd ask here .. any ideas?

And just so it's not an all text post, a

a piccy of my worm bin.