Keepsake Artist Anita Marra Rogers reveals her inspiration behind Tony The Tiger™.

Tony the Tiger™
Reveal Keepsake Ornament #3

What inspired you in creating this ornament?

“Tony is a character I grew up with. Everybody likes Frosted Flakes as a kid. I definitely did. Plus, my son who’s 20 years old…this was his favorite cereal growing up, so this was doubly fun with two generations getting a kick out of it.”

Did you face any challenges as you sculpted?

“I had to look up pictures of Tony because I didn’t have a whole lot to go on, since he’s changed throughout the years. We wanted him in this pose with this styling. It took numerous attempts to get the head shape just right, because Tony had the rounder face when he came out, and then he changed to the football head.”

The same thing happened when I worked on painting Tony the Tiger and I didn’t have the painting of Tony from the back. So I painted the stripes all wrong back there at first, and I had to reimagine what he looked like from behind.”

Anything else you’d like to share?

“What can I say, ultimately I just hope everyone thinks this ornament is g’rrrreat!”