- That's so cute.
- (FBE) We're actually gonna have you try this out for yourself.
- Oh my gosh, stop.
- We're gonna perform surgery.
We're cutting his ears off.
♪ (Industrial intro) ♪
- (FBE) Have you ever heard of something called Squishies?
- I mean, I understand the adjective.
I don't know of a product called Squishies.
- They're the little fruit with faces on them.
They're super squishy, thus the name.
- (FBE) So, have you ever heard of fixing Squishies?
- No, what's there to fix? You're only supposed
to squish them.
- (FBE) Today, we're gonna show you a very popular
YouTuber named Moriah Elizabeth, who's known
for her series Squishy Makeovers, Fixing Your Squishies.
Have you ever heard of this? - Squishy Makeovers?
That sounds like some kind of makeup.
- Is this makeup? Is this a beauty thing now?
A beauty trend?
- That sounds fun. That sounds like I'm
about to Subscribe.
- (Moriah) Hello. Let's cut to the chase.
Today's a Squishy makeover. - Is it crafts?
- (Moriah) Last week, I posted this.
- These are the Squishies.
- (Moriah) Vote on which ones you wanted to see.
- Oh, they're stress reliever things.
- (Moriah) Guess who won the popularity contest
with flying colors. This guy, by far
the most requested. - I love this already.
- (Moriah) He's moments away from joining--
- Oh.
- That makes sense. You break Squishies,
'cause you play with it too much.
- (Moriah) I'm also diagnosing him right here
with acrylic paint disease. - I never thought about
fixing those things.
- (Moriah) Also, he has a little toilet paper
stuck to him. It's okay.
It happens to all of us.
I'm gonna spread some glue on the mutilated ear.
- Somebody's gotta do it.
- (Moriah) Memory foam on there.
Secure that on, let it dry, and once it's dry,
I'm gonna trim down the foam and try to get it looking
as close to the other ear as I can.
- Wow, she's so creative.
- Instead of throwing it away, she's actually gonna make
something cute out of it.
- (Moriah) Don't get me wrong, I love koalas.
- See, this is one of those things that watching it, I'm like,
"Yeah, makes sense." But if I ever tried to do it,
I'd [bleep] it up instantly.
- (Moriah) So I'm shaving some marshmallows out of memory foam
because this is gonna be a hot chocolate themed bear.
- Oh, that's creative.
- (Moriah) I'm going to paint the cup with a nice maroonish color.
- Oh my God, it's a mug. It's so cute.
- (Moriah) The bear is supposed to represent the actual
hot chocolate. - I like the creative aspect
of these videos. I think it's fun.
I think it's a great destresser.
- (Moriah) This is the moment when this guy loses
his identity as a koala.
- No, not the koala.
- I'm loving the way she's editing the video.
Her commentary is great.
- (Moriah) It's not sad because he's becoming
hot chocolate. - I like how funny she is
with everything, too. It makes everything
always so much better.
- (Moriah) I'm just gonna put a nice, little expression.
- She transformed it. Look at that.
- Wow, that's pretty cool. That's creative.
- (Moriah) And since this cup is such a large area,
- That's so cute.
- (Moriah) I decided to add some snowflakes.
- I can see a lot of people following this.
- (Moriah) So, here's the final Squishy.
- That is so cute and so creative.
I probably would have thrown it away.
- That's actually really cool. That's artistic.
She's like this generation's version of Bob Ross.
- She's pretty funny. I'm still confused
what's going on, but I like it.
- Oh my gosh, my life. I'm watching a video
about a makeover of Squishies.
- (Moriah) I'm gonna start with the costume
and I'm just trimming off some of the bogus nonsense
that's around the seam. - Hate bogus nonsense.
- (Moriah) Bogus nonsense that's around the seam.
- This is bogus nonsense.
- (Moriah) The matte paint can definitely be applied
with a paintbrush. - I can see my kids
getting into this, 'cause they like painting.
- (Moriah) It's pretty thin, so you do have to do
quite a few layers. - I wanna try one.
It looks fun.
- (Moriah) I was wondering whether I should paint
the inside of the costume, but then I was like,
"No, that's insane. I don't need to paint the inside."
- Sure, sure. I like her editing.
- (Moriah) I didn't need to paint the inside, right?
- Right. She's funny, too.
- (Moriah) So the costume, I'm painting like the outside
of a watermelon and I'm aware that these
aren't the most accurate colors of watermelon.
- Her voice calms me. I don't know,
she has a very nice voice.
- (Moriah) But, I think if the goal was to be realistic,
we probably wouldn't be putting a bear in
a bunny costume.
- Does this have another Squishy inside?
- (Moriah) So conceptually, the bear is the inside
of the watermelon. I am gonna change the color,
but not dramatically. It's still kinda similar
to what it was before. Ah.
And I didn't film-- - This is so wholesome.
- (Moriah) Here's the final result. - I love it.
- (Moriah) The watermelon idea, I really love.
- They're so cute.
- (Moriah) And I also think he looks just as cute naked
as he does inside his costume.
- Oh wow, okay. He has a little costume.
That's cool.
- I think it's cute. I like that she's doing
her own take on it. She's playing with the colors
and creating her own versions of it.
- She's so bubbly and cute. Her vibe is just so fun.
I love it. I would even just watch it
even though I wouldn't do it.
- (Moriah) I believe it's a bear.
- Aw, it's so tiny.
- (Moriah) This is one of those super cheap Squishies
that you get in a bag of 3000 for a dollar.
- Well, I hope you don't spend more than ten bucks
on a Squishy.
- (Moriah) The edges are super messy,
holes everywhere, limbs ripping off,
and the design, it's just a spray of lime green.
- Every time she squishes it, I just want to do it, too.
- (Moriah) This is not the first bunny costume Squishy
that I've done. What?
- So many bunny costume Squishies.
- (Moriah) This is the first yooman being,
human being. - She got a little humor.
She got a sense of humor in her.
- (Moriah) Unless you count the mermaid,
but they're half fish. I'm adding little hairs
coming out of the costume. - You know what?
She's just good at painting.
- Ah, it's already adorable. I love it.
- (Moriah) Little freckles just to make it interesting.
- They're cute.
- (Moriah) Here's the before and after.
- It's so Cartoon Network anime.
- (Moriah) It's a huge improvement from what it was
and I'm quite happy with it. - Aw, that's cute.
I like her. I know a lot of kids,
they collect them. It's like a competition.
- These are very wholesome projects that a lot of kids
should be doing and often times,
a lot of stressful adults that have things going on.
It's cool to have some little hobby.
- It's fun because everybody is creative in some way
and everybody has some form of art inside
of their brain and so it's cool to see
them express it in unique ways that not
everybody would think to do like painting Squishies.
- (FBE) So, we are gonna talk more about this
in just a second, but before we do, now that you've
seen a few of these and how it works,
we're actually gonna have you try this out for yourself.
- Oh my gosh, stop. I'm gonna do so bad,
but I'm so excited.
- No way. Oh dude, I'ma kill it.
I'm excited.
- (FBE) So, we found some beat up Squishies for you.
- What's up, guys? Oh my God, this one's cute.
Oh yeah, there we go.
- (FBE) So, you're gonna take one of these Squishies
and give it your very own makeover.
- Oh my goodness. I do not want that one.
This is so hard, but I might do the unicorn.
- I feel like I wanna do this one.
- These ones look a little hard. Let's go easy route.
I'll do this one.
- (FBE) So, we'll put a tarp down in case you make
a mess. - I'm so excited.
I love doing crafts. I'm not good at them,
but it's so much fun.
- (FBE) All the materials are here in front of you,
so go ahead and give this Squishy a makeover.
- I'm not crafty. Ah.
I think I'm gonna play into the peach metaphor though.
- I just know Jack Skellington, so I think I'm just
gonna make him. Hopefully, I don't screw it up.
- I do not like the hair, so I'm going to dye it black.
- I'm thinking about turning this unicorn into a dog
because the white or whatever reminds me of my dog.
- I'm gonna extend his little nose, I think, and then
just kinda turn it into-- there you go.
- We're gonna perform surgery. We're cutting his ears off.
- We're gonna cut the ears off.
It's not a thing about being cruel or anything like that,
it's just that you want it to be a round donut.
- ♪ (humming) ♪ Oh yeah.
Oh yeah, that looks like a dip cone right there.
- I'm gonna start by cutting this off because sadly,
my dog does not have a unicorn horn.
- This is definitely gonna be a unicorn from hell
with two horns.
- She makes it look so easy. I'm so mad.
Ooh, it's coming together.
- We're doing confetti, so we're gonna just do
here, here.
- The important part of painting a peach is even brush strokes,
so you wanna go down, down, and then we'll put
a little button right there. Pretty bomb-ass nose,
I'm not gonna lie.
- Going all over. This looks like a disaster,
but you know what? I'm making it work.
- That girl, she's clearly an artist, 'cause she was
very detailed. She knew exactly
what she was doing.
- Wait, I can use this for a hat.
Has a hat now. Ah yeah.
- Give him some red, some blue, some green.
All the colors of the rainbow.
- I'm just putting my nickname on there, Don Jaun,
so everybody knows this is mine.
- Ah, yes. I'm proud of myself.
- And now we gotta add a sticker for garnish.
Ding. Pretty good.
- That looks actually pretty good. You just never know
what you're gonna get.
- I tried to make a cat, but then you know what?
He realized that he was a seal all along
and he's very happy, but also angry.
- That's fun. I should probably do
some more painting. I should paint more often.
I'm very proud. I wanna take it home now.
- It just makes everything look cuter.
Look at that. Isn't that so much cuter?
Okay, started off by turning my dog into a cat accidentally.
- That's gross. That looks so cute already.
- There you go. - (FBE) Wow.
Look at that. - This belongs in Lackland,
in some kind of museum.
- (FBE) So, all the videos that we showed you today
are clips from a series by YouTuber Moriah Elizabeth
called Squishy Makeover: Fixing Your Squishies.
- It was so adorable. The name, I was so confused
but after I watched it, I'm hooked.
- (FBE) So, the first video we showed you was
her most viewed video. How many views do you
think that video had? - I'm gonna take a wild guess
and say a million. I'm always surprised
by these DIY channels. I would never expect them
to have the fan base that they do.
- It has to be 1.7 million. Squishies are huge.
I mean, I see them, 'cause I work at a school
and so I see them everywhere.
- Probably at ten million, because it's silly
and we need silliness today. I didn't mean to take it back
to serious, but people need a break.
- (FBE) Well, that video actually currently has over 21 million views.
- What? Oh my gosh.
I need to start making Squishies.
That's insane.
- [Bleep], that's crazy. If you have a good idea,
you can make money off of it, man.
- That's like the natural inclination for a lot of people
is to just kind of assume that it's that easy, right?
But it's not. It's art, so it takes time
and stuff like that, so she definitely deserves
those 21 million.
- Jesus Christ, that's so impressive. Imagine 30 years ago,
some girl was just like, painting her Squishy because
she thought it'd be cute and then she sees her daughter
has 21 million people watching her do it.
It's so crazy.
- (FBE) So, one thing that a lot of fans seem
to appreciate about Moriah's videos is that she incorporates
her personality into them. - Yes.
Well yeah, she's funny.
- (FBE) Her channel is made up of a lot of DIY content,
but she does post other types of videos such as
question times and even a cooking series.
- Okay. If she has a cooking--
I would probably see that too because she'll probably
make cooking fun.
- (FBE) Some people say that channels like these
are intended to be more for little kids,
but this channel also has a lot of older viewers
and utilizes popular YouTube editing styles and humor,
so in your opinion, who do you think is
watching the content that you saw today,
such as the Fixing Your Squishies series?
Does this seem like it would be the typical DIY audience
or maybe more like it's for little kids?
- I feel like it's for little kids. I mean, that's what
I would assume, but I wouldn't be surprised
if adults are watching it, too. Her editing skills are fantastic.
- Probably a good majority is little kids,
craft time, Disney Jr. But that's not saying
it's not viewable for an older audience.
It's just that is the demographic that would search it out.
- I wanna say it's just for little kids,
but at this time and era that we are,
our younger generation, we kind of broaden
our horizons with a bunch of different things,
so I honestly think it's for anybody.
- Probably all ages because people get into crafts
at different times in their lives, so I would imagine--
I'm not surprised that she has 21 million people watching it.
- (FBE) All right, so finally, based on what you've seen today,
do you think that this is a channel you'll continue
to check out and fix those Squishies
or should it stay in a box with all the other
broken Squishies? - I mean, my personal
interests aren't based around arts and crafts,
so it's not something I would pursue.
- Yeah, I would definitely watch it.
- I don't really watch DIY stuff. It's something I would definitely
show my mom.
- I'm not gonna be like, "I gotta follow this.
This is crazy." I might tell my kids about it
and they might be like, "Ah Dad, thanks for telling us."
- I'm totally gonna go watch and subscribe.
- Definitely, I wanna go subscribe.
I wanna binge watch her channel.
It seems amazing.
- I'm gonna go right there and I'm gonna subscribe.
That is not true. I am lying.
- It's fun. If you have your friends over,
you can play around with them. You got nothing else to do,
why not?
- I'm gonna give this channel a chance just because
I think it's something different. It's a break from reality,
of all the stressful things that are going on
especially in YouTube, all the drama and stuff,
so it's kinda nice to see these channels
that are just relaxing.
- Thanks for watching this super squishy episode
of Adults React.
- Subscribe for new videos almost every day.
- Shoutout to Maya. Yo, yo.
- Thanks for watching, bye.
- Hey guys, it's Sierra, producer here at FBE.
Thank you so much for watching this episode.
If you wanna see more Fixing Your Squishies,
you should subscribe to Moriah Elizabeth.
All the links are down in the description below.
Bye, guys.