A monster to love.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: COLORADO COOL STUFF SMALL biz

Ray Tollison and his twin 11-year-old sons, Ben and Sam, have been making monsters since 2011--with a charitable twist. For every monster they give one of their cuddly abominations to a child in need. "Whenever you buy a monster, you give a monster away," says Ray, a photographer whose day job is in international relief work. The three have made about 1,000 Monsters to Love in the two years since, with Sam doing most of the sewing and Ben creating the bulk of the monstrous designs. There are stock...