Potential Objects to Animate

Liquid Soap Bottle

Could have some interesting interactions with the liquid inside.

Computer Mouse

The wire could make for an interesting tail, other than that it's a little boring

Nail Clippers

I like the articulatation and I was playing with mine and found a potential "Walk" See Video.

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I like that it has a bitey ellement to it, potentially could be a vicious character.

Slinky

A slinky would be a cool object to animate and you could have it jumping around ect, but I think it could be quite tricky to rig the spring so that it moved realisticly.