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NC artist recreates scenes from ‘Toy Story’ to bring joy to others amid virus

WILMINGTON, N.C. — During the stay-at-home restrictions, people are finding creative ways to spread joy to their neighbors and one North Carolina man used his love for the movie Toy Story to share some happiness with others.

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Bradley Carter is an artist and since he can’t meet with customers right now, he decided to put some of his favorite Toy Story characters in poses on his roof, according to our news partner WTVD.

He posted pictures of fan favorites of Buzz and Woody and friends online to share with others. When actor Josh Gad, the voice of Olaf from Frozen reposted it, it really took off.

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“It’s been shared hundreds of thousands of times from our website,” Carter said. “Then you see it popping up on other people’s sites and stuff like that so it’s just taken on a life of its own.”

Carter said he’s almost done recreating scenes from Toy Story 4.

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