I wish I had time to post a tutorial for that mask, because I was really happy with how it turned out and how easy it was. Later!
Sloppiest sewing I've done in decades, I think, but it served the purpose. And Mr. P himself remembered at the last minute that we needed to cut off one sequin over the heart. :)
This week has been super stressful and looks to continue. You have no idea how badly I want to graduate!
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This quarter's family project for Kindergarten: build a snowman without snow (since there's a good chance we'll never get any). A white styrofoam plate and a black plastic cup ("hat") were provided and we were supposed to use "stuff around the house" for the rest.
We used a pair of tights with useless elastic, an unmatched and too small sock, buttons, pipe cleaners, and old dry lentils and rice I don't like, plus some ribbon scraps. I did pick up waxed twine at the craft store since I was there anyway!
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We're having a nice holed-up kind of post-Christmas week. Mr. Pants is loving his bike and his Legos and Shmoogie will hopefully soon be loving her new antibiotics. :) I'm mostly tip-tapping away at the computer on Version 2.0 of Cross It Off! while Mr. Right juggles the kids. Hoping to have that ready before classes start in a few weeks... I'll keep you posted. :)
In the meantime, I'll be posting a few Christmas handmade items for the sake of the record. Hope you enjoy! (There's a fabulous recipe coming down the pike, don't miss that!)
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There was a bit of a squeaky finish getting Shmoogie's doll ready in time for Christmas, but it did get done. It's a good thing there was a deadline or all the little things that didn't turn out the way I'd hoped would have stalled me out on the whole project.
She was very cute opening the box, saying, "Baby!" and picking her up and giving her a hug...
And then started saying, "Poo poo? Poo poo?" and pulling off all of dolly's clothes.
When she finally got the panties pulled down to her satisfaction, she announced, "Yeah, poo poo."
My big idea with this gift was that Shmoogie loves clothes and I figured she'd love taking them on and off a doll. She definitely got the idea. I think doll got undressed (I believe DiDi was helping with the re-dressing) at least three times on Christmas day.
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Mr. Pants came home with this adorable pumpkin today and I couldn't find instructions in ten seconds of googling, so I have nothing to link to, but I'm pretty sure this is one (or two?) sheets of orange construction paper cut into 1" wide strips (the long way; the lines were printed on the paper for the kids to cut). Lay them out like the spokes of a wheel and staple where they all cross each other, then bring all the outside ends into the center and staple separately there (this is the top, where the stem will go).
For the stem, draw a spiral on a sheet of green paper and have the kids cut along the spiral line. Add a few leaves if you want and attach it all with glue.
Anyway, that's how I would try to reproduce it! Happy Halloween weekend!
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