Build a Critter Workshop

So, today, we SERIOUSLY needed to break out of our usual routines of chaos and we opted for a rather unusual activity.

First, a disclaimer in behalf of the crew: "We aren't a bunch of sissy boys that snuggle with softies at bedtime."

Here are the kid rules:

Clean your bedroom.

Draw a critter and have fun drawing your critter.

NO critters from video games or TV/Movies this must ultimately be your creation.

Go easy on details.

Here are the Mom rules:

No pink.

Let the kids choose the colors even though you think you have better taste than they do.

Don't grumble when trying to turn the itty bitty chicken toes right side out.

These guys had so much fun seeing their designs go from paper to all dimensional!

From Left to Right: Duck, Chicken and Sabertooth Tiger

Here is a closer shot of the President's Hand Chicken. It was cracking me up the whole time I was working on it (except for those little pointy toes that are hiding in the grass)! She and the duck are done up in a stash of vintage fabrics that I've thrifted around the area here. Of course, nothing in this house is drama free now that her Royal Highness has been keeping up with all of the excitement. She kept on stealing the President's Chicken and squealing as she ran into her bedroom with it. (She has a mouthful of Candy)!

She didn't design her own critter, but I made a few of my own for her when Christine came to visit for the 4th of July! We made a few of these fun dollies together and stayed up until 1:00 am stitching details by hand and watching Jane Eyre (SO well done by masterpiece theatre).


Here is the Dolly that started it all. She is my prototype for a gift that I wanted to make for my brother Doug's little girl, Emmaliegh, on her first birthday. Her name is Lucy and she has been LOVED!