...chocolate air...: whales, iguanas, and dinos...

someone else's thoughts

"The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who are coarse; we need women who are kind. There are enough women who are rude; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith. We have enough greed; we need more goodness. We have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough popularity; we need more purity." - Margaret Nadauld
"I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble." - Helen Keller

24 March 2008

whales, iguanas, and dinos...

Oh, my!

When I think of the contents of a child's Easter basket, I usually think of the year that I was seven, and we got stuffed bunnies that looked real (well, we thought so, anyway), and the usual Mommy-made chocolate bunnies and jelly beans. Simple. Sweet. Eastery. I try to maintain that same feeling when we do our bunnying, and yet somehow, the child ended up with a dino puzzle, a stretchy rubber iguana, and a whale. I drew the line at Transformers though... they have no place in a bunny basket.

This whale was my creation. He was done in just a few hours, and I think he's adorable. (Thanks a million for the sewing machine help, Susan! But I still wimped out and hand-stitched the darn thing.) This is another felted sweater project. He was pretty simple, the same on both sides, about a foot long. I used the cuffs of the sweater to create the grooves on the underside of the jaw. One of his fins is a pocket, specially made to hold a little boy's tooth so it won't be lost before the tooth fairy can get to it. Soon, people. My boy has his first-ever wobbly tooth. And he couldn't be prouder.

His camera smile, by the way, is improving quite a bit. I'll be sad to see those baby teeth go...

05:35 PM in Craftiness, Family, Kid Stuff | Permalink

Comments

Turned out absolutely adorable! Can't wait to see it. Are we still on for tomorrow?

Posted by: Karen | 24 March 2008 at 06:10 PM

Amy, I love the Whale and I am sure that Zack loved it too. I have to agree that Transformers have no place in an Easter Basket.

Posted by: collette clay | 24 March 2008 at 06:16 PM

amazing whale! you did awesome.

Posted by: kirsten | 24 March 2008 at 07:11 PM

The whale is fantastic!! I've always been a sucker for whales - we had a yearly "Whaling Days" celebration in my hometown. Very cool.

Posted by: raesha | 24 March 2008 at 09:33 PM

What a gorgeous little whale and a wonderful idea for those pesky teeth. I'm sure the tooth fairy will be very impressed.

Posted by: Psaltis | 25 March 2008 at 05:50 AM

Amy, you are Killing me with all of this handmade adorableness! And yet, I still don't have the patience for such things. It's nice that some people do though. I love the tooth idea!

Posted by: Renae | 25 March 2008 at 09:38 AM