A Saturday Project

Today Katelee was sobbing near me on my bed while I folded socks.  She was sobbing - as she had been for the last 20 or more minutes - because she had lost her clothes.  (That is a whole other story, involving me trying to go visiting teaching, Katelee playing dress-up with the other children while we talked, Katelee's clothes literally disappearing, Katelee throwing the biggest tantrum of all time, and me dragging a screaming, partially naked child out the door...)  Anyway, I was trying to cheer her up while I worked on the laundry, and out of this situation was born Mr. Kissy Lips - a sock that loves to kiss crying little girls, especially on their Elmo underwear.  It worked!  Katelee started to giggle against her will, and then was full on laughing.  I began noticing that some of the socks I was folding needed retiring, so we decided to give Mr. Kissy Lips hair, eyes, a tongue, and a nose.  After his make-over, Katelee renamed him Dosies.       

Then we made him a friend.  Katelee named this little guy Dobeak.  

And that inspired another project I've seen on a few different blogs lately: a puppet show theater that you hang in a doorway.  We made this all from supplies I had around the house leftover from old projects.  I probably should have looked up a tutorial on how to make one of these properly, but I didn't.  Instead, Katelee and I cut this out and whipped it up in about 15 minutes.  There are no finished or hemmed edges, except for the very top and very bottom.  And I should figure out a way to reinforce the bottom of the 'stage' opening, so that it doesn't sag outward like this.  But for now, it works.  Katelee and I had a lot of fun giving each other puppet performances!  We even rehearsed a show called "The Two Princesses and the Big Bad Bunny" to show daddy when he comes home tonight!  He is sure in for a treat!

Sorry about the bare shoulders - lost clothes, remember?  (And, of course, she wouldn't even consider putting on another outfit...)