Peter is up first…
I read about this Eraser Clay on Remarkably Domestic, and my kiddos love those weird little erasers, so I thought this clay would be fun for them. I made this Peter Pan (with a pink feather, because red isn’t an option) at D’s request. You can see the crayons in the background for some idea of scale. he’s quite small. clearly I need more practice, but he’s pretty cute, if I do say so myself. haven’t tested the erasing quality yet. but that’s ok.
I also made this on tuesday:
isn’t he cute?!?!?! I totally faked it, so he’s not perfect, but I’m pretty proud of him. D and I were looking for a “papa present” (usually a coffee mug) for him to give C for xmas, and found these penguin ornaments. he wanted. I balked at the price/weird eyes; so I knit (knitted?)!
I knit him flat, with leftover yarn scraps, and then sewed him up the back… He measures like 3 inches tall/ maybe 4? clearly I need to go measure him sometime…. but not now.
here he is waving hello to you:
of course, the problem with having 2 kids is that when you make something for one of them, the other one wants one too.
so I made an Emperor penguin for the Bean. Now I have notes on how to make them, so I can hopefully make 1 more and post a pattern/tutorial. It’s pretty easy, but it takes almost as much sewing as knitting….
OH, and the kiddos are both insisting that THEIR penguin is named Penny, just like the penguin in the Magic Tree House books. I hate uncreative names, but there’s no point in arguing. therefore, meet Penny and Penny, the penguins.
I’m thinking of making a red one and a yellow one for the kiddo’s preschool teachers…
both kids slept with them last night. it was totally cute.