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Archive for December 13th, 2011

Well as we were passing the exit of the store the other day my Sweet Peanut exclaimed loudly that she wanted the plastic Noah’s Ark so nicely displayed in the corner at kiddie eye level.

Now we are a simple folk who do not celebrate The Lord’s birth with gift giving and such so she wasn’t asking for Christmas she was just asking just because. So I quoted her the price and let her know in no uncertain terms that we would not be buying that big hulking thing that would just sit in the corner and catch dust. Besides she rarely asks for toys. It’s usually food because she’s a foodie.

So all the way home in the car she analyzed that she could have the full dollar amount by the next day (I’m not sure how she thought she could do this). While I tried to reason with a six year old.

So knowing how much most children just love the whole Noah’s Ark thingy I thought maybe I could make her one out of felt in time for her next birthday (early next year) and was kind of talking this over with my mother who thought it was a good idea. So she overheard me talking about this and announced she wanted the plastic one so she could play with it in the bathtub. Sigh! Oh well I still think she would like the felt one and frankly she’s getting old enough to help me make it. Which is my what I think I will do. Teach her to sew with this pattern. My thinking in the felt one is that actually it would perfect for future siblings, cousins etc.

I found a cute pattern at esty.com with BuggaBugs. I’ve also made the felt groceries, felt fruit, some of the homemade bread, and pies from her patterns.