BIRDS NESTS & BUNNIES

I had a crafy-weekend with with my youngest sister, 10 year old Susanna. She came to spend part of the weekend with us while bigger sister & parents were involved in a youth group function.

We made braided fabric birds' nests at the suggestion of Happy Things http://happythings.typepad.com/happythings/2008/02/happythings-2-3.html

First we cut long strips of earthy-colored fabrics, which we braided together.

Then we sewed the brades into a coil, to form a cup shape.

The finished product looked like this:

And the very happy nest-maker looked like this:

Then we planned the dinner menu, which ended up looking like scalloped potatoes from a box, chicken noodle soup & biscuits from scratch. We rouned off our healthy dinner with ginger ale, while watching (for the millioneth time) the one Tom & Jerry video in our collection. (Which is, incidentally, the only cartoon that she'll watch). She was delighted to hold the power of making all of the evening decisions without her opinionated older sister "helping".

Here is a cute pic of Nan making the biscuits:

Sunday she went home, and I came back to the house & spent the afternoon making her Christmas present (SHHH! DON'T TELL HER!), which is an adaptation of this adorable pattern from Wee Wonderfuls http://weewonderfuls.typepad.com/wee_wonderfuls/store/wee-bunny.html

The pink one turned out a little bit bunchy, and I had to change the way I made the ears because it was nearly impossible to do them the way that the pattern said. But I think that they turned out just great. And the best part is that everyone who made them was raving on how easy & fast it was. I thought "yeah, right, they might say that it's easy, but as soon as I try it, it will turn into a huge ordeal". But they were right! SOOOO easy!