• 15 minute posts,  artsy fartsy,  illos,  Tis the Season

    Bunny Puppets!

    Hoppy Spring!

    I’ve been feeling like we need more free downloads around here so how about some bunny puppets in striped t-shirts! That would be fun, wouldn’t it?

    bunny puppets

    All you have to do is print them out and cut around the dotted lines. The little circles are holes where you can put your fingers through and make your bunny hop hop hop! I apologize for how difficult it might be for you to cut out the little paw holes (No, they are not boobie holes. Get your mind out of the gutter.) but it’s fun for kids, so make the effort!

    I found the best way was to either use a hole-puncher and then enlarge with scissors or to slightly fold and cut an “x” and then cut out the circle from your “x”. Okay, I’m shutting up now. If I continue to explain how to cut holes out of paper, I’ll probably scare off all the people who hate crafts.

    It’s easy. Just do it.

    Feefee

    Then stick your fingers through like so.

    Foofoo

    And little-bunny-foo-foo* all around the garden!

    *that’s a verb!

    p.s. Bug informed me that we need a color-it-in version so here you go.

  • 15 minute posts,  Family Matters

    Game Night with Grandma

    Let's Play!

    A while back I bought a Scrabble board game at an estate sale for a buck. I’d never played Scrabble in my life but all my friends play it with their handy dandy iPhones so I figured if it’s that much fun, I might as well try it. Inconveniently, I don’t have an iPhone but I do have a grandma who is the word-master and my mom said my grandma would love to teach me, so I swooped it up.

    Plus, the box had a really cool font on it and you know how I am about well-designed packaging. I figured if the game was a bust, I could always make cool earrings out of the pieces or something.

    ready, set, spell!

    We picked a night and set a date. I brought dinner (a 10×15 baking dish of cut-up root vegetables and a tossed salad—yum!*) and a movie for Bug. We ate our delicious dinner and then sat down to play. It was a blast!

    what's a nard

    I picked it up pretty quick but I can’t say I’m very good. What is a nard anyway?

    Bug spying.

    Good thing they let me play with a dictionary! I thought of so many words that weren’t really words. I think we should invent an alternative game that allows proper nouns and Spanish last names. Reyes is totally a word!

    us Grandma gets her game on.

    Anyway it was super fun and a great way to spend time with my Grandma**. We decided it was so much fun we’re going to do it again next week.

    Bug takes a turn

    And maybe the week after that!

    and the last word was FIN

    I lost, of course, but I am not a sore loser. I’m just warming up! Same time next week, Grandma! Prepare to eat your socks.

    Who am I kidding? I’ll never beat my Grandma. She is a writer and she was a medical transcriptionist by trade after all. Not to mention I can’t spell worth beans. But it will be really fun to keep trying.


    *Compliments to my friend Deb whom I stole this menu from.
    **and Auntie too!