Advent 2023 - Part 1

 This year's advent project for my grandchildren is a progressive diorama. The non-celiac in this house had to eat a lot of cereal to provide the cereal boxes that I needed. 

Here is the development of the idea:

Building of one of the boxes. I am pretty good at building boxes out of boxes. 

The children will each have their own box and diorama to build. They each have a book of pockets, one pocket for each day, with some general directions for the children and parents. Most of the activities take very little time.

Day 1 -  The sky. It is hard to tell in the photo that it is a day/night sky.

Day 2 -  The sun and stars.

Day 3 - The hills and rocks (Mary and Joseph are on the crest of the hill)

Day 4 - The trees

Day 5 - Shepherds; Mary and Joseph

Day 6 - Sheep

Day 7 - Rocks and bushes

Book Faerie House: Faerie House Book

 This comes after a long line of Persuasion Journals that I reread, then turned into houses in some form. I guess a book faerie house was inevitable. 

Come on and have a look inside.

The front entrance.

The living room.

An upstairs space to curl up.

The other door.

The kitchen.

A space just for T1.

The view from above.

Where you will find this book house. 

Little Houses in the Library

 Over a couple of months I have left little houses at the library in places related to the theme of 'home'. This has been on the sly. I do not think it is illegal to leave small paper objects in a public library. 

The first one went to live in the fiction section, filed according to the Dewey decimal system: after HOO comes HOU for house.

The next one, also in the fiction section, went to reside by T.Morrison's book Home.

The third one found a place in the non-fiction section. You can see why this made sense. 

Little house number 4 went up to the magazine section: This Old House.

The location for little house number 5 was in the CDs. The title is partly obscured by the label; the CD is called 'Home.'

And finally, little house number 6 went to the children's section: 

I hope the librarians at my local branch had some fun with this. I do not expect to find out. 

Birthday Number: 39 trips around the sun

 

Time For Hallowe'en Costumes at the Faerie House

 This year the friends at the faerie house created 2 sets of costumes. 

These ones are for the sportsy set.

And these ones are for the unicorn obsessed. 

Happy Hallowe'en everybody!

Pillow Kids

 

An early start on Christmas, although it is never too early. (The recipients don't look here.)

Faerie House Stories: The Collection

 I compiled the 12 faerie house stories, made 3 copies, and made these 3 books. 

Here is some process: