Making Pirate Maps With Kids

I went through my usual technique of making a map with a sheet of copy paper. They were pretty scared to crumple it up but did it after watching me drawing on the paper.

 

 

The girl drew an overabundance of whirlpools and sharks. Her map is a dangerous place to live. She also suggested a monster castle so now I will add them to future maps.

 

 

Death is everywhere!

 

The boy suggested a sea turtle which I will also be adding to future maps. He colored in the water after he was done drawing everything in.

 

This is his skull and crossbones. So cute!

I will miss you...

 

 

This was my post graduation project. I donated it to the work holiday party and someone got to take it home. It's done with Tunisian crochet and still the largest thing I've made using that type of crochet.

Panic Work

I kinda had a panic attack I wouldn't get everything done in time. Part of the problem is I am a bit of a perfectionist and making little books for nieces and nephews has to be right. This is what I have for the work raffle and holiday party. I just had to buy picture frames and embroidery hoops.

Donations

Work is having a Christmas party raffle and I'm donating a bunch of weird stuff I have. There's a lot more than I realized so I wonder if in between a new 4gig thumb drive they'll announce my 2 headed cow. That would be awesome. I'm mounting the merit badges with a short description of what they are for, I have enough for 3 8x10 frames. That's not even the entire amount I made and planned to make. Nobody gets the boobies one, that one stays with me.

 

 

Ideas for the Christmas Story

Here's what I've got so far:

Famous last words
Cannibal/carnivorous flowers in a death match
A Rube Goldberg butt slapper
Monster puppies
Eating so much candy and then blasting yourself out of a cannon over a playground so you explode.
Ways I will die.

I think I have a few elements I want in the story, depending on how it comes out but I haven't figured out a setting.

Mounting the Kill

 

 

I did this in 2005 and sold it on ebay for $10, I think it was listed under paranormal. I was going through a phase where I wanted to see how much people would pay for haunted crap.

Pub Signs

I came across some pub signs you could personalize with your name in a catalog. How hard could it be to do the same thing myself? This is the last batch, I think I've made 15 by now. These girls were all off to college so I thought they'd like something to remember the dance school by.