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This is definitely not the first from-the-sick-bed craft post. I find making something is a great way to take Hrit’s mind off his troubles. To cheer him up what else would we try but dinosaurs. .. something basic and easy.We got an Amul Cool can and cut out the top. This was a bit tough the first time round, then I got the hang of it. With a knife and hammer I managed to get the top off. If any of you knows a simpler way please do share it.

We covered it with green glaze paper.

Since it was to be a Stegosaurus we cut out the spines from card paper…

.. Hrit stuck them on.

Then the tail.. a curved one with zig zag edges.

Stuck that on too.

Then came the face,.. a simple oval, with googly eyes and a big smile.

We gave it a pair of feet, then stuck on some rounds of golden paper (which Hrit insists on calling ‘yellow ochre’ for some reason) and finally smaller drops with paint and it was done. As a bonus it holds pens and pencils too.

Hrit wasn’t entirely satisfied because the Stego didn’t look scary at all so next we did a dragon, a scary one. The face, the wings and legs came out of red card paper. We cut out a zigzag from white paper and stuck it on for ‘teeth’.

We even did a tail with a pompom at the end ‘with which it could hit out at its ‘enemies’.

After everything was stuck on it looked quite nice.

There they are.. the two of them.

Linking to Artsy Craftsy Mom

Dinosaurs are Hrit’s pet passion and last summer we made this Jurassic Park model. He sat at it for hours fixing the dinosaurs and when he realised it was taking too much time he distributed them to each member of the family. He come by every few minutes asking.. is it done?.. till everyone had to drop whatever they were doing and finish his task. Talk about persistence!

Finally it was done.

He loved it so much that later we made a ‘Jungle’ that had penguins rubbing shoulders with giraffes and deer cohabitating with lions. This time he managed to complete it almost by himself. Some animals lost their tails or a limb or two during the process but no one was complaining.

That’s my ‘J’ for the week at ABC Wednesday
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