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Five takes on the bunnybear
By Jeremiah | December 29, 2008 | 8 comments / Comment now
Santa's elves were busy this year.
Jenni's raw materials, at about $5 apiece from a local discount shop:
I snagged three items from the same store:
I was inspired by the sleepy donkey's bunny slippers, which looked like perfect bunnybear heads. I ended up using one head and the ears off the other. As an added bonus, the donkey, which had a sound/movement box to make its chest swell as it snored, provided me with a very interesting motor for future creative robot building with Z. I just won't be able to tell her where it came from.
Jenni's finished pieces, decorated with ribbon to hide their post-operative scars.
I am very proud of this one. The head is clearly disproportionately small, and the slipper's shape created a high forehead with an odd "T" seam that make it look like a stuffed animal version of a Frankenstein monster, complete with frontal lobotomy. My other was less successful; I was able to attach the bunny slipper ears without much trouble (just slit the bear's ears but left them hanging, then sutured the new ears around them with a bear ear anchoring it in the center), but in the end it almost looks like a bunnypig, a decidedly inferior species.
The four Jenni and I created were among the gifts Santa brought and left under the tree Christmas morning; Karen gave Z the fifth one later that day. Z has proudly carted them around and shown them to many quite surprised people. We still have no clue where she got the idea, but are proud that we could deliver on such an esoteric gift request - especially since she told about three mall Santas that she wanted one.
Now, here is the question I kicked myself for not asking in our first bunnybear post: What bizarre things have you been asked for by a young child? How did you deliver on their wish, if you were able to, or what did you get them instead? Amy, any luck with that "wind up flag that shoots up to the sky"? I know a lot of you have stories!
Jenni's raw materials, at about $5 apiece from a local discount shop:
I snagged three items from the same store:
I was inspired by the sleepy donkey's bunny slippers, which looked like perfect bunnybear heads. I ended up using one head and the ears off the other. As an added bonus, the donkey, which had a sound/movement box to make its chest swell as it snored, provided me with a very interesting motor for future creative robot building with Z. I just won't be able to tell her where it came from.
Jenni's finished pieces, decorated with ribbon to hide their post-operative scars.
I am very proud of this one. The head is clearly disproportionately small, and the slipper's shape created a high forehead with an odd "T" seam that make it look like a stuffed animal version of a Frankenstein monster, complete with frontal lobotomy. My other was less successful; I was able to attach the bunny slipper ears without much trouble (just slit the bear's ears but left them hanging, then sutured the new ears around them with a bear ear anchoring it in the center), but in the end it almost looks like a bunnypig, a decidedly inferior species.
The four Jenni and I created were among the gifts Santa brought and left under the tree Christmas morning; Karen gave Z the fifth one later that day. Z has proudly carted them around and shown them to many quite surprised people. We still have no clue where she got the idea, but are proud that we could deliver on such an esoteric gift request - especially since she told about three mall Santas that she wanted one.
Now, here is the question I kicked myself for not asking in our first bunnybear post: What bizarre things have you been asked for by a young child? How did you deliver on their wish, if you were able to, or what did you get them instead? Amy, any luck with that "wind up flag that shoots up to the sky"? I know a lot of you have stories!
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Clearly I lack your will and Dr. Frankenstein-like talent, because we got nowhere with the “wind up flag that shoots up to the sky”, except to tell the girl that the elves might not know how to make everything on her list. She did get a wind-up robot pencil sharpener, though, which made her very happy.
well, so far i haven’t had the pleasure of such an unusual request (though i welcome the challenge!).
but i just blogged tonight about how V named her new stuffed animal puppy dog Dog Attack.
Luckily, O hasn’t made any difficult requests yet. This year she asked for kleenex, bandaids, and chocolate. You can’t get much easier than that!
I actually used to have a bear in a bunny costume, have no idea where it went however. One of those Boyd’s bear things. I think it came out around Easter.
No odd request yet, next year will likely be the year. This year we talked to her daycare teachers about what she really was interested in, and what we though gave us the most pretend/imaginative play for our buck. She got a great play kitchen, and a baby doll. With all accessories thanks to overly generous families. (who actually listened and got us the Green Toys sets!)
G didn’t make any special requests this year, probably because he got the couple items he had on his “wish list” for his birthday in October. But everytime he opened a gift, he’d exclaim “I’ve been wanting this all year!” or “This is what I’ve wanted FOREVER!” So easily pleased.
These are GREAT! Bean asked for a cupcake this year. Funny thing is, she likes cupcakes, but doesn’t really love them when it comes to eating them. She’ll eat a bit and then be done. But she is utterly fascinated with how they look. So I painted her a ceramic cupcake box, bought some felt cupcakes from Etsy, and got her a cupcake charm for her charm bracelet. Her grandmother got a cupcake outfit for her favorite baby doll.
But the funnier thing about her Christmas requests was what she wanted to give to her father and me. He was to receive a donkey and I was to get a spoon. :) Kids are great.
This year was pretty easy on us. At not quite three D hadn’t got the hang of Christmas yet. Next year will be different, if her walking around saying Santa says “Ho, ho ho.” is anything to go by.
We got her a kitchen which she loves and made some felt food. Our family helped to stock it with Green Toys dishes and Lilly Bean food. Thank-you for the great reviews. They are wonderful.
I *love* your bunnybears! Santa’s elves were busy around here this year too. J didn’t see Santa until the 22nd, but people had been asking him for a while what he was going to ask Santa to bring him. His answer was “A PINK pink pink bunny!” I would show him pink bunnies everywhere. “NO! I want a pink pink PINK bunny!” It took us nearly 3 weeks but he finally showed me his *pink pink bunny* one night at bedtime. We were reading Knuffle Bunny Too. He wanted Knuffle Bunny. BUT. Not just any KB. He wanted Sonja’s KB. Santa was able to bring that pink bunny after he picked up a Trixie KB toy, a pink fabric marker and a bit of yellow ribbon. :D I am kinda excited to see what other fun Christmas gifts the elves will get to make :)