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| The Humanette! |
I need to give a bit of backstory...I was really stumped tonight. It had been a long day (writer's conference, park, birthday party of a friend...busy). We had fabulous homemade pizza for dinner. Yum! I kept thinking about today's blog and coming up with nothing.
It was getting pretty desperate. I even started looking around for a paper bag (I am going to have to do it sometime this year, right?). Then my kids start chiming in with lots of suggestions. My ten-year-old came out with a stuffed dragon and was moving it all around.
"That's great, sweetie, but I didn't make it," I said.
"But you could make it move!" she exclaimed (with a fabulous demonstration).
"Well, yes...but I am supposed to be making the puppets or adapting them. I would be cheating if I just wiggle a stuffed animal around. It has to be something I made."
I stared at my daughter for a moment. I thought about how, technically, I had contributed more to the creation of my daughter than I had to the stuffed animal she was holding...AH-HAH!
Oh yes...I was going to turn my daughter into a puppet!
I grabbed a lovely handmade dress from the sock-monkey (thank you, Julia Hebner). I took a pair of stockings, stuffed them, covered them with white gloves, and inserted them into the dress: arms!
We found a black shirt and were all set to go...a humanette is born!
My daughter is quite the drama queen. Seriously. Just see for yourself!
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| I'm not sure she wanted this one up... |
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| Grumble, grumble... |
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| (Um...she's not exactly camera shy, is she?) |
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| This is my favorite! |
This is awesome! Thea cracks me up.
ReplyDeleteI had a VERY upset daughter on my hands yesterday evening. I asked Bee what in the world was he thinking? Who says no to the chance fr their kid to have pizza with a friend AND see Sara Jane Adventures? M.E. cried and cried. Daddy was in the doghouse.
This is wonderful! Your daughter is a natural.
ReplyDeleteI've been thinking about doing something similar with my "seedlings" but will probably wait for warmer weather when we can go for a nice walk in the woods for the camera shoot.
Fantastic! She looks great and now I know what a humanette is.
ReplyDeleteI never even knew there was a name for this, although I've seen it before. So awesome! Thea makes a great puppet! But you know you'll have to make a Teg one someday too, right? That last picture cracked me up!
ReplyDeleteI actually tried to get my younger daughter involved -- but it was too close to her bedtime to make it fly. Don't worry, Rey, I'll get her in something or other!
ReplyDeleteYou all are truly blessed with the fun gene! First time i noticed how like you she looks.
ReplyDeleteLove it! Thanks for the new vocabulary word!
ReplyDeleteJust discovered this I did! Well, this is just charming, I must say.I was reading about puppets, and ran across the word "Humanettes", after a bit, it's here I've found myself. I see the last comment entry is 2011, hope you are still exploring and creating. My new email is pierre5325@yahoo.com if you are still blogging do let me will ya? Thanks, Cheers, André
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