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Making more monsters

September 23, 2011 Ticia 6 Comments

Ages ago one of my first posts was about making monsters.  Well, that interest is still going strong 3 years later.
This time they did pretty much all of the work.
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Cutting, stuffing, sewing, and all of that.  All we have left is to sew the final seam shut.  I had intended to have them hand sew it, but they REALLY want to use the machine.  I mean really really.

And that particular interest has lasted almost since I first got the machine when they were 2 years old.  See the blue tape on my machine?  That’s because at 2 they figured out you can stuff pins in there.  When I took my machine in for its first tune-up they found 20 something pins in there.

YEAH……….  I think it took them less than 2 minutes.  Then they did the patented scatter and run technique.

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Comments

  1. Debbie says

    September 23, 2011 at 3:13 pm

    That is cool that you are starting them so young on the sewing machine. I believe I was about 5 or 6 when I first started using the sewing machine.

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  2. Myrnie says

    September 23, 2011 at 4:09 pm

    Pins??? Oh dear! Kids are so resourceful, aren't they?

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  3. An Almost Unschooling Mom says

    September 23, 2011 at 8:56 pm

    Pins in the sewing machine – sounds about right. Thank goodness our chidlren live states apart. If they were ever able to combine their destructive creativity…I shudder to think.

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  4. Raising a Happy Child says

    September 23, 2011 at 9:54 pm

    They are using the sewing machine already? Wow! I am sure Anna would love it – maybe she and I should master it together 🙂

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  5. Kim says

    September 23, 2011 at 11:22 pm

    That is hilarious. I learned to sew on a machine when I was 6.

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  6. MaryAnne says

    September 24, 2011 at 2:30 pm

    I think I remember shoving pins in my mother's machine…

    They must be thrilled to be using your sewing machine! Emma is dying to use mine…

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