Wednesday, October 5, 2011

There Was an Old Lady....

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly...

I finally finished the old lady!  This is a big mouthed puppet-y doll that I have been making for my son's kindergarten teacher.  Apparently she swallows more than a fly (the old lady, not the teacher!).  The teacher lets the old lady swallow all kinds of things - as a teaching tool!

If you saw my giveaway winner announcement (this post), you know that the old lady was a guest judge for picking the winner.  Well, she has since put on clothes!

I had thought about giving her horn-rimmed glasses, but that didn't quite work out - she looked too much like Woody Hayes (former Ohio State coach), so I scratched the idea.  Her guts are made out of the canister for a sugar/flour bag.  It worked out quite nicely.
I wanted to make it so the mouth would open but the head wouldn't come off (hate to cause future psychiatric bills for those kiddos), so I used suspender clips for the hinges.  Worked like a charm!
Spunky really likes her.  And the teacher was so excited she is planning to use her in her lesson today!
Wonder what kind of things she'll be eating today?

Cheerio! :) Caren

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