Pom-Poms, Baby!

Pom-pom city, baby! My daughter is working on her project that she got for Christmas. It's a pom-pom scarf, one for her and one for her doll.

It's an American Girl product that I got at our local Hancock Fabrics Store. It's the cutest thing on earth. Super easy, bright colors, wonderful directions.



We got out the instructions and tape measure. Lots of measuring going on to ensure that each pom-pom is the same size (to begin with anyway).


She got a little excited about the scissors and the shaping, so some pom-poms came out a little smaller than usual. I feel her pain, when I trim...there's one piece and then one more piece, etc.



These are the awesome forms that came with the box. The larger one is for girls size pom-poms and the teeny one is for the doll's pom-poms.

I think the challenge here is not how hard it is to make pom-poms (because they are really easy and sort of fun) but it's the amount of pom-poms needed to make these scarves. So along with the lesson of sewing and crafting is the lesson of patience and diligence. We have to be patient to give all 26 pom-poms the same amount of care and we have to be diligent to do ALL 26 pom-poms. I guess there are hidden lessons inside of everything you do and I want to teach her the joy of finishing the project along with the journey to get there.

Super Hero Day!

This week is Spirit Week at the kids school. Today was monumentous with Super Hero Dayyyyy!

The kids were so excited to wear costumes to school. I loved that Kenny's hero is his dad so out came the Special Forces Hero costume. My daughter, on the other hand, is like me and always goes for drama! We got out the Little Red Riding Hood costume from Halloween and conformed it to be a makeshift Wonder Woman costume. The only thing missing? The amazing dixie cups wrapped in aluminum foil as bullet armor! Thanks for those great memories, mom.

Lily sewed a "W" on the top and skirt of the costume from recycled Christmas ribbon. (My family totally makes fun of us girls that collect it after every present is opened.) She sewed a wide running stitch through the ribbon to secure it, and can easily be removed after the day's festivities.

When I dropped the kids off at school, they both had that funny look on their faces. I remember that look. They said, "Mom, what if no one else dressed up today?" I giggled a little because I would be thinking the same thing but I assured them that no one could resist Super Hero Day at school. "Go learn and be super!"