Starring:
Frankie (Franchesca Stein)
Claire and Amy (The Blonde Duo)
Trevor Jones (The Dumb Jock)
Caden and Roxie (The Cute Couple)
Frankie was finally starting to fit in. After struggling for months with the whole 'being undead' thing, most of her classmates have gotten over it. At first she felt like she was being treated as some science experiment. She was a 'freak of nature' and an easy target for bullies. But Frankie was not about to conform to that. So she took up cheerleading, which seemed like an easy way into the 'popular group.' Being a cheerleader was more work than it seemed though; Frankie had to attend tryouts practically every day and perform stunts that left her sore. Claire and Amy were also on the cheerleading squad and started taking a liking to Frankie. After all, Frankie was great at coming up with good cheerleading routines. So they invited her to brunch with them on a Sunday to get to know her on a one on one level. Frankie was sitting on a bench at the spot they had agreed to meet up, "Hmm, where are these girls? They're like half an hour late...." She was starting to wonder if she had been stood up and considering just leaving when suddenly she saw two blonde stick figures in the distance walking towards her. "Oh, that must be them." She thought as they waved at her. "Oh yup, that's them.."
"Frankie!" Claire exclaimed as she ran to hug her, "We're so glad you made it!"
Frankie managed a half smile, "Heh yeah.. I was starting to wonder if you guys would show up.."
"Oh of course! We would never stand you up!" Claire put her hand on Frankie's shoulder reassuringly. "Come along girls, let's go get our chow on!"
"Oooh where will we go?" Amy asked excitedly.
"Don't be dumb Amy, we're going to Le Petit Cafe of course. Only the most classy place here."
"Well you don't have to mean about it.." Amy's tone of voice went from peppy to whiny.
"Amy, that's not mean; mean is getting slapped in the face with a pickle." Claire pointed out.
"Oh I like pickles though."
"Amy, just shut up. Our new friend Frankie here probably thinks you're an idiot now."
"I'm an idiot?" Amy seemed a bit shocked at the accusation.
"Oh come on, don't act like it's the revelation of the century.." Claire rolled her eyes as they walked up to the front door of the cafe.
Frankie was trying hard not to giggle; these two fought like a married couple or something, it was actually quite entertaining..
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Thursday, December 3, 2015
~The Party Disaster~
Starring:
Starla (Star)
Esme
Candice
Savannah
Guests:
Violet
Rosie
Scarlett
Trevor
Trevor's Mom
THE PARTY DISASTER-
Starla wanted to have a Christmas party and she thought she'd surprise her sisters with it. So she secretly planned it out herself and sent out invites randomly. On the day of the party, Starla woke up extra early to prepare. When the guests started arriving, her sisters became suspicious.
"I think I heard a knock at the door.." Esme looked up from the magazine she was reading, "Was anyone expecting visitors?" But before Esme could get up and go check, Starla ran out of the kitchen.
"I'll get it!" She called out as she fixed her hair. When she opened the door there was a tall blonde guy staring down at her.
"Um, hi.. Is this where the party's at?" He looked down at his invite seeming a bit confused.
Starla noticed her pretty pink card right away, "Oh yes, this is the right place." She smiled and let him in.
"Hmm, sorry.." He looked around, "I guess this isn't what I was expecting, that's all.." He followed Starla down the hallway as she led him to the living room where everything was already set up.
Esme was standing in the doorway with her hands on her hips looking very confused, "A party?" She raised an eyebrow.
"Heh heh," Starla nervously walked up to her, "I'll explain later.." She whispered.
"Hmm.." Esme was suspicious now.
"Soo, is there any like drinks here?" The tall guy asked after he was seated on the couch.
"Oh yes! We have.." Starla thought for a moment, "Apple cider and tea!"
"What is this, a kid's party?" He scoffed, "What I meant to say was, do you have any beer?"
"Um.." Starla panicked, "Beer, beer.. I'll be right back!" She ran over to find her sisters.
Right as she turned the corner, she bumped into Esme, "Starla! We need to talk!"
"Yeah.." Starla agreed and followed her into the room.
"So, what exactly is going on?" Esme asked once they were in the room. Candice and Savannah were there too, looking just as confused.
"Okay, so, look.." Starla began to say and then paused to take a deep breath, "I wanted to surprise you guys with a party, but I didn't really plan on it turning out this way.." She nervously laughed and when she noticed her sisters were not smiling, she quickly stopped. "Ahem, sorry.." She cleared her throat nervously.
"Starla.." Esme sighed, "Don't you know how dangerous it is to just send out random invites? I mean, you don't know who's going to show up!"
Starla nodded in agreement while hanging her head down, "Yeah, you're right.. I guess I just didn't really think it through.."
"So.." Savannah chimed in, "Around how many invites did you actually send out?"
There was a moment of silence before Starla responded, "Heh heh.. Yeah, about that.." Her sisters didn't look very happy. "Probably a little over a hundred.." She said in almost a whisper.
"Starla (middle name)!" Her sisters shouted, practically in unison.
"That's insane!" Candice spoke up, "Starla, we have to fix this!"
"Yeah, I know.." Starla sighed, "But how?" She was dissapointed with herself; all she had wanted was to throw a surprise Christmas party for her sisters and now everything was a disaster.
Just then the doorbell rang, "Starla, I'll take care of the other guests. You go explain to the ones that are already here." Esme walked out into the hallway as Starla sadly followed behind.
"Hey, uh, what's your name again?" The guy called out to her as Starla walked into the living room.
"Oh um sorry, I'm Starla." She introduced herself and tried to force a smile.
"Oh okay, cool. Well, I'm Trevor." He winked, "Nice to meet ya. Also that's probably my mom at the door; she got an invite too and she loves Christmas parties."
"Oh, great.." Starla said sarcastically.
"By the way, weren't you gonna go grab us some drinks?"
"Oh yeah, sorry.." Starla went back into the kitchen. "Hmm, there's gotta be a wine bottle around here somewhere.. Or maybe some brandy.." She searched around the kitchen frantically.
Meanwhile, Esme was busy talking to this lady who could barely stand up straight; she seemed to already be a little tipsy.. "So you were told there was a party here, right?"
"Ah yes, I thought how lovely that there's someone in the neighborhood throwing a Christmas party!" She laughed, "I just hope there's some wine or something nice to drink.."
"Well, you see.." Esme started to say, but was suddenly interrupted.
"Oh, heyy mom!" Trevor called out as he walked over to them, "The party's just starting, come on in!"
"Um, wait.." Esme tried to say, but the lady stumbled past her. "Thanks, honey." She called out behind her as she followed her son down the hall trying to keep her balance.
"Starla!!" Esme yelled; she was quite angry now.
"Coming!" Starla called out as she walked into the living room carrying a tray with a half empty bottle of wine on it and some cups.
"Oh, fabulous darling." The lady smiled as she sat down on the couch.
"Thanks," Trevor said as Starla started to walk away. "Yeah, I forgot to mention.." He started to say as he walked over to her and whispered, "My mom's and alcoholic so she kind of needs her fix or selse she'll get the shakes pretty bad and can die from a concussion."
"Oh.." Starla was kind of freaked out now. "Well, that's good to know.."
"So, how old are you?" Trevor stopped to look at her, "You're kinda cute.."
"Really?" Starla blushed, "Gee, thanks.." She nervously giggled as she tried to think up a response; she wasn't about to let him know she was only nine. After all, maybe she could fool him into thinking she was older because of the way she was dressed and the makeup she was wearing.
"Starla, sorry, I need to speak to you like right now." Esme pulled her away.
"Look, you made this mess and now you have to find a way to help fix it." She said in an angry whisper, which was more like quiet shouting.
"I know.." Starla took a deep breath, "I'm trying to think of something.."
"And why are you flirting with that guy? Don't think I didn't see that." Esme added in, "He's like way older and looks like a total creeper."
"I think he's kind of cute.." Starla twirled a strand of her blonde hair around her finger.
"Are you crazy?!" Esme almost shouted out. "These people are weird and we need to get them out of here.."
"Yeah.." Starla agreed, "I'm just starting to realize that.." She looked over at Trevor's mom who was sitting on the couch while taking a sip of her wine, followed by obnoxious laughter.
Starla (Star)
Esme
Candice
Savannah
Guests:
Violet
Rosie
Scarlett
Trevor
Trevor's Mom
THE PARTY DISASTER-
Starla wanted to have a Christmas party and she thought she'd surprise her sisters with it. So she secretly planned it out herself and sent out invites randomly. On the day of the party, Starla woke up extra early to prepare. When the guests started arriving, her sisters became suspicious.
"I think I heard a knock at the door.." Esme looked up from the magazine she was reading, "Was anyone expecting visitors?" But before Esme could get up and go check, Starla ran out of the kitchen.
"I'll get it!" She called out as she fixed her hair. When she opened the door there was a tall blonde guy staring down at her.
"Um, hi.. Is this where the party's at?" He looked down at his invite seeming a bit confused.
Starla noticed her pretty pink card right away, "Oh yes, this is the right place." She smiled and let him in.
"Hmm, sorry.." He looked around, "I guess this isn't what I was expecting, that's all.." He followed Starla down the hallway as she led him to the living room where everything was already set up.
Esme was standing in the doorway with her hands on her hips looking very confused, "A party?" She raised an eyebrow.
"Heh heh," Starla nervously walked up to her, "I'll explain later.." She whispered.
"Hmm.." Esme was suspicious now.
"Soo, is there any like drinks here?" The tall guy asked after he was seated on the couch.
"Oh yes! We have.." Starla thought for a moment, "Apple cider and tea!"
"What is this, a kid's party?" He scoffed, "What I meant to say was, do you have any beer?"
"Um.." Starla panicked, "Beer, beer.. I'll be right back!" She ran over to find her sisters.
Right as she turned the corner, she bumped into Esme, "Starla! We need to talk!"
"Yeah.." Starla agreed and followed her into the room.
"So, what exactly is going on?" Esme asked once they were in the room. Candice and Savannah were there too, looking just as confused.
"Okay, so, look.." Starla began to say and then paused to take a deep breath, "I wanted to surprise you guys with a party, but I didn't really plan on it turning out this way.." She nervously laughed and when she noticed her sisters were not smiling, she quickly stopped. "Ahem, sorry.." She cleared her throat nervously.
"Starla.." Esme sighed, "Don't you know how dangerous it is to just send out random invites? I mean, you don't know who's going to show up!"
Starla nodded in agreement while hanging her head down, "Yeah, you're right.. I guess I just didn't really think it through.."
"So.." Savannah chimed in, "Around how many invites did you actually send out?"
There was a moment of silence before Starla responded, "Heh heh.. Yeah, about that.." Her sisters didn't look very happy. "Probably a little over a hundred.." She said in almost a whisper.
"Starla (middle name)!" Her sisters shouted, practically in unison.
"That's insane!" Candice spoke up, "Starla, we have to fix this!"
"Yeah, I know.." Starla sighed, "But how?" She was dissapointed with herself; all she had wanted was to throw a surprise Christmas party for her sisters and now everything was a disaster.
Just then the doorbell rang, "Starla, I'll take care of the other guests. You go explain to the ones that are already here." Esme walked out into the hallway as Starla sadly followed behind.
"Hey, uh, what's your name again?" The guy called out to her as Starla walked into the living room.
"Oh um sorry, I'm Starla." She introduced herself and tried to force a smile.
"Oh okay, cool. Well, I'm Trevor." He winked, "Nice to meet ya. Also that's probably my mom at the door; she got an invite too and she loves Christmas parties."
"Oh, great.." Starla said sarcastically.
"By the way, weren't you gonna go grab us some drinks?"
"Oh yeah, sorry.." Starla went back into the kitchen. "Hmm, there's gotta be a wine bottle around here somewhere.. Or maybe some brandy.." She searched around the kitchen frantically.
Meanwhile, Esme was busy talking to this lady who could barely stand up straight; she seemed to already be a little tipsy.. "So you were told there was a party here, right?"
"Ah yes, I thought how lovely that there's someone in the neighborhood throwing a Christmas party!" She laughed, "I just hope there's some wine or something nice to drink.."
"Well, you see.." Esme started to say, but was suddenly interrupted.
"Oh, heyy mom!" Trevor called out as he walked over to them, "The party's just starting, come on in!"
"Um, wait.." Esme tried to say, but the lady stumbled past her. "Thanks, honey." She called out behind her as she followed her son down the hall trying to keep her balance.
"Starla!!" Esme yelled; she was quite angry now.
"Coming!" Starla called out as she walked into the living room carrying a tray with a half empty bottle of wine on it and some cups.
"Oh, fabulous darling." The lady smiled as she sat down on the couch.
"Thanks," Trevor said as Starla started to walk away. "Yeah, I forgot to mention.." He started to say as he walked over to her and whispered, "My mom's and alcoholic so she kind of needs her fix or selse she'll get the shakes pretty bad and can die from a concussion."
"Oh.." Starla was kind of freaked out now. "Well, that's good to know.."
"So, how old are you?" Trevor stopped to look at her, "You're kinda cute.."
"Really?" Starla blushed, "Gee, thanks.." She nervously giggled as she tried to think up a response; she wasn't about to let him know she was only nine. After all, maybe she could fool him into thinking she was older because of the way she was dressed and the makeup she was wearing.
"Starla, sorry, I need to speak to you like right now." Esme pulled her away.
"Look, you made this mess and now you have to find a way to help fix it." She said in an angry whisper, which was more like quiet shouting.
"I know.." Starla took a deep breath, "I'm trying to think of something.."
"And why are you flirting with that guy? Don't think I didn't see that." Esme added in, "He's like way older and looks like a total creeper."
"I think he's kind of cute.." Starla twirled a strand of her blonde hair around her finger.
"Are you crazy?!" Esme almost shouted out. "These people are weird and we need to get them out of here.."
"Yeah.." Starla agreed, "I'm just starting to realize that.." She looked over at Trevor's mom who was sitting on the couch while taking a sip of her wine, followed by obnoxious laughter.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Smart Cookie Club Bake Sale!
Smart Cookie Club Cookies:
Recipe-
*Cranberries (1/2 cup)
*Oats (1 cup)
*Brown Sugar (1 cup)
*Whole Wheat Flour (1 1/2 cups)
*Cinnamon (1 tbsp)
*Vanilla Extract (2 tsp)
*Butter (1 stick)
*Eggs (2)
*Vegetable Oil (1/2 cup)
*Baking Soda (1 tsp)
*Evaporated Milk (1 can)
Directions:
Mix together all the ingredients, adding in the dry ones first. When mixture is nice and smooth, roll up 1 inch balls and place them on a cookie sheet to bake. Bake for about 1/2 hour. Cool on a rack for about 10 minutes after they're done baking.
Vanilla Frosting (for batch without cranberries):
*Butter (2 tbsp)
*Sugar (1 cup)
*Milk (1 tbsp)
*Vanilla Extract (1/2 tsp)
Directions:
In a small bowl, mix together butter, sugar, milk, and vanilla until light and fluffy.
Recipe-
*Cranberries (1/2 cup)
*Oats (1 cup)
*Brown Sugar (1 cup)
*Whole Wheat Flour (1 1/2 cups)
*Cinnamon (1 tbsp)
*Vanilla Extract (2 tsp)
*Butter (1 stick)
*Eggs (2)
*Vegetable Oil (1/2 cup)
*Baking Soda (1 tsp)
*Evaporated Milk (1 can)
Directions:
Mix together all the ingredients, adding in the dry ones first. When mixture is nice and smooth, roll up 1 inch balls and place them on a cookie sheet to bake. Bake for about 1/2 hour. Cool on a rack for about 10 minutes after they're done baking.
Vanilla Frosting (for batch without cranberries):
*Butter (2 tbsp)
*Sugar (1 cup)
*Milk (1 tbsp)
*Vanilla Extract (1/2 tsp)
Directions:
In a small bowl, mix together butter, sugar, milk, and vanilla until light and fluffy.
Dolly Daycare and the Creative Cookie Club
Me and my sisters are organizing both a daycare and club for our dollies. We have the Dolly Daycare where our babies go to play and learn. Then we have the Creative Cookie Club where my older dolls join together to study and learn independently; they do activities, fulfill goals, encourage creativity, study specific subjects, and more! Camille is head of the CCC and new members need to sign up with her. The club is kind of like the Girl Scouts. We have fundraisers/baking sales, special events and ceremonies, monthly competitions (sign up with CP Camille) and prizes, parties/celebrations, study/research time (featuring chosen subject of the day), task lists/homework, etc. New badges will be given out for certain accomplishments. Depending on points and badges, Camille will choose a VP. Camille was the original founder of the club, therefore the official club president.
Creative Cookie Club Meetings/Schedule (may vary):
-8am (could change to an earlier time): Meet at the designated spot for the club and wear our badges. We will listen to music and get pumped for the day. Check our calendar and see what day it is (example: Mystery Monday!)
-8:30am: Assign tasks/give out check lists, randomly choose goals/study subject/theme from our box, share new ideas, etc.
-9:00am: Work on our goals/tasks, gather ingredients for our bake sale (we will be making special CCC cookies), get dressed/ready according to theme of the day (or day in the life of), start research on our new study subject or continue research on a study subject.
-10:00: Break time/meet up again in the afternoon
For the Days of the Week Themes:
Mystery Monday- Give a mystery gift to a friend (could be handmade), open a mystery toy package (Shopkins, Mochi Monsters, etc.), try to solve the mystery of the day (example: Who ate the cookies?)
Treasure Tuesday- Go on a scavenger hunt (find treasures/mementos), collect things to do a project with, revisit an old gem (cartoon, movie, toy, etc.) or find a new one.
Weird Wednesday- Do something out of the ordinary, wake up super early, make care packages for kids in need, create a 4am club where we eat breakfast and watch the sun rise, gather toys and things for kids in need (promote resourcefulness), embrace our weirdness (strange hobbies, likes, etc.) and have everyone talk about what they like about their 'strange hobby' and why (also help each other embrace it and our unique individuality as well as realize that there are others out there that share our same passions/hobbies), make a list of things we do or like that we think are weird (or are socially regarded as such) and list the pros and cons of having that particular hobby.
Thoughtful Thursday- Do good deeds, pick up litter, consider our planet (mini Earth Day) and help care for it (although we do this every day, but today we are just emphasizing on it), clean our house, fulfill someone's wish (Emily wants to go exploring in the woods), write down something we are thankful for and add it to our tree of thanks (project we will be working on).
Foodie Friday (sometimes Freaky Friday)- We will bake/cook something we have decided on together (from recipe book, online, ect.), take pictures of our creation and post them on doll page/blog, have dolls pose with toy food (or real food) for picture taking, find recipes and write down ideas for our own (custom) recipes like "Chocolate Goomba Cupcakes" from my blog Pixel Pastries(although it will later all be featured on my YT page as a channel about recipe, gaming, doll playing, etc.).
Dolly Daycare Schedule Monday through Friday (may vary):
-7am (some babies get dropped off later but this is the earliest): Breakfast (if they didn't finish at home) and nursery rhymes
-7:30am: Play time/social circle (babies are free to bring their own toys to play with however sharing will be encouraged)
From 8am-10am babies will be monitored while we attend the CCC meeting.
-Rest of the Schedule to be added later-
Art Day!-
Babies will be encouraged to color and create something. Since Thanksgiving is underway, we will be doing Autumn crafts (which we will be looking up and making a list of), the older girls will participate as well with a little more mature projects, children will be given coloring books and or paper to draw on (Sophie has a Hello Kitty coloring book), we will get creative with decorating for the season/upcoming holidays, etc.
Also work on ideas for crafts/DIY: The windows and fireplace for our doll studio, cartoon/video game additions to our house, etc.
Bake Sale!-
The Creative Cookie Club will be having a bake sale on November 25! Each member of the club will be assigned an ingredient to bring, required for participation (if you cannot afford or supply an ingredient for a valid reason then we can make an exception). We will meet a little earlier than our original time (8am); we will be meeting at 6:30am instead. Coem into the kitchen and place your ingredient on the table before taking a seat. We will go over the recipe together (custom made); these are special Creative Cookie Club Cookies and our secret recipes are confidential (only club members should know). Each member will have a task assigned, example: preheating the oven, adding the ingredients, mixing the batter, decorating the cookies, etc. Afterwards we will place the cookies in containers and get them ready to sale/distribute for charity. Donations will be gladly accepted; we will have a jar that you can kindly drop what you're willing to help with into (we can even scrape up change around the house, get creative). We will decorate our bake sale stand with pictures of our cookies and there will also be complimentary coffee. Bake sale starts at 8am in the plaza (corner of living room).
Creative Cookie Club Meetings/Schedule (may vary):
-8am (could change to an earlier time): Meet at the designated spot for the club and wear our badges. We will listen to music and get pumped for the day. Check our calendar and see what day it is (example: Mystery Monday!)
-8:30am: Assign tasks/give out check lists, randomly choose goals/study subject/theme from our box, share new ideas, etc.
-9:00am: Work on our goals/tasks, gather ingredients for our bake sale (we will be making special CCC cookies), get dressed/ready according to theme of the day (or day in the life of), start research on our new study subject or continue research on a study subject.
-10:00: Break time/meet up again in the afternoon
For the Days of the Week Themes:
Mystery Monday- Give a mystery gift to a friend (could be handmade), open a mystery toy package (Shopkins, Mochi Monsters, etc.), try to solve the mystery of the day (example: Who ate the cookies?)
Treasure Tuesday- Go on a scavenger hunt (find treasures/mementos), collect things to do a project with, revisit an old gem (cartoon, movie, toy, etc.) or find a new one.
Weird Wednesday- Do something out of the ordinary, wake up super early, make care packages for kids in need, create a 4am club where we eat breakfast and watch the sun rise, gather toys and things for kids in need (promote resourcefulness), embrace our weirdness (strange hobbies, likes, etc.) and have everyone talk about what they like about their 'strange hobby' and why (also help each other embrace it and our unique individuality as well as realize that there are others out there that share our same passions/hobbies), make a list of things we do or like that we think are weird (or are socially regarded as such) and list the pros and cons of having that particular hobby.
Thoughtful Thursday- Do good deeds, pick up litter, consider our planet (mini Earth Day) and help care for it (although we do this every day, but today we are just emphasizing on it), clean our house, fulfill someone's wish (Emily wants to go exploring in the woods), write down something we are thankful for and add it to our tree of thanks (project we will be working on).
Foodie Friday (sometimes Freaky Friday)- We will bake/cook something we have decided on together (from recipe book, online, ect.), take pictures of our creation and post them on doll page/blog, have dolls pose with toy food (or real food) for picture taking, find recipes and write down ideas for our own (custom) recipes like "Chocolate Goomba Cupcakes" from my blog Pixel Pastries(although it will later all be featured on my YT page as a channel about recipe, gaming, doll playing, etc.).
Dolly Daycare Schedule Monday through Friday (may vary):
-7am (some babies get dropped off later but this is the earliest): Breakfast (if they didn't finish at home) and nursery rhymes
-7:30am: Play time/social circle (babies are free to bring their own toys to play with however sharing will be encouraged)
From 8am-10am babies will be monitored while we attend the CCC meeting.
-Rest of the Schedule to be added later-
Art Day!-
Babies will be encouraged to color and create something. Since Thanksgiving is underway, we will be doing Autumn crafts (which we will be looking up and making a list of), the older girls will participate as well with a little more mature projects, children will be given coloring books and or paper to draw on (Sophie has a Hello Kitty coloring book), we will get creative with decorating for the season/upcoming holidays, etc.
Also work on ideas for crafts/DIY: The windows and fireplace for our doll studio, cartoon/video game additions to our house, etc.
Bake Sale!-
The Creative Cookie Club will be having a bake sale on November 25! Each member of the club will be assigned an ingredient to bring, required for participation (if you cannot afford or supply an ingredient for a valid reason then we can make an exception). We will meet a little earlier than our original time (8am); we will be meeting at 6:30am instead. Coem into the kitchen and place your ingredient on the table before taking a seat. We will go over the recipe together (custom made); these are special Creative Cookie Club Cookies and our secret recipes are confidential (only club members should know). Each member will have a task assigned, example: preheating the oven, adding the ingredients, mixing the batter, decorating the cookies, etc. Afterwards we will place the cookies in containers and get them ready to sale/distribute for charity. Donations will be gladly accepted; we will have a jar that you can kindly drop what you're willing to help with into (we can even scrape up change around the house, get creative). We will decorate our bake sale stand with pictures of our cookies and there will also be complimentary coffee. Bake sale starts at 8am in the plaza (corner of living room).
Study Subject of the Day! - Are the Rugrats a Figment of Angelica's Imagination?
I know this has been a subject of speculation for a while already and not sure if there's enough evidence surrounding it to actually confirm it, but me and my little team of researchers have decided to take this on ourselves and see what we can piece together.
In the video game "Totally Angelica" for the GBA, Angelica actually tells Tommy (who seems to be one of the narrators) that he is only a 'figment of her imagination.' This caused me to pause and analyze the meaning of that; was she talking about the game being a figment of her imagination, therefore everyone and everything in it (including Tommy) is also a figment? Or was she making a general statement? Has Tommy always been just a figment of her imagination?
We decided to delve deeper into it and try to find some sort of evidence to back up this theory.
-TO BE CONTINUED-
In the video game "Totally Angelica" for the GBA, Angelica actually tells Tommy (who seems to be one of the narrators) that he is only a 'figment of her imagination.' This caused me to pause and analyze the meaning of that; was she talking about the game being a figment of her imagination, therefore everyone and everything in it (including Tommy) is also a figment? Or was she making a general statement? Has Tommy always been just a figment of her imagination?
We decided to delve deeper into it and try to find some sort of evidence to back up this theory.
-TO BE CONTINUED-
Imagination Land!
Come to a place where you'll never grow old, it's just the blink of an eye away.. Ignite your imagination, set it free, come along with me. Leave the world you live in, full of people who lie and hurt you. A world full of broken promises and dreams, leave that all behind and come with me. You won't regret it.
"Who hurt you?" An elf placed his hand on my shoulder, "I assume you've been messing around with the real world.." He gave a look of concern. I slowly nodded my head as tears continued to stream down my face. "Dear sweet child, you come here to escape all of that. Why would you leave?"
"Because I have to.." I managed to say between sobbing.
"Don't you find all the happiness you need here?" He looked a bit confused.
"It's not that, it's just that I have to return sometimes.. And I don't necessarily want to, but I have no choice.." I wiped away the forming tears under my eyelids.
"I wish you never had to go.." The elf wrapped his arm around me sympathetically and gave me a hug.
"I know, me too.." I responded, "I wish I never had to leave this happy place, it's like waking up from a wonderful dream and being thrust back into reality.. Reality is not always bad, there's good things too, but there's just far too much pain and suffering I'd rather not contend with.."
"I understand." The elf continued to hold me close, "I wouldn't want to either, but I guess you're right.. Sometimes you have no choice, you must return, like an astronaut returns back down to Earth. Reality is not a thing we can shut off completely, it is there and always will be. It's more of a matter of ignoring it and trying to find the happiness in it and sweet escapes. But we musn't just expect everything to be fine and dandy all the time; they say everything comes with a price.. But for this happiness, I'd be willing to pay it.."
"Who hurt you?" An elf placed his hand on my shoulder, "I assume you've been messing around with the real world.." He gave a look of concern. I slowly nodded my head as tears continued to stream down my face. "Dear sweet child, you come here to escape all of that. Why would you leave?"
"Because I have to.." I managed to say between sobbing.
"Don't you find all the happiness you need here?" He looked a bit confused.
"It's not that, it's just that I have to return sometimes.. And I don't necessarily want to, but I have no choice.." I wiped away the forming tears under my eyelids.
"I wish you never had to go.." The elf wrapped his arm around me sympathetically and gave me a hug.
"I know, me too.." I responded, "I wish I never had to leave this happy place, it's like waking up from a wonderful dream and being thrust back into reality.. Reality is not always bad, there's good things too, but there's just far too much pain and suffering I'd rather not contend with.."
"I understand." The elf continued to hold me close, "I wouldn't want to either, but I guess you're right.. Sometimes you have no choice, you must return, like an astronaut returns back down to Earth. Reality is not a thing we can shut off completely, it is there and always will be. It's more of a matter of ignoring it and trying to find the happiness in it and sweet escapes. But we musn't just expect everything to be fine and dandy all the time; they say everything comes with a price.. But for this happiness, I'd be willing to pay it.."
Monday, November 23, 2015
Have a Harvest Festival With Your Dolls
Autumn is harvest season and you can celebrate with your dolls by having your very own Harvest Festival! If you have your own garden, your dolls can help you harvest your fruit and veggies. Or you can just use store bought produce. If you're not allowed to use real food, just use toy food. Me and my dolls are using a combination of both. We are setting up stands for produce and other goods. Camille and Candice will be having a baked goods stand. Kirsten will have a fruit stand. Emily will have a vegetable stand. And Emmett and Carrie will have a coffee and tea stand. I just assigned a different stand to each of my dolls (some of them will be doing it in groups). You can do the same with your dollies! Get creative! Use a variety of ideas to keep things interesting and fun!
I will be making the stands out of cardboard and other materials. We will have complimentary baskets to carry your goods in. This will be perfect right before Thanksgiving so we can prepare for our Thanksgiving dinner. In our case, we will also be celebrating the Pagan holiday. We will also be having a baking challenge where each doll can enter a dessert dish and we will choose a winner based on judging and scores.
Candice and Camille's Baked Goods Stand-
Menu:
*Banana Nut Bread
*Camille's Special Cookies (Custom Recipe)
*Candice's Special Cookies (Custom Recipe)
Kirsten's Sweet Fruits Stand-
Menu:
*Fruit Salad (Yogurt and Fruit)
*Fruit Purees/Smoothies
*Fresh Strawberries (Also Strawberry Shortcake)
*Fruit Pies
*Dried Fruit
*Fresh Oranges/Tangerines
*Fruit Dip (Yogurt)
*Fresh Bananas
*Fresh Peaches
*Fresh Plums
*Fresh Grapes
*Raisins
Emily's Yummy Veggies Stand-
Menu:
*Sweet Potatoes
*Candied Yams (with Marshmallows)
*Pumpkins
*Harvest Snaps
*Veggie Puree
*V8 Juice
*Carrots and Ranch Dip
*Celery
*Veggie Burgers
*Vegetarian Dishes
Carrie and Emmett's Coffee/Tea Stand-
Menu:
*Vanilla Bean Coffee
*Caramel Mocha Coffee
*Egg Nog
*Apple Cider Tea
*Chamomile Tea
*Cherry Tea
*Peach Tea
*Passion Fruit Tea
*Green Tea
*Iced Coffee
*Frappuccinos
*Pumpkin Spice Coffee
*Berries and Cream Coffee
*Raspberry Cheesecake Coffee
*Donuts
*Coffee Cake
*Sweet Bread
*Hot Chocolate (with Marshmallows)
*Tea Tarts
I will be making the stands out of cardboard and other materials. We will have complimentary baskets to carry your goods in. This will be perfect right before Thanksgiving so we can prepare for our Thanksgiving dinner. In our case, we will also be celebrating the Pagan holiday. We will also be having a baking challenge where each doll can enter a dessert dish and we will choose a winner based on judging and scores.
Candice and Camille's Baked Goods Stand-
Menu:
*Banana Nut Bread
*Camille's Special Cookies (Custom Recipe)
*Candice's Special Cookies (Custom Recipe)
Kirsten's Sweet Fruits Stand-
Menu:
*Fruit Salad (Yogurt and Fruit)
*Fruit Purees/Smoothies
*Fresh Strawberries (Also Strawberry Shortcake)
*Fruit Pies
*Dried Fruit
*Fresh Oranges/Tangerines
*Fruit Dip (Yogurt)
*Fresh Bananas
*Fresh Peaches
*Fresh Plums
*Fresh Grapes
*Raisins
Emily's Yummy Veggies Stand-
Menu:
*Sweet Potatoes
*Candied Yams (with Marshmallows)
*Pumpkins
*Harvest Snaps
*Veggie Puree
*V8 Juice
*Carrots and Ranch Dip
*Celery
*Veggie Burgers
*Vegetarian Dishes
Carrie and Emmett's Coffee/Tea Stand-
Menu:
*Vanilla Bean Coffee
*Caramel Mocha Coffee
*Egg Nog
*Apple Cider Tea
*Chamomile Tea
*Cherry Tea
*Peach Tea
*Passion Fruit Tea
*Green Tea
*Iced Coffee
*Frappuccinos
*Pumpkin Spice Coffee
*Berries and Cream Coffee
*Raspberry Cheesecake Coffee
*Donuts
*Coffee Cake
*Sweet Bread
*Hot Chocolate (with Marshmallows)
*Tea Tarts
Saturday, November 21, 2015
Dating a Doll
I came to find that humans are selfish creatures that will just end up hurting you. I have come to appreciate the good people in my life and what they do for me. But it is far too emotionally draining to be tied in romatically with another human being. The primary key to happiness is to love and value yourself.
But in my discovery of life and truth, I have held on dear to my hobby of dolls. I have always loved dolls and just toys in general. They are an escape from reality; I create my own fantasy worlds and live in them. I transform into fantasy form and live out all my dreams, because most of dreams are not able to be fulfilled in real life. My dolls are of course loyal to me and the bond we share is very special. I have put my trust and memories and knowledge into them; they are a manifestation of all I love and feel. My dolls feed off of energy, mainly positive, they also have sentient energy themselves which is known as "Mononoke" (the spirit/life energy of an inanimate object).
I groom and care for all my dolls, it's the least I can repay them with. I appreciate and admire the beauty of dolls. And there is some particular handsome dolls I would like to purchase in the future. Having a doll is sort of like being in a relationship; they require care/attention, they usually accompany you on your journeys or wherever, you may or may not sleep with them, and we co nfide in them. I'm sure we've all at some point talked to a beloved toy and confided in them with secrets. It seems to be that toys are the only thing that can keep a secret nowadays. Too much backstabbing and fake people in the world, you truly can't confide in anyone.
My dolls don't want me to associate with people a lot, they communicate through me telepathically. We are connected spiritually. I am the main vessel of their communication; I speak for them. Sometimes a doll can have a spirit attached to them; the spirit of a deceased person. But you can usually sense this; sometimes I can pick up a psychic reading just from looking at or holding an object. But inanimate objects, objects that don't have the ability to move on their own, they rely on a vessel of communication (human) to help them communicate and live out their lives.
I am a proud Pagan and I believe in spirituality, nature. I worship nature; I feel inclined to protect it and stand up for those that can't fend for themselves. Even plants and trees. I have a lot of love for the nature and animals that surround us; we are honestly in debt to them, they are the main sustanence of life. Trees give us oxygen and shelter, vegetables and fruit give us food, plants give us medicine, animals give us loyal companionship, the Earth is our home. We are surrounded by energy, both sentient and non-sentient. Energy is powerful and can even be manipulated if you have the power/ability to do so; but it cannot be created or destroyed. Since energy is all around us, it's easy for it to enter inanimate objects. But everything with a shell that is capable of housing energy can hold sentient energy as well. Memories, knowledge; it is all stored in our brain as energy and it can be distributed.
But in my discovery of life and truth, I have held on dear to my hobby of dolls. I have always loved dolls and just toys in general. They are an escape from reality; I create my own fantasy worlds and live in them. I transform into fantasy form and live out all my dreams, because most of dreams are not able to be fulfilled in real life. My dolls are of course loyal to me and the bond we share is very special. I have put my trust and memories and knowledge into them; they are a manifestation of all I love and feel. My dolls feed off of energy, mainly positive, they also have sentient energy themselves which is known as "Mononoke" (the spirit/life energy of an inanimate object).
I groom and care for all my dolls, it's the least I can repay them with. I appreciate and admire the beauty of dolls. And there is some particular handsome dolls I would like to purchase in the future. Having a doll is sort of like being in a relationship; they require care/attention, they usually accompany you on your journeys or wherever, you may or may not sleep with them, and we co nfide in them. I'm sure we've all at some point talked to a beloved toy and confided in them with secrets. It seems to be that toys are the only thing that can keep a secret nowadays. Too much backstabbing and fake people in the world, you truly can't confide in anyone.
My dolls don't want me to associate with people a lot, they communicate through me telepathically. We are connected spiritually. I am the main vessel of their communication; I speak for them. Sometimes a doll can have a spirit attached to them; the spirit of a deceased person. But you can usually sense this; sometimes I can pick up a psychic reading just from looking at or holding an object. But inanimate objects, objects that don't have the ability to move on their own, they rely on a vessel of communication (human) to help them communicate and live out their lives.
I am a proud Pagan and I believe in spirituality, nature. I worship nature; I feel inclined to protect it and stand up for those that can't fend for themselves. Even plants and trees. I have a lot of love for the nature and animals that surround us; we are honestly in debt to them, they are the main sustanence of life. Trees give us oxygen and shelter, vegetables and fruit give us food, plants give us medicine, animals give us loyal companionship, the Earth is our home. We are surrounded by energy, both sentient and non-sentient. Energy is powerful and can even be manipulated if you have the power/ability to do so; but it cannot be created or destroyed. Since energy is all around us, it's easy for it to enter inanimate objects. But everything with a shell that is capable of housing energy can hold sentient energy as well. Memories, knowledge; it is all stored in our brain as energy and it can be distributed.
American Girl Doll Thanksgiving Story
We will have both a Thanksgiving and Christmas story coming up. Also a Yule special will be featured because we are Pagans.
My dolls learn the importance of appreciating what you have, as little as it may be. And good things come to those who do good deeds. Learn to be grateful and you will find more to be grateful for.
My dolls are actually vegetarians and for Thanksgiving they honor turkeys instead of eating them. My dolls live on a farm and they are raising a pet turkey. Merchants from town offer money in exchange for the plump turkey, but my dolls refuse. Gibblet is here to stay; animals are friends not food. But where will you get your protein from? There are other great sources of protein. We will find a way around it because our morals and respect for animals are greater than that.
My girls prepare what seems like the first Thanksgiving soy meat dinner. There's stuffing mixed with soy meat, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and gravy, buttery biscuits, carrots and green beans, and some slices of soy meat and tofu. Also apple cider tea and soda. And we can't forget, pumpkin and apple pie for dessert!
Their Native American friend "Songbird" comes to celebrate and in exchange takes them to her camp and shows them how they celebrate. They dance around the fire, eat food, laugh and play.
My dolls realize they have a lot to be thankful for and take the time to appreciate everything. We take the time to be thankful, first and foremost of Mother Earth and all the beautiful nature and animals around us. Then we give thanks for life and the positive energy flowing around us. We rejoice in spirit and hug each other. We make a list of things we are thankful for and put it on the wall, decorated with hearts and autumn leaves. Every time we are feeling sad, we look up to remind ourselves of all we have and should be grateful for. <3
My dolls learn the importance of appreciating what you have, as little as it may be. And good things come to those who do good deeds. Learn to be grateful and you will find more to be grateful for.
My dolls are actually vegetarians and for Thanksgiving they honor turkeys instead of eating them. My dolls live on a farm and they are raising a pet turkey. Merchants from town offer money in exchange for the plump turkey, but my dolls refuse. Gibblet is here to stay; animals are friends not food. But where will you get your protein from? There are other great sources of protein. We will find a way around it because our morals and respect for animals are greater than that.
My girls prepare what seems like the first Thanksgiving soy meat dinner. There's stuffing mixed with soy meat, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and gravy, buttery biscuits, carrots and green beans, and some slices of soy meat and tofu. Also apple cider tea and soda. And we can't forget, pumpkin and apple pie for dessert!
Their Native American friend "Songbird" comes to celebrate and in exchange takes them to her camp and shows them how they celebrate. They dance around the fire, eat food, laugh and play.
My dolls realize they have a lot to be thankful for and take the time to appreciate everything. We take the time to be thankful, first and foremost of Mother Earth and all the beautiful nature and animals around us. Then we give thanks for life and the positive energy flowing around us. We rejoice in spirit and hug each other. We make a list of things we are thankful for and put it on the wall, decorated with hearts and autumn leaves. Every time we are feeling sad, we look up to remind ourselves of all we have and should be grateful for. <3
Friday, November 20, 2015
Goals and Things
Camille loves coffee like me and quite recently she got into the routine of waking up early with me to have a nice cup of Joe. *Take pics*
Emily has been persistently asking to go exploring early morning. She wants to take notes of everything and make observations. She is very sciency and quite the explorer/adventurer. *Take pics*
My dolls also love gardening with me and I want to have them plant and grow their own little things. So I'm going to take some small plastic cups and have them fill them up with soil so they can plant things in them. Each doll will have their own cup with their name on it and we can all monitor our plants growth together and then enjoy harvesting in the end.
Encourage imagination, avoid procrastination, fuel motivation, garner inspiration (read quotes and things from other people facing the same struggles and offering advice on how to overcome it and be sucessful in what they want to be). Believe in yourself and that you can do it! Positive energy is empowering. Balance life and hobbies. Find a way to fit my hobbies into my daily life and stop putting myself down or worrying about what others will think about my love for toys and dolls. I'm just a very creative/imaginative person that never wants to grow up. I am young at heart and will always be.
*The 30 Day Doll Challenge* You must complete 30 days of doll play to encourage consistency and accomplishment in fulfilling goals.
Emily has been persistently asking to go exploring early morning. She wants to take notes of everything and make observations. She is very sciency and quite the explorer/adventurer. *Take pics*
My dolls also love gardening with me and I want to have them plant and grow their own little things. So I'm going to take some small plastic cups and have them fill them up with soil so they can plant things in them. Each doll will have their own cup with their name on it and we can all monitor our plants growth together and then enjoy harvesting in the end.
Encourage imagination, avoid procrastination, fuel motivation, garner inspiration (read quotes and things from other people facing the same struggles and offering advice on how to overcome it and be sucessful in what they want to be). Believe in yourself and that you can do it! Positive energy is empowering. Balance life and hobbies. Find a way to fit my hobbies into my daily life and stop putting myself down or worrying about what others will think about my love for toys and dolls. I'm just a very creative/imaginative person that never wants to grow up. I am young at heart and will always be.
*The 30 Day Doll Challenge* You must complete 30 days of doll play to encourage consistency and accomplishment in fulfilling goals.
Life With Dolls
My dolls can be very demanding. Especially Emily, she is not afraid to communicate via telepathy and let me know what she wants. Of course, me being her vessel of communication, she makes me voice out all her needs which really actually just 'wants.' But I don't mind fulfilling her wishes; I just tend to get distracted a lot due to my ADD and put things off. I wish I could schedule time for my dolls every day and actually follow through with it. I want to come up with an organized schedule and be a little more strict with myself about actually doing stuff (with or without my dolls). I read somewhere that this group of ladies had a club where they would meet at 4am every morning and bake goodies and send care packages to families in need. Now that is a wonderful productive thing; I want to do something like that. I want to do things that will benefit myself and others; maybe have a 6am story club, where I make custom books for people. Something like that; something that pertains to my hobbies and talents. My dolls want to have a 7am cartoon club where we watch cartoons together and attempt to re-enact episodes for fun. There's different ideas we have, I just need to put them all together. Come up with a routine.
So I started off with this basic outline to help me get started:
Things we would like to get done every day:
.Something productive/money making (ideas: search for legit money making sites, telecommuting, blogging, vlogging, youtube videos, making/selling things on etsy/amazon/ebay, drawing and posting to deviantart, working on stories, healthy eating/meal ideas, gardening, finding ways to be resourceful, etc.)
Things we are interested in:
So I started off with this basic outline to help me get started:
Things we would like to get done every day:
.Something productive/money making (ideas: search for legit money making sites, telecommuting, blogging, vlogging, youtube videos, making/selling things on etsy/amazon/ebay, drawing and posting to deviantart, working on stories, healthy eating/meal ideas, gardening, finding ways to be resourceful, etc.)
Things we are interested in:
Thursday, November 5, 2015
October DIY "There's nothing else to it, other than just do it!"
Last month we made some DIY things that we wanted to share with you all. Hopefully they inspire ideas for next year!
First off was the DIY Clay Pumpkins!
.Due to a tight budget, we decided to make our own pumpkins this year. So we took out some clay we had and molded our own little pumpkins. They are doll sized and my dolls loved them!
What you will need:
.Orange/green/brown clay
.Toothpicks
.Clay sculpting tools
So you take about 5 inches of orange clay (could be less depending on the size you're going after) and roll it into a round ball. Cut a small piece off of a toothpick and stick it into the top/center of the ball, making sure to leave half of it sticking out. Then take about an inch of green or brown clay and roll/mold it into a small square. Then place it on the toothpick sticking out of the pumpkin. Once you have your pumpkins completed, now begins the carving/sculpting process. Take your clay tools and carve out two eyes, a nose, and a mouth for your pumpkin. Or you can be creative and make something different than your typical jack o lantern design. For example, you can make a heart design or a kitty. Let your imagination run wild!
Here's our pumpkins!
.Clown Pumpkin
.Heart Pumpkin
.Pinnochio Pumpkin
*Pics*
Cardboard Creations:
Do you have empty cardboard boxes in your recycling bin? Well, a lot of those can be utilized to make cardboard cut-out decorations to hang up on your wall or wherever!
What you will need: Cardboard, scissors, paint (acrylic), paint brush (or you can just finger paint), cup of water (for dipping paint brush in), parchment paper (for painting pumpkin on).
I took an empty cereal box and cut out the front and back. Then I traced the outline of a pumpkin and cut it out. After that, I placed it on top of some parchment paper and painted the inside of the cardboard. Orange for the body, green for the stem, and let it dry for a few minutes. Once it was dry, I decorated the pumpkin adding eyes, a nose, and a mouth. Finally, I let the finished product dry and stuck a pin at the top to get it ready to hang up on my wall.
*Pics*
Another great use for cardboard is for making homemade masks! My dolls and I love being creative and instead of buying our Halloween costumes, we decided to create them on our own. You can be more imaginative that way too, and not just limited to choose from what they have at the store. We traced different designs for masks on the cardboard and then cut them out, one by one. You can either color (with crayons,markers, or colored pencils) or paint the mask. We decided to just use our colored pencils. We made an owl, wolfman, ghost, zombie, and pumpkinman mask. We even made a Wimzie mask (from the television show: Wimzie's House)! Then we used a hole puncher to make holes on the sides of the masks so we could put strings through them, that way we could use them to tie around our dolls heads to secure their masks on.
*Pics*
Kirsten was a cowgirl (we put together different clothes we had to give her that southern appeal).
Camille was a cookie, a chocolate chip cookie! Her favorite.
Emily was an owl, although she had a hard time choosing between that and a zombie.
Sophie was a garden, we dressed her up in her flower pajamas and then put on her flower jumper over them. Then we put a flower hairclip in her hair. Her stuffed bunny was a ghost.
Candice was a cute poodle and Carrie was a kitty.
*Pics*
In celebration of Halloween, we decided to make some Halloween games up. One of them was: Pin the nose on the pumpkin!
We used a pumpkin shaped cardboard cut-out we painted and hung up on a wall. Then we cut out different shaped noses and put a small piece of clay behind each one so you could stick it on to the pumpkin. Then we took turns blindfolding each other and trying to pin the nose as close to the center of the pumpkin's face as possible. Some of us were way far off and some of us were really close. Overall it was a fun game to play!
*Pics*
Then we played a game were we blindfolded each other and were given a piece of paper and a pencil. We were trying to draw a pumpkin, while not being able to see what we were drawing. And we had a time limit; once the song that was playing was over, you had to put the pencil down. Our blind pumpkin drawings were very interesting to say the least.
We definitely had a fun-filled, creative Halloween this year!
First off was the DIY Clay Pumpkins!
.Due to a tight budget, we decided to make our own pumpkins this year. So we took out some clay we had and molded our own little pumpkins. They are doll sized and my dolls loved them!
What you will need:
.Orange/green/brown clay
.Toothpicks
.Clay sculpting tools
So you take about 5 inches of orange clay (could be less depending on the size you're going after) and roll it into a round ball. Cut a small piece off of a toothpick and stick it into the top/center of the ball, making sure to leave half of it sticking out. Then take about an inch of green or brown clay and roll/mold it into a small square. Then place it on the toothpick sticking out of the pumpkin. Once you have your pumpkins completed, now begins the carving/sculpting process. Take your clay tools and carve out two eyes, a nose, and a mouth for your pumpkin. Or you can be creative and make something different than your typical jack o lantern design. For example, you can make a heart design or a kitty. Let your imagination run wild!
Here's our pumpkins!
.Clown Pumpkin
.Heart Pumpkin
.Pinnochio Pumpkin
*Pics*
Cardboard Creations:
Do you have empty cardboard boxes in your recycling bin? Well, a lot of those can be utilized to make cardboard cut-out decorations to hang up on your wall or wherever!
What you will need: Cardboard, scissors, paint (acrylic), paint brush (or you can just finger paint), cup of water (for dipping paint brush in), parchment paper (for painting pumpkin on).
I took an empty cereal box and cut out the front and back. Then I traced the outline of a pumpkin and cut it out. After that, I placed it on top of some parchment paper and painted the inside of the cardboard. Orange for the body, green for the stem, and let it dry for a few minutes. Once it was dry, I decorated the pumpkin adding eyes, a nose, and a mouth. Finally, I let the finished product dry and stuck a pin at the top to get it ready to hang up on my wall.
*Pics*
Another great use for cardboard is for making homemade masks! My dolls and I love being creative and instead of buying our Halloween costumes, we decided to create them on our own. You can be more imaginative that way too, and not just limited to choose from what they have at the store. We traced different designs for masks on the cardboard and then cut them out, one by one. You can either color (with crayons,markers, or colored pencils) or paint the mask. We decided to just use our colored pencils. We made an owl, wolfman, ghost, zombie, and pumpkinman mask. We even made a Wimzie mask (from the television show: Wimzie's House)! Then we used a hole puncher to make holes on the sides of the masks so we could put strings through them, that way we could use them to tie around our dolls heads to secure their masks on.
*Pics*
Kirsten was a cowgirl (we put together different clothes we had to give her that southern appeal).
Camille was a cookie, a chocolate chip cookie! Her favorite.
Emily was an owl, although she had a hard time choosing between that and a zombie.
Sophie was a garden, we dressed her up in her flower pajamas and then put on her flower jumper over them. Then we put a flower hairclip in her hair. Her stuffed bunny was a ghost.
Candice was a cute poodle and Carrie was a kitty.
*Pics*
In celebration of Halloween, we decided to make some Halloween games up. One of them was: Pin the nose on the pumpkin!
We used a pumpkin shaped cardboard cut-out we painted and hung up on a wall. Then we cut out different shaped noses and put a small piece of clay behind each one so you could stick it on to the pumpkin. Then we took turns blindfolding each other and trying to pin the nose as close to the center of the pumpkin's face as possible. Some of us were way far off and some of us were really close. Overall it was a fun game to play!
*Pics*
Then we played a game were we blindfolded each other and were given a piece of paper and a pencil. We were trying to draw a pumpkin, while not being able to see what we were drawing. And we had a time limit; once the song that was playing was over, you had to put the pencil down. Our blind pumpkin drawings were very interesting to say the least.
We definitely had a fun-filled, creative Halloween this year!
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Happy Dolloween!
Today is Halloween and here at Doll Play Days we're going to be featuring some Halloween themed photos and activities of different dolls and how they celebrate this special day so you can get some ideas of your own. We'll be sharing ideas for spooky sweets and ghoulish games to enjoy today. Feel free to share any ideas you have or anything you've made; take some pictures of your dolls in their costumes, show us your carved pumpkins! Come celebrate with us!
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