Kiddo Speak

Editor's Note: I am thrilled to turn the blog over to Laurent today. I know many of you have kiddos and we thought they might appreciate doing a search and find.

This is a picture I drew of a flooded section of the rainforest.

You can look for:

1. 6 snakes
2. 7 pink flower blossoms
3. 2 yellow breasted hummingbirds
4. 2 green frogs
5. 2 turtles
6. 8 grey fish
7. 3 red piranhas
8. 1 school of blue fish
9. 2 parrots
10. 1 capybara

Capybaras like the water and they are the largest rodents in the world.

Click the attachment on this post to see the answer key.

What's your favorite rainforest animal? How many items did you find without looking at the key?

(editor's note: To view a larger version of the drawing please click here. Then drag the picture to your desktop and open it there.)

{editors note: Celine is the mastermind and creator behind this post. She built the dollhouse in its entirety; the house itself, period figurines with moveable limbs, furnishings and itty bitty food. She also photographed and wrote the text. This is what we call "school".}

Hello. My name in Rosalind. I am the housekeeper for Edward and Elizabeth, who live in this Victorian dollhouse.

The dollhouse (and myself in fact) was made by a young miniatures enthusiast named Celine. I am going to give you a tour of our house.

First you should meet Edward and Elizabeth, the master and mistress of the house.

Please do come in. This is the entrance hall.

Here I am in the dining room setting the table for breakfast. The breakfast menu is bacon, cheese and ham along with buttered toast and sandwiches. Coffee is served for refreshment.

Here is Edward and Elizabeth sitting in the parlor. Waiting for breakfast to be served.

This is the upstairs hallway and, as you can see, it has a balcony at the end which presently Elizabeth is occupying.

This is Edward's bedroom. In this photo I am tidying it up.

I am tidying up Elizabeth's bedroom now while Elizabeth is looking in the mirror.

This is the attic where I sleep.

On pleasant days Edward and Elizabeth take tea in the garden.

Thank you for visiting. If you have enjoyed this tour I think you might be interested in the medieval castle that will be featured here in the future.

{editor's note: This post was written by Celine in response to a question left in the comments of this post. You'll find a pdf of the pattern, scaled to exact size, attached at the bottom. Thanks to Damien for creating that.}

What you need:

10X12 piece of faux fur, your choice of color
at least 3 1/2 by 3 1/2 leather piece for boot sole
sewing scissors
thread, color your choice
sewing machine optional
hot glue

Directions:

1. Fold fabric along the 12 side side, furry side up.
2. Pin pattern onto fabric with the back of the boot along the fold.
3. Cut out the boot fabric.
4. Sew boot, starting at the star, along seam A until you get to the toe. Sew up B until you get to the notch.
5. Inside out the boot so the fur is on the inside.
6. At the top, fold over about one inch of fabric. This is the cuff.
7. Handstitch the bottom of the cuff to the boot.
8. Trace your doll's feet onto paper.
9. Use that as a pattern to cut out the leather boot soles.
10. Cut out the leather and use hot glue to apply the leather piece to the bottom of the boot.

PS. If you decide to make these boots please send me a photo when they are done.