Great to have my sister visit for the weekend. The boys were thrilled...
especially waking her up early in the morning by jumping on her bed.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Monday, September 17, 2012
Dinosaur Train...
Besides cars and trucks and airplanes and trains...Tamlin is also into dinosaurs....especially when it is dinosaurs AND trains!
Hence, a favorite TV show in our house is Dinosaur Train on PBS. The main characters are a t-rex youngin that was raised by a family of pteranodons, including his siblings Shiny, Tiny, and Dot. (I think). They ride a train frequently that time travels through the major dinosaur eras. It really is a very factual type of show with lots of hypothesis testing.
Anyways...I think I've convinced Tam that the family could be dinosaurs for Halloween. These will be quick sews of head gear and tails with whatever we have in the right color for the bodies.
The tails are from a tutorial from Running with Scissors :http://projectsbyjess.blogspot.com/2011/03/dinosaur-tails.html
And then I stumbled onto this from the PBS homepage : http://www.pbs.org/parents/dinosaurtrain/costume/
Jim Henson's workshop actually posted a tutorial and pattern for making the Buddy costume! I may use this for the basis for the heads fro the rest of us and maybe dinosaur hand/ feet for Tam. We'll see how crafty I get and how much green and orange felt I can buy :-)
In theory...I'll be able to convince Tamlin that he should have a dinosaur themed birthday party and we'll be able to share our dinosaur tails with the guests. We'll see...he already wants cars...again!
Hence, a favorite TV show in our house is Dinosaur Train on PBS. The main characters are a t-rex youngin that was raised by a family of pteranodons, including his siblings Shiny, Tiny, and Dot. (I think). They ride a train frequently that time travels through the major dinosaur eras. It really is a very factual type of show with lots of hypothesis testing.
Anyways...I think I've convinced Tam that the family could be dinosaurs for Halloween. These will be quick sews of head gear and tails with whatever we have in the right color for the bodies.
- Tam is going to be Buddy, the T-rex, and I totally scored a orange hoodie sweatshirt at the sale this weekend.
- Brian is going to be the dinosaur conductor with a hat, red vest, and cap, and pocket watch.
- Jude is going as Tiny, the pteranodon, and he's basic costume is a green striped jammie.
- I'm the pteranodon mom...so Jude and I will need wings made from this tutorial from Dana Made It: http://www.danamadeit.com/2011/10/halloween-costumes-2011-into-the-dark-knight.html
The tails are from a tutorial from Running with Scissors :http://projectsbyjess.blogspot.com/2011/03/dinosaur-tails.html
And then I stumbled onto this from the PBS homepage : http://www.pbs.org/parents/dinosaurtrain/costume/
Jim Henson's workshop actually posted a tutorial and pattern for making the Buddy costume! I may use this for the basis for the heads fro the rest of us and maybe dinosaur hand/ feet for Tam. We'll see how crafty I get and how much green and orange felt I can buy :-)
In theory...I'll be able to convince Tamlin that he should have a dinosaur themed birthday party and we'll be able to share our dinosaur tails with the guests. We'll see...he already wants cars...again!
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