On Thursday I wrote about my niece’s homemade gift to my dad.
After many great guesses, I figured a photo of Hannah and her inspiration would be fitting.
It’s Beatrice, her guinea pig made out of salt dough. My dad loves it of course, because it was made with love by his granddaughter.
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how lovely – my Dad has similar things made by my boys when they were little
to Helen's comment
:-) That’s a great present.
Mangochild´s last blog ..Thoughts of Seeds
to Mangochild's comment
I knew it was a tailless animal (see previous post) with a snout I just couldn’t figure out what there were that were tailess (I know they have a little stump tail don’t they)?
Handmade is simply the best.
TreeHugginMomma´s last blog ..I LOVE LEFTOVERS
to TreeHugginMomma's comment
Ah, it’s plainly obvious now ! lol. Lovely gift. Homemade rocks. :)
ps. Your niece looks just like you !
to miss m's comment
I totally had it wrong, but now I can clearly see that this is a guinea pig!
to kitsapFG's comment
I too had it all wrong – love the model. =) It is so obvious now.
Annette´s last blog ..Its all about da feet
to Annette's comment
Of course. How completely obvious. I’m embarrassed that I didn’t clearly see that. This child has skills. Carry on.
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