A month or so ago,
Jungle Girl finished reading...
...The Borrowers
by
Mary Norton.
The movie,
is based on this book,
and my girls are both looking forward to
seeing it-
WHEN it comes to the Dollar Theater...
SOOOOO,
as a culminating project
for finishing the book,
and anticipating seeing the movie,
I let the girls create their own
Borrower Houses.
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After the girls each picked out a
shoebox in our
Recycling Stash,
I let them go "shopping"...
...in my garage craft stash.
(Later, the girls also pulled out some items
from their Lalaloopsy collection,
which really blended well,
since the dolls and their items
have a home fashioned appearance...)
Then,
their imaginations did
the rest of the work...
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Here is a tour...
...through Baby Girl's house...
This is the upstairs
living area,
(aka The Lid of the Shoebox)
which includes:
...a Bottle Cap Dining Set...
...and a kitchen corner.
A giant paper snowflake rug ties
everything together... ;0)
The bottom level
of the shoebox house
includes...
...Beaded Escape Ladders...
...Sticker Wallpaper...
...and a cozy bed,
with a comforter made out of
and olde pair of jeans.
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Now,
onto a tour...
...of Jungle Girl's home.
We will begin with her
outdoor landscaping,
which includes...
...a spool swing seat...
...and a bridge entry way.
In her bottom level lies...
...Sponge Beds and a Balloon Beanbag
for the children...
...and another Sponge Bed for the parents,
complete with a Matchbox Dresser.
Upstairs is a great place for the
"Borrowers" to hang out...
...because there is plenty of
Popsicle Bench Seating...
...and a Bottle-cap Dining Room Set.
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I am so impressed...
...by my girlies' creativity!
Now,
if I can just get them to clean up after
the "Borrowers" come and play
in their room...
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