Summercrafter

This sign is so cute. So to get us all ready for school which is coming up soon, I decided to put all the pictures on one post. Last time each letter was scattered over several posts. Here is the story: I was assigned to co-teach in second grade with this spunky, fun and enthusiastic teacher. All the boys love her because she knows how to talk to a "little man." And all the girls love her because she is some fashionista!! I learned a lot by watching how she runs her class and holds high expectations for the kids, we should all be so lucky to have our kids in a class like hers. Anyhow, her class is dotted everywhere with Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls, blocks, lamps, signs. So of course, since my mind is always reeling... I thought of making a sign for her with her name. Then as I was mulling it over, the R's in her name suddenly formed themselves as these little rag dolls in my head. Here is how it all turned out, and how the rag dolls materialized. A is for chalkbo...

First you take the R and you paint it, (paint it). Remember to do back and sides first! Two coats for best coverage. Trace the letter on paper, I used tracing paper. I "presented" the head on the paper letter and drew out her apron dress. I had to add a neck to her head. I cut out the apron and traced it onto the back of textured white cardstock so it would look like linen or fabric. Next, after laying it out how I liked it, I hot glued the head onto the letter and I used Mod Podge to stick the apron to the R. If you'll notice on the final photo, I left the "skirted" look short so you could still tell it was the letter "R." Details!! The Original Raggedy Ann , has a flower pattern on her blue blouse. So I dipped the point of a pencil in pink acrylic paint and dotted these little flowers on the "blouse" part of the letter. In the final picture I re-did her apron and left the full skirt,  but you can still see the "R" legs. S...

This was so much fun to make. Take a look. I took the rings off of these key tags and cut circle shapes in peach to make little faces. For hair, I split the yarn so it would look like wavy hair. Then I glued the eyes and drew their faces, guess who?