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10:00am, today, The phone rings. “Nana, I still need wings and a halo.”
“But you’re not going to the Squish Meet, you’re going to soccer.”
But after soccer, there’s a block party.”
Vivi and her bestie had planned to go to the local Squishmellow Swap Meet as a devil and an angel. Then their soccer coach invited them to play with the older girls’ team.
‘What time is the block party?”
“Three.”
I went right to work. We’d bought a white headband and iridescent pipe cleaners earlier in the week, so I started on the halo.
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My little model was playing soccer, so I did the best I could with what I had.
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For the frame, I gathered 2 white wire clothes hangers, heavy duty wire cutters, and masking tape. I reshaped the hangers and cut the hooks off. I sacrificed another pipe cleaner to wire the two together. Then, I covered the connection with lots and lots of masking tape.
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Vivi has a room set up in my “grandma house” where I also store fabric and yarn. I went in to look for some white chenille yarn. I found it AND a ruffled white satin pillow case that was once my mom’s. It was being used as a baby doll blanket in my old bassinet, filled with baby yarn.
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I stuck the frame into the pillow sham and used another pipe cleaner and the white chenille yarn to gather and secure the middle.
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Now, how to attach them? Vivi had finger crocheted several 3’ lengths of the chenille yarn to use as Squishmellow clip holders. I took two of them and added to the inside of the gather, attaching them in the middle, with good old pipe cleaners, so they could be used as underarm ties.
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Then, I tried it on my poor old model.
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I tied it on me with bow knots, wrapping the extra lengths of yarn around my back and waist for extra support.
I took the wings and halo off and grabbed the white fuzzy vest in the background, then headed for the block party!
2:40pm, I arrived at the block party, and there was just enough room in front of the barricades to pull over. I cut on my blinkers, and Vivi met me at the end of the street.
The best part was when I pulled the costume out of the car! “Are those my wings, Nana? They’re beautiful!”
I got her in her wings and halo out of harm’s way, just off the intersection. People went by and smiled. One guy rolled down his window and said, “Great costume!” 😄
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Another day, well spent, and so am I!