Crabby fisherman

So pumpkin week has been and gone and again I focussed on making things for our annual work craft fair along with the usual pumpkins. I'll do a little roundup of the pumpkins in a while, but as I currently have eight things already made, you are going to get a whole week of whimsy. You lucky people.

Look at this chap all cosy in his snow suit and mittens.

But what *is* that lurking on his head? 

Aargh! It is a crab! 

Dan thinks the crabs are hunting him but I like to think they are his pets. Either way, they are probably going to get some of that fish.

Monument Valley crows and moose-yeti thing

Our living room door kept slamming shut in the breeze this summer so I made a door stop. Of course now all the hatches are battened down for the winter so there are no more unexpected gusts just as I finished making it. Still it is pretty cool and Dan caws at it every time he passes.

This is one of the crows that make Ida's life slightly inconvenient in Monument Valley.

Front on. The base was a box that a watch came in years ago, I filled it with cement and Dan modge podged origami paper on the outside.

Also, while on holiday I made a nonchalant-looking moose that is more yeti-like than moose. He's teeny tiny at about 6 cm tall.

Head slightly tilted pondering the big camera being pointed at him. He doesn't have a nose, and he feels pretty self conscious about it so please don't mention it to him.

(Photos by Dan. You can tell they aren't me as there isn't yoghurt smeared on the lens)

Batbunny

I've not made a superhero bunny in a while. I bet all the rabbits out there are wondering where all the heroes and the street wise Hercules have gone.

Well worry no longer random bunny on the street, here is the hero that you deserve.

Batamerang nicked from a lego set.

Look he's got the little glove spikes!

 I embroidered that bat symbol on his chest, I am quite proud of myself - it is about 6mm wide.

Don't think about the logic of having bunny pads on the outside of his bunny boots. They just *are*, okay?!

Just a Doozer doing what a Doozer does

I've been super quiet this year, haven't I? There's lots of things in the pipeline, but they are mostly mouse houses like this one to sell at Aquafest (as an aside, after making 15 more of them and realising they need whiskers, my own little mousie now also has whiskers. An oversight in whiskerage that he felt most while being Santa).

But I have been doing other things as well, the main one being a little Doozer!

His gloves are quite big for him so I assume he is a trainee doozer straight out of the nursery

I think he looks quite nervous about his first day of doozing.

But does feel a lot more confident with his helmet on

Not all that clear here but he has a little tail nubbin (as all Doozers do, we discovered while googling "Doozer butts". Totally for accuracy purposes. Honest.)

Look at his little newbie-Doozer starter tools! This was my third attempt at making tools for him, the first were teeny tiny small, the second much too big, these are the Goldilock tools.

I also made a pair of slippers from an old beloved shirt. Gracefully modelled by Dan.