Two little Native American Princesses have taken up
residence in our family room.
It started with the teepee.
My parents found it at a neighborhood garage sale
two years ago. Isn't it great?!
It travels around our house.
Sometimes it's in the yard, other days you can find it in
our family room, the playroom, or my art studio.
Then the girls needed some food so they raided my
Gyotaku (Japanese Fish Printmaking) rubber fish from the art studio.
They built this "camp fire" with stones and scarves.
and gathered necessary supplies...
Then they needed something to wear.
So, one Saturday morning this summer,
I made them each a fleece dress.
I found this fleece at JoAnnes during a sale this summer.
I folded it in half and cut out the basic shape you see above with simple side seams
on my sewing machine and hand-cut fringe.
Didn't use a pattern, just eye-balled it.
Close-up of the "arm pit" area of the dress.
Neckline has a notch to make it easier to take on and off.
"E"s was embellished with some simple (plastic)
turquoise beads from our stash.
"C"s dress has a little turtle bead and some pink accents.
We tied and knotted plastic pony beads onto some of the fringe for a bit more bling.
"E" modeling her fancy outfit.
"C" gathering fish in her mesh net (one of my string grocery bags)
"E" cleaning the fish by the campfire.
Baskets, blankets, and kittens inside the teepee.
Take time to pet the wild mountain lion who hangs out by the campsite.
Wishing you a happy Thanksgiving from
our teepee to yours!
Fondly,
Pink and Green Mama,
11 comments:
totally adorable!!!
so fun! you are such a fun mama :)
Love this! Adorable & fun!
I wish I was your kid!
So cute! They are so creative.
Don't you love where their imaginations take them?
This is amazing, I totally love the creativity of your kids, and the dedication you clearly have for getting them materials and time and space for being creative! As an extension, it might be nice/interesting for them to learn about tribes from different regions and how they differ in housing, dress, food, lifestyle.
I love it when kids get entirely into character.
Can we come over to play!?!?!? Absolutely wonderful. Thanks for sharing!
Great activities, other than the fact that Native Americans at the first Thanksgiving didn't live in tipis/teepees. Tipis were only used west of the Mississippi River. It is a stereo-type that teachers have either been fighting or passing on for years. The rest of the artifacts are great.
Thank you for your comments Anonymous.
Our family actually comes from West of the Mississippi, so how fun to learn that we would have lived in a teepee if we were Native Americans?! : )
We have been enjoying our costumes and tee pee all summer, not just for Thanksgiving.
Happy Imaginative Playing!
Fondly,
MaryLea
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