I've long had a thing

for pirates

and now I seem to have a thing for Vikings as well.

(Could be worse)

Let's play Pirates!!!

When the call went out this morning for some dress-ups to play pirates, I thought Great!

I love to play Pirates.....the deserted island, the frocks, the moonlight, the red wine , Mr Depp.

Ooops ! Wrong Pirate game Jodie!!!!

This one involved a trip to the local park to see the cannons.

The boys had a great (noisy ) time and this is my attempt at "just one nice photo please boys..with no silly faces" and what do I get? Fletcher doing bunny ears.

Apparently this pirate game involves Fletcher lurking in the bushes,

Toby hiding behind rocks

and Oliver picking flowers for the girl pirates "'cause if you give flowers to the girl pirates they think you love them and then after that when you make them be in love to you then you can have all their gold and money"

arggghhh!

This is Pirate Luke - a prototype for the dolls I am making with the Grades 5 and 6 kids at school.

His head is printed on Inkjet printable fabric and then sewn to a very simple gingerbread man type shape.

We painted the basic clothes on and then went from there. His belt buckle is a ring pull from a can and his little hook is a cup hook. We just used regular paint from the artroom . I think he needs some little buckles or something on his boots and maybe a necklace of some sort.

One down and 23 to go.

Off to the Melbourne Quilt and Craft Fair tomorrow!