I didn't expect to sculpt a Baku today

V has a book called "Magical Creatures" and she is intrigued by a creature called a 'Baku'.

The book says in Japan, some children keep a little Baku statue next to their bed to scare off nightmares.  They have an elephant's head, a lion's mane, feet like a tiger's and tail like a cow's.

V doesn't take this very seriously, but tonight we thought it would be fun to make a Baku statue because we had some air-dry craft clay around.

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Our "Baku"

I thought the Model Magic clay was really fun! I would buy it again. When I bought it I thought we'd make they little jewelry thingies out of it, but this was fun too. Avery made some awesome clay and toothpick sculptures and I feel pretty bad for not taking a picture of them before they came apart.  I'll remember next time. (Maybe.)

I couldn't let any clay go to waste! So I made this little bird.  The sprinkles? They were just around.

Groundhog Day

Punxsutawney Phil didn't see his shadow today, and neither did Buster in our reenactment!

He just saw a carrot he wanted to nibble.

Poppy Seed Muffins

We made some poppy seed muffins!  But they turned out rubbery and wrong.  So this is my reminder to myself not to substitute butter and applesauce for the vegetable oil.  :-)

1952 Magazine

Here's some other stuff from Good Housekeeping...

 

OH YEAAAAHH I'm making Petits Fours! And I am saying "OH YEAAHH" like the Kool-Aid guy.

Bakin' a cake

Ahhh...Saturday night is perfect for wild and crazy cake baking.  I used a frosting recipe from this Good Housekeeping from 1952.

Cigar Box Ukulele

Pictionary Jr.

Sometimes I am pretty lazy and the only drawings I do are for Pictionary Jr.

 Beauty and the Beast

 Penguin

 

 Pocahontas

 Seattle

 Dragonfly

 Donald Duck

Roller Coaster

Unicorn