Miller’s school have an Easter Parade for the early years, from reception to year 2. They make bonnets and go on a walk around the village showing off their fantastic creations. Miller witnessed his sister Ruby decorating pretty bonnets with cute fluffy chicks and bright pastel eggs, and he would complain that when the time came for his parade, he wasn’t doing it, it was girly and boring. I vowed then and there to make it as fun for him as possible, he doesn’t have the patience for arts and crafts as he’s constantly moving about and you can’t pin him down or keep him still for longer than a nanosecond, unless of course his iPad or Xbox is in front of him.
I checked out Pinterest for inspiration, looking for Easter hats and bonnets for boys and found a few that gave me a brilliant idea. I remembered it was really hard trying to spot Ruby on her walk as every other parent had purchased the same or similar bonnet making kit etc. There was around 90 little children wearing the same uniform in the same little bonnets. I wanted something that would be spotted from halfway up the road. I use the same thinking when buying clothes for Miller too, the brighter the better, It means I find him easier at the park, or out and about.
We created this… and it was easy.
We used an old bicycle helmet that was hanging in the shed, some Xmas wrapping paper tubes, some pink pipe cleaners, pink paint, a bag of cotton wool and some white and pink card.
We cut the wrapping tubes down and Miller painted one side of each pink, we then glued them to the bicycle helmet. I drew a bunny face on the white card and Miller cut it out. He wanted the mask to cover his whole face, but I wanted to see a smiley face for photograph purposes. Obviously, Miller got his way stating it was his hat, and he had to wear it. We poked pink pipe cleaners through face mask for whiskers and Miller added eyebrows, freckles  and a pink nose. Then came the bit that he had the most fun with,  glueing the cotton wool balls all around the helmet and wrapping tube ears.
The finished product was easy to make and Miller could do almost all of it by himself. It wasn’t too girly, and he loved the fact it was so tall. I definitely spotted him walking along the road.
And when it comes to Road Safety it didn’t hurt that he was wearing a cycling helmet under all that cotton wool too!
Helloyellowdoor 