Bruce and I went shopping at the local antique mall a few weeks ago and came across a box of hands. Yes, hands.
I walked right by, but Bruce had a vision! Hattifatteners!
So he set about making a couple to put in the garden. He cut out long pieces of wood and had the boys help him paint them.
We even enlisted Riley, an old Cottage friend who had come with his mom and brother to see the library.
Once the paint was dry, he attached the hands and got ready to put them in the ground.
Ezra was a lot of help.
And so was Finn.
Ezra had a good time pretending he was a Hattifattener, even going so far as to get in the hole.
Finally, in the ground it went. (And the boys really were helpful at this point.)
Oh, did I forget to mention it’s a bird bath?
Pretty fun.
The second one isn’t a bird bath yet, but it will be. It’s in the back yard.
