I mentioned in an earlier post my deep, dark descent into Jenn-ville with a pirate report for Demi-Sky's composition class. I've had requests for the dark tale- so here are the details in all its Jenn-glory richness... So, Demi had to do a report on a famous pirate, and then dress up as a pirate and present his oral report to his Biola Star class. His class this year seems to be mostly boys, so I knew they were going to have fun with this.
A day or two after we had discussed a plan of attack for this, I saw this on pinterest:
And I knew that we had to do this. Imagine the delight of a room-full of homeschool boys when one of their own shows up in a lego pirate costume to deliver a report. It would be epic, in homeschool-world.
I had a little niggling of doubt about tackling this project...just a little, which I ignored.
and ignored
in typical Jenn fashion as I procrastinated the week away. We discussed methods to achieve this look. A bucket seemed easiest, but we couldn't find a yellow bucket at Target.
I nonchalantly assured Demi that we could just whip up a paper-mache head, easy.
I used a bucket for my shape and then used thin wire to make the form for the pirate head. I took lots of photos so I could share my step by step instructions here on the blog....
and then, two days before due date, I commenced with the glue/water/paper routine....
don't panic.
there is always plan B:
quickly spray paint my only bucket and drill holes into it for eyes.
...into my only bucket for household stuff...
and then the morning of the class, we abandoned the lego pirate idea and dressed Demi up as a traditional pirate.
The End.
(it's just a Jenn-thing...)