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[rivka]

No one ever warns you, when you become a parent, that without warning you may suddenly become the sort of person who makes a hedgehog out of fruit.





The project came courtesy of Your Big Backyard magazine, which has turned out to be one of Alex's coolest Christmas presents. It's put out by the National Wildlife Federation, the same people who do Ranger Rick for older kids, and it has a similar focus on gorgeous photo essays of wildlife and stories about animal behavior. I've read our inaugural issue aloud at least ten times in the past two weeks. We are now all experts on hedgehogs.

This was one of the project suggestions in the "parents' pages" at the back. We just had to try it. And it turned out to be nicely pitched for the age group: Alex could do most of it without help. (I made the face from cloves, opened the can of pineapple, and cut the canteloupe into appropriately-sized bits.) So there you have it: a hedgehog. Made of fruit. It was delicious.

Comments

[redbird23.livejournal.com]

That is wonderful!

And I understand.

I never thought I would be the type of person that would make train noises while zooming a spoonful of yogurt at my kid's face. But I do. Because it makes him giggle. Which is possibly the best sound the universe has ever produced.

[graceo.livejournal.com]

No one tells you about bottle rockets either. Once you become a parent you have to be prepared to assemble a bottle rocket at a moment's notice. Not with explosives or anything - a film canister with some alka seltzer will do.

[aloha-moira.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is fantastic. I remember many such craft/food projects from my childhood...

[lerryn.livejournal.com]

Nobody warns you about volcanoes either. Though not a parent, I was asked to figure out how to make one work at short notice for one of aladriana's daughters. She didn't like the way I wanted to do it though :P Asking a chemist a good way to make one of those can be dangerous.

[oursin.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwww!

[wcg.livejournal.com]

That looks like great fun.

[huladavid.livejournal.com]

That's great! Make me appreciate my mother who read Dr. Seuss to me while she breast fed my brother. When he was older she used to go out in the shelter belt and hunt gorillas with wooden guns that my dad made for 'em.