Oscar and Elmo in a few easy steps.....

Soooooo - What do you do with your constantly bored 3 year old to keep him amused on a morning off of Nursery? Help him make an Elmo t-shirt of course!

BB awoke this morning early doors full of coughs and snuffles. BFS managed to get him to go back to sleep and drowsily informed me it'd probably be best to keep him off of nursery for fear of spreading germs. He lay until just before 9am, so I called his nursery and let them know he wouldn't be in. Typical then that he practically skipped through and I don't believe I had a cough from him until at least 11:30 am!!!! Having already had the 'I want my programmes' mantra about 15 times over breakfast I decided to engage him in something a little more creative. Well he would be doing something similar in nursery - so best to have continuity in his education!!! (Okay okay - the real reason is that I'd intended making LL and Oscar the Grouch T-shirt for a wee whilee and here was the perfect excuse to do it!!!)

I asked BB if he would like to help make a t-shirt and let him choose the character. He chose Elmo for himself as he liked the fact he was red (and that his toy Elmo did a great little dance which he likes to sing along to.....)

So here goes - how to get your 3 year old involved in making his own t-shirt...



First he chooses what picture he would like - in this case 'Elmo please Mummy!'

Look pleased as punch as you 'helpfully' colour in the template (step not actually required!)



He then applies the important glue (pritt stick) to stick elmo onto the flock for cutting around.

Run and find toy Elmo to check the colour of his nose for Mummy.

Mummy carefully cuts out all the pieces required to make up the final picture.



BB arranges all the pieces on the t-shirt to see what it will look like.



Looking good.....



Start to iron on each piece one at a time.



Ta-daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

One Elmo t-shirt.

One happy 3 year old!



Oh and don't forget one for his little brother.



Look how proud he is in his tee!



and big brother.



Spot the difference!!!!

A morning well spent methinks.

Much more fun than watching Mister Maker do it on the box!

Oh and Daddy even likes them (that's a bonus at least they'll get worn!)