My nephew, Angus, turned three two whole weeks ago and I have only just finished making his present.
Plus his present turned out a bit rubbish. Hopefully he doesn't mind too much. I am a bad auntie :( As well as dinosaurs, Angus loves volcanoes. Thank goodness I managed to send him one of Marceline's kawaii volcano cards in time for the big day, at least.
I did use a pattern for this dinosaur, but I'm not even going to post a link to it because the pattern/instructions were so awful. It was free to download, but was foolishly posted by a publisher as a teaser for a whole book of patterns. I certainly wouldn't buy the book now. I had to adapt the pattern a lot, as I couldn't work out how half the pieces fitted together. I'm pretty sure it's a bad sign when half the pieces you cut out are left over when the dinosaur is finished... Their shoddy pattern has not helped my auntie-rating at all. Harumph!
Angus's birthday marks the beginning of crazy season as far as children's birthdays go. There is a gift-requiring birthday every fortnight or so for the next few months. I can't keep up! I think perhaps I should give up on the handmade gifts - better a shop-bought present than no present at all?
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