oh help, oh no, it's a.........

One of Harry's favourite tops is a bear hoody, but it is now way too small for him.  Cue much stamping of feet and wailing when he was told he could not wear it anymore.  With limited shopping in Stanley, I thought it would easier to make one, so off we went to Sew What, the shop which sells fabrics and bought some brown fleece to make a new one.

After he tried on the completed bear top, Harry announced he wanted a different hoody, so we got the patterns back out, and began again.  On this night, we also had "Clarence the Crocodile" come to stay with us.  Clarence is a new toy at the school Harry goes to, and the idea is that Clarence goes home and has a couple of days with the family and you produce a diary of Clarence's adventures with the child.

First stop was the Seafish Chandlery, which is the cheaper of the two supermarkets in town, the other being the West Store.

Clarence then went for tea and cakes at Jacs

Then the Kandy Kabin....

....before going to Jellytots playgroup.....

......and then coming to pick me up from school and have tea.....

 

Then we got onto the business of the new top, again with Clarence watching our every move...

I wonder what we could be making........

I dread to think how many kids have drooled on Clarence in their sleep....every single one of them judging by the diary!  Hey ho....

 While he slept, the top was finished....

We made some orange eyes, a black tongue, purple prickles all over his back, a poisonous wart for the end of his nose and some terrible teeth for some terrible jaws.....

Oh help! Oh no!  It's a Gruffalo!

He is now the envy of his classmates who all have started asking their mums and dads for a Gruffalo top!