Two Squirrels and a Dragon

Two more of the kid gifts are done! :)

They each get a squirrel.... pink for Cleo green for Phelan. These are quite small and both fit nicely in the palm of my hand together.

Then Cleo's dragon, known as 'Flower' is finally done! I've been working on her quite a while. Taking the things I learned from making Phelan's dragon and making this one better.
Phelan's dragon (who he named, 'Tree') looked lovely once it was done, but after a week of loving and sleeping with, he was starting to fall apart.
Lesson learned.
Flower is made much more sturdy. I did not use any pipe cleaner in her as Tree's are starting to poke out in places. She is much denser and her parts are all attached much firmer. I'm sure she will still get loved to death, but hopefully I can prolong the process.

I gave her wings bones that actually ghost through on the back side, purple spirals appeal to me and give her an almost tribal look. Hot pink nails... ahem... I mean claws, a flower on her foot and pink ruff ending in a ball give her some seriously girly attitude.

Oh, and don't forget the purple eyelashes and pink beauty mark to finish off her look!

One of the most wonderful things about making Flower has been sharing the proccess with Phelan. He got to see her change everytime I worked on her and he is so very excited about giving her to Cleo for Christmas. I hope I can instill in my children a love of things handmade, and I think watching a creature such as this come to life is a start in the right direction.