Crochet, Buses and Faces

September has gone in a flash and now it is the month of my birthday when I am going to be fifty. How did that happen?! I genuinely can't believe I am that old but that old I am. Luckily the children at school keep me young or something like that. I am enjoying my six week stint as a long term teacher. The children are lovely and the staff I work with are great too. Our work this term has been based on a book called 'The Naughty Bus' which is a great photo story book about a bus given as a present to a small child, and its adventures. Added to that I have been crocheting various small things, trying to make Christmas cards, possibly for a craft fair in November (slow progress though) and painting faces. Today I helped Andy to set up his new work computer on the internet, and added our printer to it. Yesterday I set up said printer,  as our other one gave up working last week. I have also gone through the process of setting up a Tivo box (the cable tv box) and new router which, although meant to be easy,  wasn't. I am some kind of technological genius at the moment. I have also been getting to grips with the new iPad assessment system at work. Will it never end?!

 Back to more simple things... a rose, and two hedgehog friends made from tinsel wool, my new yarn obsession. I might make some of these for the craft fair.

 Below, the hedgehogs have formed a stunt team.

  A fluffy giant snowman has moved into the village of Little Hoarding. He is happy there.

 This little creature came about as I was trying out the yarn for her hair. I made a little circle and it looked like hair, so I had to make a person to go with it. The hoop is made out of curved metal beads which make a good circle.

 This little doll now has a shiny new skirt. 

 This is a hedgehog I made for my friend's birthday. He has been named Hartley. 

 And onto the naughty bus. I have been having lots of fun setting up small world scenarios from the story.

 I had less fun making ten large laminated buses to use for maths. I got the bus line drawing online, then proceeded  to colour them all in with various media. Then I decided that they did not look defined enough so outlined them all in black felt tip. Then I drew the numbers and the characters. Bus number one was a doddle, only the driver on there. By bus number ten I was a bit tired of drawing all of them over and over again! I like the results though so it was worth the time.

 Faces...

 This one represents my morning on that day. There was a frog on the steps that Lily jumped straight over without seeing. She was more bothered by the large honking geese that flew overhead.