This is a Travelwee.
(My posting routine is all off this week! So we'll have a Tuesday/Thursday-style photo post today, a regular post tomorrow, and then Food Waste Friday/Freezer Challenge Update on Friday.)
A travelwee is a small creature you make from craft fur, safety eyes, pipe cleaners, and a few other things. The girls found the idea/pattern online, and Lisey thought they were so cute, she bought the pattern from Craftsy.
The idea behind them is sort of like the whole Flat Stanley thing...you take the Travelweee to various places and photograph him or her there.
They fit into an Altoid tin for easy travel and they carry a small map so they don't get lost. 😉
Mr. FG and Joshua recently went to CA for a week (Joshua's 16th birthday gift!) and they took a red travelwee (his name is Shoo Bop) with them.
During their trip, they texted us photos of Shoo Bop on plane, at the beach, by the redwoods, at the Santa Monica Pier, at In n Out Burger, and more.
The girls and I had so much fun receiving the photos during the week, and I'm quite sure Mr. FG and Joshua enjoyed posing Shoo Bop for us too.
I plan to make a little photo book of Shoo Bop's California adventures, but I think that's gonna have to wait until my crazy month of May is over.
I love love love this!!!! We are just starting to travel more with our girls and I am so excited to share this idea with them! Then maybe we can make a book with all of the Travelwee's pictures!!
Do it! I think your girls would enjoy this no matter their ages.
Adorable! Maybe the girls could make and sell some; so much cuter than Flat Stanley!
At first I read this and thought you meant 'travelweek' and thought, oh no! She's out of town travelling this week and can't fix the error! Ha!
Thank you, Kristen, for the education on Flat Stanley! Your Blog is always enjoyable and informative! 🙂
As for the crazy busy month, it will all work out (it always does)! As an additional tool, remember this:
"Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape!"
A couple of years ago, a late 60's couple from our church traveled from MA to FL in February. They did the same thing with your Travelwee except with a 15" red letter "F". Every day or so they would post a picture on Facebook with the F in a garden, poolside, picnic table, etc. It was so much fun to follow that they were asked to do it again the following year!
So stinkin' cute!
Years ago a local family's yard gnome was stolen from their yard. They started to receive pictures of the yard gnome traveling all over the country. I think it lasted for about a year. Then one day the yard gnome arrived home in the back of a limo. They never found out who the gnome was traveling with.
I want someone to take me on vacation and take photos of me in fabulous places. I probably won't fit in the Altoids box though 🙁
Yeah, the girls nor me either. 😉 So we had to settle for texted photos of ShooBop in fabulous places.
So fun!! I can just imagine waiting for the ting that another picture of his adventure had arrived!
Would you consider posting more on the trip--how you budgeted/frugal travel trips? Travel is a big part of our lives, and I'm always interested in others' ideas. Our kids are still at the younger end, but we've talked about a camping trip with Dad when they each turn ten, and a European trip with Mom at 16.
Yep, I can!
This reminds me of Clan McGonk:
http://mcgonks.blogspot.co.uk/
Adorable 🙂