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gloomy-goober · 5 years ago

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I Know Its Today

Part of a Series: GROWING UP PARTS OF A WHOLE AO3

Summary: Creativity has been locked in this scary room for twenty-three days. In that time he has been sure that his friends have been working tirelessly to break him out. That is why he is focused on small projects to distract himself from the possibility that...just maybe...they haven't even noticed that he is gone.

But that is silly, such a silly sad thought. Why would they not help him? In fact, he knows that they will show up any day now. Even today probably.

Characters: Remus Sanders

Warnings: Dark Thoughts (briefly), Isolation, sewing needle pin pricks, storms, mild mutilation (in terms of a Grimms Fairy Tale only mentioned in passing).

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Creativity hummed to himself as he worked on his latest creation. The young side sat on the floor with his back rested against a cold stone wall. The needle and thread carefully pushed into the buttonhole and then maneuvered back out. A smile shown on his face as he reached for the scissors to cut the string.

His little sock doll. Finally completed. Made with love, blood, sweat, and tears. Literally.

His fingers were covered in small scabs from where the needle had missed its mark. It had hurt a lot in the beginning but now he thought the small red stains on the white fabric of the doll’s face added the extra love and commitment.

The boy set down the scissors and reached for a pair of pipe cleaner glasses that he had crafted earlier. They settled easily behind the ears and into the thread loops he had made to hold them.

“Parfait!”

He pushed himself up onto his feet and grabbed the wall to keep himself from falling. The sudden rush of blood to his legs almost made the child fall.

“Oops, that was stupid of me huh?”

The doll stared back at him with two dark blue button eyes. No real reaction.

“I had to get your eyes on though, Learning, I couldn’t have moved until it was done. Would have messed them all up.”

He continued to talk to the doll as he moved towards the middle of the room. A hammock hung from two stone pillars. A blanket on the floor under it with a pillow. Creativity missed his bed, the one that resembled Snow White’s coffin, but he was no longer in the enchanted forest room.

No. He was here, in this stone castle room. Where one window showed out on a stormy world that was far below. A tower, one might call it.

The side pulled himself up onto the hammock and set the doll down next to another. This one with light blue buttons for eyes and a happy smile stitched in.

“Look, Heart, I brought you a friend.”

He moved Heart’s arm to wrap around Learning’s plush shoulders.

“There,” Creativity smiled at his two creations, “Now we are all together again.”

His smile faded as he looked at the two. His chest felt heavy as he reached to hold Heart’s free hand. The little mitten for a hand was smaller than his palm. While soft it held none of the warmth that he had been so used to outside.

His eyes moved from the dolls to the dark door that had locked him in. The silver and dark oak mocked him with its lack of handle. All he wanted was for it to open. For his friends to be standing there with relieved smiles on their faces.

To be out of this creepy tower room.

“They’ll come soon,” he told the air, “Probably today even! Learning is so smart he probably is just waiting for Heart to figure out how to open the door. I bet they are banging away on it right now.”

He pushed off the hammock carefully so not to disturb the dolls. Heart’s likeness still fell over as he let go of the plush hand.

Creativity moved over to the stone next to the door and picked up a loose stone that he had found. Carefully he scratched another mark onto a large brick.

“Twenty-three. That isn’t too much time,” he told himself, “I bet it just took a bit to…to find the door. Heart probably did not want to disturb me and wouldn’t come in. Now Learning is just doing whatever the nerd does to fix problems.”

He let the rock fall back down onto the stone and moved to lean his head against the door. His ear pressed hard against it as he strained to hear anything outside. All he got was silence.

“You can do it guys. I believe in you,” he said anyway.

He wrapped his knuckled on the door in the tune of the first half of ‘A Shave and A Haircut’. No knocks answered back.

They never did.

His face went blank as he moved back from the door to just stare at it. Thoughts swirled like a raging hurricane in his mind.

What if they never come?

What is it like to starve to death?

Ever wondered what it would be like to be alone forever?

Can I even starve to death?

Would these stones be strong enough to hold up a body?

“Who wants story time!?!” He broke the thoughts with a shout and turned back to the hammock.

His smile was strained and did not meet his eyes. The dolls did not notice; button eyes just stared back blankly from behind pipe cleaner glasses.

“I know just the story to cheer everyone up!” Creativity skipped over to a bookcase. Three books sat on it, pushed between a plastic skull and a case with a replica of the Beast’s rose. He only skimmed the titles before he pulled the largest book off the shelf.

Clumsily he pulled himself onto the hammock and re-positioned the dolls to be seated in his lap. The title up for them to see: ‘Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales.’

“Let’s go with a classic, guys,” he flipped to page 84. The title large on the page.

“Rapunzel. There were once a man and a woman who had long in vain wished for a child,” he began.

His imagination made the scene outside of his room swirl. As he read about the woman’s longing for the rapunzel in the enchantress’ garden the world outside became a garden filled with beautiful herbs and fruits. A cloaked woman stood in the middle of it ready to confront the man that dared to steal from her.

“If the case be as thou sayest, I will allow thee to take away with thee as much rampion as thou wit, only I make one condition,” as he read the enchantress’ words the character outside seemed to move like a puppet on a strings, “thou must give me the child which thy wife will bring into the world; it shall be well treated, and I will care for it like a mother.”

Creativity rubbed his eyes and glanced up at the window as clouds moved to cover the scene. When they parted, the tower view he usually had was back. Below stood the same cloaked figure. Ready to call up to a young girl that she had raised and named Rapunzel.

The very girl that would later betray her mother when a handsome prince climbed her hair and took her as his bride. The very girl that would have her hair chopped off and be cast out into the wilderness. While her prince would be thrown from the tower and be blinded on thorns. Only to be revived by his wife’s tears so he may behold his twin children.

He sighed as he finished the story and hugged the dolls close to his chest.

“That’ll be us soon, without all the love and kids and stuff,” he whispered to the dolls, “I’ll get out of here and we’ll get to live a happy life together. For a long time.”

A storm had started to brew outside. The tower view was now showing thorn covered brambles that surrounded the building like an impenetrable fence. Rain hit the glass window hard and lightning flashed.

“Wonder what it would be like to be hit by lightning,” he mused allowed and then winced, “Sorry Heart. Should have kept that in my noggin.”

The book was pushed to the floor with a thud and he laid down with the two dolls in his arms. He wanted to believe that any moment now the door would open and his friends would be there, but as he drifted off into a light sleep he knew that the room would still have him trapped when he woke up.

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kiddiemom-blog · 6 years ago

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Parents, have you ever became aware of a Quiet Schedule? Likewise called a Busy Book? It is a cloth book filled with fun activities that your kid can have fun with ... quietly!

.?.!! My child girl LOVES her quiet book!

BRILLIANT isn't it? From making different Mr. Potato Head mixes to counting cupcake sprays to buttoning buttons to building sandcastles, quiet books help children develop their fine motor abilities, evaluation instructional ideas, and encourages creative believing all while keeping your kid hectic and quiet.

Um. Yes, please. (Go

HERE to make your own!)I'm not of the"kids should be seen and not heard" camp by any methods, but there are simply times when you require them to be quiet-- at a church service, or on an aircraft. Sometimes, you simply want something useful to keep them busy-- waiting at the medical professional's office, or when you're going to with a good friend that has no kids and no toys and you don't desire to truck a whole bag of playthings for your youngster. THIS BOOK IS GENIUS! I seriously can't believe I have actually never heard of it prior to!

Everything started when I was at a friend's place and found a homemade felt book pushing the flooring. I flipped it open up to have a look-see, and inside was a felt xylophone, with removable pieces velcroed down in the colors of the rainbow. How charming!! I relied on another page and saw a colorful felt page with surprise animals hiding below rectangular flaps. Much enjoyable for a little one!

I wanted one.

I asked her where she got it, and was a little brokenhearted when she said she and some other friends mass-produced pages and swapped them to make the book. I was brokenhearted since I missed the boat! However I figured Etsy would be all over this, so I went house to see just how much these bad boys were opting for. And then I got some severe sticker shock: $200 for a 12-page book?! FOR SERIOUSLY?! There were individual pages choosing $6-30, and despite the fact that I'm not a craftsy individual, I couldn't assist however think ... I could make that!

I did.

Sort of.

I decided to draw it up and put on my organizer hat (which I am good at, but normally do not enjoy *), and sent out an e-mail to a few mommas who I thought might be interested. Some forwarded the message to a few of their mother pals, and within a day, I had 14 commits. Wow.

Wow # 1: That is a lot of pages to make.

Wow # 2: ... WE'RE GOING TO GET 14 DISTINCT QUIET BOOK PAGES! SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!

I was incredibly stired! I reached out to Christy D., the initial organizer, got as much info as I could on how she arranged it, and after that got the ball rolling with my own group. Quick forward 2 months and ... WE FINISHED! WE MADE 14 QUIET BOOKS !! AND THEY'RE AMAAAAAAZING!!!!

Here's a comprehensive take a look at each stunning page! I have no patterns for you, however you can discover similar pages and patterns on Pinterest and/or Etsy. I will share how I made my felt chain links in a future post, since that was the one I did:]

* Can I just say that arranging this group of mothers was THE BEST ever ?! They were so responsive, so accountable, so encouraging, and did such a gorgeous job!! Everybody helped one another out, pooled resources, and composed encouraging reactions in email. I didn't even understand all of them (some were good friends of pals) when we began, but I sure hope our paths cross again!

I divided my 14 pages into 2 books: one for babies (0-2yrs), and one for toddlers (2+). Considering that they're bound with a book ring, I can quickly swap pages in and out.

I provide to you my Child Quiet Reserve:

Front Cover I simply sewed down some adorable fabric and stitched some lines across for a quilted look. Kinda untidy.

That's how I craft =P Cars and Stoplights The traffic lights are velcro, and my lady loves to rip them off and put them back on. The vehicle slides up and down along the white ribbon. She is still finding out that it

's not a rip-off item! Ocean Scene with Moving Fish Have a look at the detail on those moving fish, and the detail on that stitching around each fish and through the coral and plants! It's a beautiful page, however I'm not letting her play with it up until she understands the concept of moving-- not yanking!

Sensory Jellyfish My buddy made this as part of our daughter's first birthday present! Isn't it beautiful? Our woman enjoys to flip back to this page often to tickle("Ticko ticko! ")the arms. It's the prettiest thing on the planet!

Mitten with Snowball I think these were indicated to be mittens for outside snow play(includes a white snowball concealed inside the mitten ). Being a baker, I decided to pair it with the Apple Pie page so it looks more like a baking mitt Babies can slip their hands in and out of these cute mittens!

Apple Pie Weaving Not sure why I put this in the child book instead of young child, cause I'm pretty sure she won't be weaving anytime quickly ... however at least it matches with the baking mitt! Not to fret: thanks to the book ring binding, I can easily move this page over to the toddler book anytime (in addition to the Hungry Alligator, which it is back-to-back attached to).

Starving Alligator I truly desired a zipper in the peaceful book someplace, so I'm actually happy somebody made a zipper page

! Isn't this adorbs? Children can unzip the alligator's mouth and put the fish into the ocean! Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head Felt potato heads! I enjoy it! There are a lot of mixes for this! Each of the pieces had Velcro glued onto it, which was simply enough to make it adhere to the felt. Also, the potato head itself is a pocket, so you can store Mr. Potato Head's pieces in there while playing with Mrs. Potato Head's pieces! Craftwise, this page needs a lot of cutting, but works well for the individual who does not sew!

Sandcastles on the Beach How adorable is this? I enjoy the details from the sewing along the water's edge to the little starfish to the double-backed pages. The individual who made this consisted of two sandcastle sets in case any got lost. You 'd think individuals would try to do what was "most convenient" or "quickest," but clearly the group of women here offered their all-- even with children/babies in your home (or in the belly)!

... Which was just the baby variation, folks.

Here are the pages for my toddler book!

Chain Hyperlinks This was the page I made. I liked how kids would have the ability to get some ROYGBV practice in while also establishing great motor abilities as they attached the snaps. I likewise included black and white strips for moms and dads who wanted to teach their kids how to use colors (black, white, red, green, "gold") to teach the Gospel message. More on that in another post!

Counting Flower Kids can practice counting with these flowers! The intricate numbers were eliminated from a good friend's Cricut device, and inside the flower pot is a second set of blue petals ... simply for variety. So thoughtful!

Lace-up Football We had the option to pick a lace-up football or ballet slippers. I understand we have a woman, but I couldn't assist but choose the football, because my own youth was filled with a great deal of football( and no ballet ). And I enjoyed it that way. This is a fun method to practice tying laces! Plus, the football fabric is a very soft suede that even I like to rub!

Breezy Clothesline This adorable page permits kids to take clothing down from the line and put it into the white basket. I enjoy

the colors and multimedia! Fancy pants! Oh my goodness. That giraffe print. Could it be any cuter?! I also love the sewing information throughout. The person who made it likewise told us we could switch the buckle to the other side, to establish both the right and left hands!

Great idea! Balloon Buttons This was Part I of my"celebration pages":-RRB-. Not only are the buttons hand-sewn down, but the buttonhole is edged all professional-like and everything! Fantastic page for button practice!

Last, however not least ... drumroll please ...

Counting Cupcakes Your child counts the variety of sprays on the(detachable Velcro )frosting and matches it up with the number composed on the cupcake liner! This page literally took my breath away. Why? Because, people, each of those "sprinkles" is actually a button that has been HAND-SEWN ON. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? (1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9) x 14 = 630 BUTTONS!.?. !!! And I thought my chain links were a lot of work!! C. definitely takes the (cup)cake on this one (ha ha!)!

Incredible? Do not you wish you had one? (Sorry to make you yearn for ...) I hesitate mine is priceless, though, so you'll just need to make your own. Not the organizational type? NOT TO CONCERN! I got your back! I have actually set up a post detailing How to Make a Peaceful Book with a Group of Buddies, and will post it for you soon, consisting of e-mail design templates and resources you can utilize to direct your own group peaceful book project!I just ask that you link my website and share the Cuppacocoa love:-RRB-.

I am going to send this post to all the women involved in the task, so please show some love below in the comments! Which peaceful book page(s) did you like the most? Which details do you enjoy? Which one(s) would your kid (or ... you?;-RRB-)enjoy having fun with? Do you think you'll ever make one?

Thanks for reading, and delighted holidays !!