The Kitchen Table

I love it when people give Clara crafty things as gifts. I am always amazed at the way she will set up her area on the kitchen table, and then see a project through to completion. Today, she was trying out a new gizmo that she got last month for her birthday. Basically, there is a little wire that heats up, allowing you to cut through a sheet of plastic foam by melting it. Sounds toxic, I know, but the instructions assured us that it's okay... So, Clara was cutting out little foam shapes, and then painting them with special paint.
Naturally, Trevor always wants to try to do whatever his sister is doing. Luckily for all of us, she was very generous with her tools and materials today. Foaming was a team sport.The foam cutter thingy proved to be very entertaining, and both kids worked on their creations for ages. Clara made doorknob hangers for both of their rooms, then a framed mirror, and a little star to give a friend for her birthday. Trevi, never one to do things by the book, made a bunch of little shards of foam with blobs of paint on them, which he scattered around the house for Harold the Helicopter to rescue.
Clara's final project was a little orange cat that she carefully cut and painted as a gift for Trevor.
Later, Trevi put on some bunny ears and built a Lincoln Log house for the orange foam cat. Because even (non-toxic) foam felines need a place to call home.