Acho que de facto, estes são os meus projetos de costura favoritos. Sempre gostei de fazer os fatos de Carnaval e Halloween do meu sobrinho, e ele também gostava bastante da fase de planeamento, gostava imenso de escolher de que se ia mascarar e de pensar nos detalhes. Lembro-me de estarmos a fazer o fato de astronauta e de ele estar maravilhado a ver a máquina de costura a trabalhar, de querer ver todos os detalhes e de ver o entusiasmo dele com os preparativos. Agora já está crescido e já não se quer mascarar mas, tenho o Tomás e a prima quase da mesma idade que ainda hão-de querer muitos fatos.
Este ano confesso que por uns segundos ainda ponderei fazer de conta que não existia Carnaval, a vida anda de pernas para o ar, não tenho tempo para nada como é que ia ter tempo para fazer um fato? Mas não, não ia ignorar o carnaval precisamente por isso. Os dias estão irreconhecíveis, as rotinas a fugir por entre os dedos e sonhar acordado tornou-se mais importante do que nunca aqui em casa. Por isso de uma forma ou de outra ia fazer um disfarce para o Tomás; apesar de ele com os seus 2 anos ainda não dar uma grande importância à data nem à máscara.
Tendo em conta a paixão dele pelo Toy Story e pelo Buz Lightyear o fato tinha que ser de Buz Lightyear. Tinha que ser algo simplificado para que eu o conseguisse fazer em tempo útil, e o mais prático e confortável possível para ele usar em casa durante o dia. Claro está que simples, simples era fazer alguma coisa só em cartão mas não ia ser suficientemente confortável para ele usar mais do que uns minutos.
Foi então que nas minhas pesquisas encontrei este fato bem simples de Buzz Lightyear da Sew Simple Home e decidi que era este o caminho a seguir, um fato simples em forma de avental que ele podia tirar e pôr facilmente e que ia ser maleável e confortável caso ele o quisesse usar muito tempo. Para fazer o fato usei os moldes da Sew Simple Home, fiz apenas alguns ajustes (é mais forte do que eu). Como estamos fechado em casa e as lojas de tecidos também estão fechadas tinha que fazer o fato com o que tinha em casa; fui ao stock de feltro e tinha verde, roxo, vermelho e azul mas branco nem por isso...
Carnival is not a consensual date but as far as I remember I
always liked Carnival. I still do, particularly the planning stages, thinking
about what the disguise will be, how I am going to do it, the small details, the
growing expectation as the disguise is getting ready and the details that I add
during the course of its preparation.
These are in fact my favorite sewing projects. I always liked to make my nephew's Carnival and Halloween costumes, and he also really liked the planning stage. He liked the proccess of thinking what we wanted to be and then elaborate on the details. I remember we were doing the astronaut suit and he was delighted to see the sewing machine at work, wanted to see all the details. He was really enthusiastic about the costume’s preparation proccess. Now he's all grown up and no longer wants to dress up, but I have Tomás and his cousin almost the same age who will both still want many costumes.
This year I must say that for a few seconds I considered to pretend that there was no Carnival. Our lifes are upside down, I don't have time for anything, how would I have the time to make a costume? But no, I wasn't going to ignore carnival for that exact reason. The days are unrecognizable, the routines are running through our fingers and daydreaming has become more important than ever here at home. So, one way or another, I was going to make him a disguise; although at the age of 2 he still does not give much importance to the date or the costume itself.
Bearing in mind his passion for Toy Story and Buz Lightyear, there was no way around it the costume had to be Buz Lightyear's. Nevertheless I needed to make it simple so that I could do it in time. It also needed to be as practical and comfortable as possible for him to wear ir at home during the day. Of course, really simple was to do something only with cardboard but it would not be comfortable enough for him to wear more than a few minutes.
While braisnstorming and looking out for ideas I found this very simple Buzz Lightyear suit from Sew Simple Home and decided that this was the way to go, a simple suit in the shape of an apron that he could take off and put on easily while being malleable and comfortable if he wanted to wear it for long periods of time. To make the suit I used the Sew Simple Home molds, I made a few adjustments (it is stronger than me) mainly on the details shapes. As we are in lockdown and the fabric stores are also closed, I had to do it with what I had at home. So I went to my felt stash and there was green, purple, red and blue but white felt not really ...
These are in fact my favorite sewing projects. I always liked to make my nephew's Carnival and Halloween costumes, and he also really liked the planning stage. He liked the proccess of thinking what we wanted to be and then elaborate on the details. I remember we were doing the astronaut suit and he was delighted to see the sewing machine at work, wanted to see all the details. He was really enthusiastic about the costume’s preparation proccess. Now he's all grown up and no longer wants to dress up, but I have Tomás and his cousin almost the same age who will both still want many costumes.
This year I must say that for a few seconds I considered to pretend that there was no Carnival. Our lifes are upside down, I don't have time for anything, how would I have the time to make a costume? But no, I wasn't going to ignore carnival for that exact reason. The days are unrecognizable, the routines are running through our fingers and daydreaming has become more important than ever here at home. So, one way or another, I was going to make him a disguise; although at the age of 2 he still does not give much importance to the date or the costume itself.
Bearing in mind his passion for Toy Story and Buz Lightyear, there was no way around it the costume had to be Buz Lightyear's. Nevertheless I needed to make it simple so that I could do it in time. It also needed to be as practical and comfortable as possible for him to wear ir at home during the day. Of course, really simple was to do something only with cardboard but it would not be comfortable enough for him to wear more than a few minutes.
While braisnstorming and looking out for ideas I found this very simple Buzz Lightyear suit from Sew Simple Home and decided that this was the way to go, a simple suit in the shape of an apron that he could take off and put on easily while being malleable and comfortable if he wanted to wear it for long periods of time. To make the suit I used the Sew Simple Home molds, I made a few adjustments (it is stronger than me) mainly on the details shapes. As we are in lockdown and the fabric stores are also closed, I had to do it with what I had at home. So I went to my felt stash and there was green, purple, red and blue but white felt not really ...
Nesta altura de confinamento eu guardo todas as caixas que entram aqui em casa porque há sempre projetos para lhes dar uso, e as asas do Buzz Lightyear foram um deles. A peça central é um cartão de um pack de 6L de leite e as asas propriamente ditas foram cortadas de uma caixa de cartão. Depois foi só pintar, usei os marcadores multisuperfície da Giotto (adoro estes marcadores porque para além de pintarem muito bem têm cores super vibrantes) e o roxo foi mesmo com o marcador Giotto be-bé do Tomás.
At this point the super simple and quick costume became a
not so simple and quick preparation costume, the alternative to white felt was
white fabric from a torn sheet but that means it was not just cutting, it also
involved the sewing machine. And since the white "canvas" was sewn, I
wasn't just going to glue the felt details, I had to sew them by hand to look
really cute. In other words, I let my perfectionist side take care of the
Carnival costume, this means that Monday night I stayed up until late hours to
finish the costume, and yet I only sewed the details on front of the costume,
those on the back can eventually be sewn somewhere in the future , if I see
that he really likes to play with the costume.
At this stage into the lockdown I keep all the boxes that come into the house because there are always projects to use them, and the wings of Buzz Lightyear were one of them. The centerpiece is a cardboard from a 6L milk pack and the wings themselves were cut from a cardboard box. After cutting and glueing I just painted, I used Giotto's multi-surface markers (I love these markers because in addition to painting very well they have super vibrant colors) and the purple was painted with Tomás’ Giotto be-bé markers.
At this stage into the lockdown I keep all the boxes that come into the house because there are always projects to use them, and the wings of Buzz Lightyear were one of them. The centerpiece is a cardboard from a 6L milk pack and the wings themselves were cut from a cardboard box. After cutting and glueing I just painted, I used Giotto's multi-surface markers (I love these markers because in addition to painting very well they have super vibrant colors) and the purple was painted with Tomás’ Giotto be-bé markers.
Na terça-feira de manhã ele não quis vestir o fato e por momentos pensei, porque raio fiquei eu a fazer uma noitada se agora ele nem quer o fato. Mas a verdade é que ao final da manhã quis vestir o fato e voar claro, ou seja, quis que lhe pegasse ao colo para ele voar. De tarde este registo continuou e a verdade é que fiquei super contente por ele se estar a divertir com o fato neste Carnaval atípico em que ele não foi vestido para a escola, não brincou com os amiguinhos e nem sequer saímos de casa para ir ao parque.
Ao final do dia quis mostrar o fato aos avós quando fizemos videochamada e claro também quis voar, e disse vezes sem conta "Sou o Buzz Lightyear!"
Mas, para mim a verdadeira prova de que fiz bem em fazer o fato foi quando esta semana ele viu uma caixa se sentou nela e disse "Sou o Buzz Lightyear! Mamã traz o Buzz..." e lá fui eu buscar as asas do Buzz que ele quis pôr de imediato. E ali esteve o Buzz na sua nave espacial, a pedir para voar "mamã faz voá!" e enquanto voava dizia "Para o infinito e mais além!", claro que mal o pousava ele dizia imediatamente "outa vez..." Nem consigo expressar em palavras a satisfação que me deu vê-lo assim a brincar ao faz de conta com as asas do Buz.
Ao final do dia quis mostrar o fato aos avós quando fizemos videochamada e claro também quis voar, e disse vezes sem conta "Sou o Buzz Lightyear!"
Mas, para mim a verdadeira prova de que fiz bem em fazer o fato foi quando esta semana ele viu uma caixa se sentou nela e disse "Sou o Buzz Lightyear! Mamã traz o Buzz..." e lá fui eu buscar as asas do Buzz que ele quis pôr de imediato. E ali esteve o Buzz na sua nave espacial, a pedir para voar "mamã faz voá!" e enquanto voava dizia "Para o infinito e mais além!", claro que mal o pousava ele dizia imediatamente "outa vez..." Nem consigo expressar em palavras a satisfação que me deu vê-lo assim a brincar ao faz de conta com as asas do Buz.
On Tuesday morning he didn't want to wear the suit and for a
moment I thought, why did I stay up long hours if now he doesn't even want the
suit. But the truth is that at the end of the morning he wanted to wear the
suit and fly, that means, he wanted me to be held him up in the air so he would
be flying. In the afternoon this continued and the truth is that I was super
happy that he was having fun with his costume in this atypical Carnival in
which he could not go dressed up for school, did not play with his friends and
we did not even leave the house to go for a walk in the park .
At the end of the day he wanted to show the costume to my grandparents when we made a video call and of course he also wanted to fly, and said over and over "I'm Buzz Lightyear!"
But, for me the real proof that it was a great decision to make this costume was when this week he saw a box sat on it and said "I'm Buzz Lightyear! Mom bring Buz ..." and off I went to get Buz’s wings that he put on right away. And there he was Buzz in his spaceship, asking to fly "Mommy make it fly!" and as he flew he said "To infinity and beyond!", of course, as soon as he landed, he would immediately said "again, again..." I can't even express in words the satisfaction that I felt when seeing him playing like that with Buz wings.
At the end of the day he wanted to show the costume to my grandparents when we made a video call and of course he also wanted to fly, and said over and over "I'm Buzz Lightyear!"
But, for me the real proof that it was a great decision to make this costume was when this week he saw a box sat on it and said "I'm Buzz Lightyear! Mom bring Buz ..." and off I went to get Buz’s wings that he put on right away. And there he was Buzz in his spaceship, asking to fly "Mommy make it fly!" and as he flew he said "To infinity and beyond!", of course, as soon as he landed, he would immediately said "again, again..." I can't even express in words the satisfaction that I felt when seeing him playing like that with Buz wings.
Mas voltando à terça-feira de Carnaval, para além do fato de Buzz Lightyear preparei uma pequena atividade no tema do Toy Story, um Sr Cabeça de Batata.
Foi muito simples, cortei o formato da batata em papel kraft e colei numa folha de cartolina branca. Depois desenhei as diferentes partes: olhos, nariz e boca, orelhas, sapatos e braços; e recortei. (Há imensos templates disponíveis do Sr Cabeça de Batata, é só pesquisarem no google caso tenham interesse)
Quando ele acordou tinha tudo em cima da mesa junto com o stick de cola.
But back to Carnival Tuesday, in addition to Buzz Lightyear’s
costume, I prepared a small activity within Toy Story theme, a Mr Potato Head.
It was very simple, I cut the shape of the potato on kraft paper and pasted it on a white cardboard sheet. Then I drew the different parts: eyes, nose and mouth, ears, shoes and arms; and cut it out. (There are lots of templates available from Mr. Potato Head, just search on google if you are interested)
When he woke up he had everything layed out on the table together with the glue stick.
It was very simple, I cut the shape of the potato on kraft paper and pasted it on a white cardboard sheet. Then I drew the different parts: eyes, nose and mouth, ears, shoes and arms; and cut it out. (There are lots of templates available from Mr. Potato Head, just search on google if you are interested)
When he woke up he had everything layed out on the table together with the glue stick.
A atividade foi super bem sucedida, ele gostou imenso de colar as diferentes partes do Senhor Cabeça de Batata. A primeira coisa que quis colar foram os braços, ele pôs a cola e pediu ajuda para os colar na cartolina mas depois já foi sozinho colar os sapatos e a seguir os olhos. Um dos olhos ficou basicamente nos joelhos do Sr Cabeça de Batata, e depois o nariz colou-o de pernas para o ar mas ficou a olhar e rodou-o logo. Enquanto fazia as colagens ele ia dizendo que também tinha olhos, também tinha orelhas, etc...
This activity was very successful, he really liked to glue
the different parts of Mr. Potato Head. The first thing he wanted to glue were
his arms, he put the glue on and asked for help to glue them on the cardboard
but then he went alone to glue his shoes and then his eyes. One of the eyes was
basically on Mr Potato Head's knees, and then the nose was upside down but he
kept looking and rolled it over right after. While doing the collages he kept
saying that he also had eyes, also had ears, etc ...
Foi sem dúvida uma boa atividade, que estimulou a destreza manual, a concentração e a capacidade de observação.
When he finished he was very proud of his Mr. Potato Head
and walked around the house with him. At one point he stared very seriously,
took the eye that was out of place and put it in the right place.
It was undoubtedly a good activity, which stimulated manual dexterity, concentration and the ability to observe and compare.
It was undoubtedly a good activity, which stimulated manual dexterity, concentration and the ability to observe and compare.
Quando acabamos o Sr Cabeça de Batata ele pediu mais "vamu colá mais mamã". Tinha aqui uma cartolina pintada por ele uns dias antes e o improviso passou por recortar essa cartolina em diversas formas (aproveitamos e falamos de formas geométricas, o triângulo é a preferida dele) para ele colar numa cartolina branca. E o resultado final ficou bem giro!
When we finished Mr. Potato Head he asked for more. I had a
cardboard painted by him a few days before and I improvised by cutting this
cardboard in different shapes (we tok the chance to talked about geometric
shapes, the triangle is his favorite) for him to stick on a white card. And the
final result was super cute!
