Handmade Monday #451
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It’s Handmade Monday time! Handmade Monday is a creative weekly link up for all things craft and creative.
We put our Christmas decorations up this week, we also had a trip to the pantomime so I’m feeling pretty festive now.
I know not everywhere has a pantomime tradition but if you ever get the chance to go to one it is a huge amount of fun. It’s basically one of a handful of traditional old kids stories (Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Puss in Boots, Snow White, Dick Whittington, Jack and the Beanstalk etc) retold as a kids show with lots of music and dance with lots of silliness added in.
The main elements are: a singalong, some slapstick “gunge/shaving foam” messiness, lots of audience participation with kids screeching “it’s behind you!”, a baddy who gets booed constantly, some sort of fairy with a very sparkly outfit and small on stage pyrotechnics every time they appear, plus children from local dance or drama schools who perform the chorus and dances. The main young male character is always played by a woman, the pantomime dame is always a man who wears the most outlandish costumes you can imagine.
If it sounds ridiculous then I’ve describes it right because it is. But if you ever get to go you will hopefully laugh until your cheeks hurt. This instagram post from our local theatre gives a good flavour of this year’s panto if you want to know more.
Anyway enough about the panto, let’s take a look at the features from last week’s Handmade Monday.
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Jennifer Adams from Studio 27 showed us how to create these lovely faux gingerbread houses.
These pretzel bites from Crystal and Co look so festive, what a lovely gift a jar full of these would make.
This minimalist Christmas picture from Petticoat Junction is made from electrical tape! What a clever and effective idea.
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Julie
