Dishtowel People

I didn't go in to work today because Middle and Youngest are sick and Oldest is getting the sniffles. I didn't want to bring them in to work with me and spread their germy germs and get the other kids there sick, too. I couldn't leave them home with Daddy because he had some job leads to follow up on. So we stayed home and I was able to do battle with the growing pile of laundry, make banana bread with perfectly over-ripe bananas and made dishtowel people with the girls. I have an old activity book for kids and Oldest was thumbing through it when she came upon a page that showed how to make dolls from a hankerchief. Well, I certainly don't have any hankerchiefs lying around so I switched it to dishtowels. Aren't they cute??

Here's how to make 'em:

Spread out your dishtowel.

Roll up both ends til they meet in the middle.

Fold in half.

Turn around and carefully unravel the top half.

Roll up the unraveled top half.
Carefully flip over.
Tie the rolled up ends over. Presto!! Dishtowel person!
Oldest drew their faces on with a permanent marker. I'll have happy face towels when they are done playing with their people.

Between wiping noses, chasing after Middle with a dropper full of cough medicine, and rocking a whiny Youngest to sleep, it was a productive day. I'll be escaping tomorrow and heading back to work while Hubby stays home with the girls. Hopefully they are feeling better in the morning and they can have fun with Daddy. They don't look sick in the picture, but that's because I wiped all their snotty noses first and they are just beginning their sugar high after snacking on some fruit snacks. They crashed and burned shortly after this was taken and it wasn't pretty.

Won't be posting again until next week! Have a great weekend!