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Sinister Easter bonnet?

210 replies

docket · 29/03/2010 07:56

Ds1 loves foxes. So I thought it would be fun to make a bonnet with a fox chasing some chicks. the finished article looks a bit scary and having viewed some hats online I am wondering if this is in fact completely inappropriate. He is in reception so this is my first brush with bonneting. Am I worrying over nothing?

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Dollytwat · 29/03/2010 10:40

that's the best bonnet I've ever seen, you are a genius

BariatricObama · 29/03/2010 10:40

that is fantatisc. i have never actually seen an easter bonnet in my life so that will be the gold standard. from this day forth i shall judge all easter bonnets against yours.

midnightexpress · 29/03/2010 10:38

That is fantastic and brilliantly inappropriate! I love it, but if you decide aginst it come round and I can give you some lessons in speed bonneting. I can do 0-bonnet in about 2.5 mins now.

giddly · 29/03/2010 10:32

If you wanted to make it a bit less terrifying maybe you could take the chicks off and put some flowers / plants on the front so you just had the fox peering through the undergrowth. I think it's great as it is though.

LaurieFairyCake · 29/03/2010 10:31

That is terrifying

and hilarious

sherby · 29/03/2010 10:30

OMFG

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docket · 29/03/2010 10:27

DS loves it. I guess that's the main thing anyway

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cocolepew · 29/03/2010 10:26

OMG that's even better than I imagined, that's so funny.

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docket · 29/03/2010 10:25

I have to confess most of the execution was down to DH who is much better at this sort of thing than me. Used a toy builder helmet and stuck everything on top

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CheeeseOnToast · 29/03/2010 10:24

I think it's great. It does add a sort of cynical twist to easter, but it's, I suppose, about life and death and this also includes a nature element... I think send it in. I don't think children will think it's that scary. What does DS think of it? If he likes it, I say send it in with him. If he's freaked out a bit, keep it for posterity and make another, more generic hat with eggs and fluffy chicks, showing the circle of life without being terrified

CheeeseOnToast · 29/03/2010 10:22

That is BRILLIANT. I love it. Can you make me one!?

giddly · 29/03/2010 10:20

That's brilliant - I love it. Can't believe you managed to do something so creative with a newborn! The look of pure evil on the fox's face is the stuff of nightmares. Will blow the other insipid offerings involving bought yellow chicks and artificial flowers out of the water.

DinahRod · 29/03/2010 10:19

It's fab. Am seriously thinking of just recycling ds' cadbury egg hat from last year.

How did you make it the hat?

ItsAllaBitNoisy · 29/03/2010 10:18

WTF would you make for Halloween??

piprabbit · 29/03/2010 10:16

It's a bit like sending out Christmas cards showing the moment the naughty children discover their empty stockings. Or the turkeys arriving at the abbatoir.

ItsAllaBitNoisy · 29/03/2010 10:16

Look at the EYES on the chicks! They're TERRIFIED!

Nice work.

Lionstar · 29/03/2010 10:13

Realise my send it in comment is a bit meaningless - thought you'd made the bonnet for a school thing

piprabbit · 29/03/2010 10:11

Brilliant.

Lionstar · 29/03/2010 10:10

OMG ROFL .. can't speak ... tea .. splutter .. keyboard etc.

That is the BEST bonnet in the world, by a country mile. You HAVE to send it in

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docket · 29/03/2010 10:06

That has made me feel bit better, thanks. Yesterday thought it was funny, then checked internet and wobbled, then had full on feeding ds2 in the middle of night panic about how it was completely inappropriate and unfair on ds1!

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maduggar · 29/03/2010 10:05

Lol its fab, if a little scary!

AttillaTheHan · 29/03/2010 10:03

Genius!
(If a little scary)

littledawley · 29/03/2010 09:57

PMSL!! That's the best bonnet I have ever seen!!

cornsilk · 29/03/2010 09:55

ha ha that's ace!

cornsilk · 29/03/2010 09:55

I once made one with a dinosaur.