Sinister Easter bonnet?

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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?

I think you need to take a pic of it and put it on your profile.

Hmm, don't have a profile. Will investigate.

A fox chasing chicks? presumably to eat them?
yes, it does sound sinister
Why not take the chicks off and just have a fox running round the hat?

Wheres the Easter message in that?

An Easter bonnet is to celebrate the joy of spring not to embrace the horror of nature.....

Bloody hell.

I think you have read the wrong guides for easter bonneting.

At ds school the winner was a bonnet with a table of 12 apostles and a empty seat.... it won??

It was a catholic school tho.

Ds had a top hat styled with all flowers greeneryand, ladybirds and butterflies on pipecleaners dangling off- he didnt even win a soddin' cream egg .

"this is my first brush with bonneting."

Arf.

Top marks.

Oh bugger. Perhaps sticking some flowers around the side will make it more cheery?

maybe you could add a man in a red coat for that retro 'Countryside Alliance' touch

Scary need not be a problem. Look at Hansel & Gretel etc - or being hammered onto a cross, let's say
Woulld love to see a pic

What you need to add is a chicken leading the chicks and some cubs following the fox - will be a perfect representation of the meaning of spring. Babies are born and some of them get eaten by other babies.

Cheery.

That's brilliant.

I have created a profile and (I think successfully) put photo up. I am coming to the conclusion I've got it all wrong. Please go easy, I have newborn and am sooooo tired!

I once made one with a dinosaur.

ha ha that's ace!

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

Genius!
(If a little scary)

Lol its fab, if a little scary!

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!

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

Brilliant.

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

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

Nice work.

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.

WTF would you make for Halloween??

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

How did you make it the hat?

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.

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