The Making of The King Puppet

My mother told me and Ajran, "Girls, help your Kakah Imran prepare the things assigned to him for his school project, okay?"

Kakah Imran was going to have a puppet show along with his groupmates, and he was assigned to make grasses and a king puppet. We were only supposed to make the grasses for him. But Ajran was doing something urgent... And I kind of got more interested on making the king than the grasses.

I've made about 2 grasses already, when Kakah Imran made a mistake on making the head of the king. o_0
I, on the other hand was trying to make a peasant. When I found out about it, I quickly changed what I was working on into a king.

I was about to hand it to him already when I held my hand back... He was doing another assignment.. COLLEGE LIFE!!

With my paint and pastels, I colored the head, made some holes for the eyes and a mouth... Then inserted 2 wooden brown beads for the eyes...

I didn't bother to color the inner parts of the body anymore, "I'll be dressing him up anyways" was what was on my mind then.

Who would've thought that something as ugly as this:

 

Would look like this:

Yeah, I'm kind of surprised myself. We all just need to extend our imagination.

I put approximately 8 layers of clothes on that.. And the sign in the middle goes like this:

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Wassalam,
Haleema

Turning my Barbies into Hijabis

Assalamu Alaykum.

I was looking at my Barbies one afternoon. I was already tired of seeing them with low necklines, very low-cut gowns, and really tight-fitting clothes. So I thought, how about a change?

The last time I thought about this was 3 years ago. But the idea passed from my mind because I had a lot of things to consider first. Particularly time... Because that was the same year we officially started our homeschooling so I had to consider my studies first.

It was a pleasant day. All my siblings had gone for their afternoon rest. For some reason, I didn't feel like resting. So I brought the sewing kit to the balcony where I wouldn't disturb anybody. And started my work...

The first one I made was what I call, "The Red Lady". This one made things very easy because it's body was slimmer than the usual Barbies and was flexible. I took some red cloth from my closet and started sewing. After a series of stitching and pricking, Alhamdulillah, I was done with the first one.




I made the Barbie's clothes in the design of a red Kameez.

For the second one, i didn't know where I got the idea for the clothes.
The hijab style i made for it was the tucked-in hijab. This one was originally a ballerina doll. This was the one I meant with the "Low Necklines" thing.

When I finished, it was like i could hardly recognize it. And by this time, my younger siblings had wakened already. It was already Asr. Time to clear up and continue tomorrow...




:::Day 2:::

The very next day, I resumed my work.

This was the most difficult one so far. Just as I planned, the style of the doll's hijab was the 'Turkish Hijab'. It was also my favorite style.

My pricks from the day before had not completely healed yet. And I was getting as many pricks as I had the last time.

And... Taadaa!! Here it is...




I can't wait to show them to Amah and Inah when they arrive home!!

Wassalam...