Fairy Crowns and Donkey Ears

I used my latent florist talents to design the fairy crowns for the Midsummer Nights Dream play. (See earlier post.) Design dilemma: How do you design masculine fairy crowns?! We settled on flowers and ivy for the women, and ivy, sticks, pine cones and raffia for the men. I also made Bottom's donkey ears--fashioned from paper bags that were sewn , then stuffed and taped over shish kabob sticks onto a headband, then painted. (Machine sewing paper is a handy trick for many crafts.)

I had a "joyful moment" when my 13-year-old saw my finished play crafts and told me I was a "genius." Thank you, dear.