A New Friend

I went out camping

In the wood,

I was in the mood

for solitude.

I built the fire,

I set up the tent,

then I felt like a walk

and off I went.

I came back tired,

ready for grub,

and found by my fire

… a little lion cub.

He looked so cold

in the fading light

that I invited him to stay 

and spend the night.

We had a nice chat

and in the end

I gave up solitude

for a brand new friend.

(©handmade by amalia)

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Featured: a little fun.

The Fight

I was playing a game

with my brother Finn.

He said he didn't cheat,

just "helped himself win."

He looked so smug

as he finished the game,

I got mad and called him

a very bad name.

(©handmade by amalia)

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Featured: a cereal box

upgraded into a game of

snakes & ladders

(played in great harmony).

A Kind-Hearted Bear

It’d been a long day

but the bear felt fine, 

the nursery was tidy

and he was in bed by nine.

But then a small noise

filled him with dread -

was something hiding

under the bed?

It took all his courage

to look down and find

a tiny tooth fairy,

looking tired but kind.

The fairy looked up

and gently confessed:

“I have many deliveries,

I’m just taking a rest.”

(©handmade by amalia)

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Featured: my father made

these little wooden beds,

I made the soft furnishing

and kind-hearted bear.

The Snail Mail

 

In our post office

works a snail,

who takes forever

to deliver the mail.

He crawls around

at an awful pace,

says slow and steady

wins the race.

We try to be patient

whenever he’s late -

when snail mail comes,

It is well worth the wait.

(©handmade by amalia)

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Featured: crafting with my

nephews. We turned

cereal boxes, old magazines

 and odd bits of paper 

into cards for the new year

and a  mail box to

put them in.

The Book Club

Ollie and Gus

were sitting in the pub,

talking about starting

their own book club.

Ollie had milk,

Gus only water,

and it was he who suggested

reading Beatrix Potter.

Ollie said they should 

order some grub,

and invite Peter Rabbit

to join their club.

Gus wrote the letter

and sent it with pride,

but oh, the sorrow,

Peter never replied.

They might still be waiting,

it’s a shame indeed,

that nobody told them -

rabbits can't read.

(©handmade by amalia)

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Featured: two 

literary friends.

Thumbelina

 Thumbelina and

her sister Thumbeloo

both came down

with a horrid flue.

They had to spend

the day in bed -

tea was drunk,

stories were read.

The very next day

Thumbelina tried

to get up from bed

and go outside.

Thumbeloo worried:

“Sister, be wise,

don’t go out alone,

remember your size!”

A cricket for us

is as big as a bear,

when you’re a thumb,

it’s a jungle out there!”

(©handmade by amalia)

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Featured: wine corks

recycled into little dolls

Back to School

 

I'm a little excited

for the first day of school,

but summer break is over

and that's just not cool.

(©handmade by amalia)

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Featured: I made this roll-up

pencil pouch for my sister,

who likes to draw..