Maple leaf, stem, twigs, grass clippings.
My two brothers and I used to make these in our back yard, some time back in grade school. I took it upon myself to teach my sons how to make them this past weekend, with varying levels of success.
After making enough of them as youths, my fraternal collaborators and I developed something of a science to the whole process; the optimum leaf size, twig proportions, even the freshness of the grass clippings we stuffed them with.
There were even a few we equipped with various weedy entrails and dandelion hearts. Then, perhaps just being boys, we did awful, torturous things to them.
8 comments:
Wow. These are just begging to be made into a full picture book.
Beats torturing frogs! These are neat--I could see them on the pages of backyard/woods picture book!
I love these little guys! How creative!
Isn't it amazing what kids could do with their time and imagination in days past...before computers and cell phones...
Ah hahaha!! These are hilarious! I laughed out loud.
These are totally cool. I especially like the one-legged one!
Thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, and thanks! I'm still a little amazed we figured out how to make them.
And the one legged one was my eldest son's. That's mah boy!
These are fabulous.
I think we need a step by step DYI version posted. I know my kids would have a ball with these.
Now that's a green toy ... very cool Adam!
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