My son got invited to a birthday party for a fellow geekling. Birthday invites are a good thing, right?
Except the birthday girl is one of my wonderful Little Leafers nature study students, as well as the daughter of a friend and fellow geeky homeschooling mom… so the gift should be somewhat personal.
And I had no clue what to get her!
Cue mild panic attack.
Then, Geek Dad shared a link to a fully awesome bowtruckle tutorial on their Facebook page.
(If you don’t know what a bowtruckle is, they are teeny tiny little magical creatures, that look like twigs and leaves, who guard the trees whose wood is used to make magical wands.)
I checked it out and I already had everything I needed in my craft supply stash. Score!
Total time it took to make was about 90 minutes, I could probably make one faster now that I’ve had some practice. In fact, I probably will make a couple more just because it was so fun and easy.
Since I’m giving this bowtruckle as a gift, I made a little magical creature adoption certificate to go along with it.
To check out the tutorial and make your own pet bowtruckle, be sure to check out GeekMom/GeekDad.com
I also recommend following Geek Mom and Geek Dad on Facebook, as well as following Geek Mom and Geek Dad on Instagram.
To Download and Print Your Own Magical Creature Adoption Certificates click here.
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