My son loves Dino's. A lot. He has been begging me to make him a Dino for ages and we finally got to it. He started by drawing his favorite - at the moment - dinosaur, which is a flying saurian. I then re-drew it (as I know which one he was talking about), to make it easier to do a pattern for.
He then chose the fabrics and buttons for eyes and Mommy got to work! It was such a blast. I think I'll do some more. Actually my Mom wants one too!!!
I just bought these 4 "Simplicity Crafts" patterns on ebay and my son is super exited. And I'm in for a lot of work!
I found the road sign at Dinofarm and I think it will be good, for when he gets his own room. That might be sooner than you know ;o)
While looking around for Dino stuff, I stumbled over these stuffies - are they not cool? I have a thing for Bisons - I actually cried when I saw some at a zoo a few years back. Don't know why.
They are from Aardvark to Zebra. You just HAVE to check out the Moose Plaque too!
Oooh, I am just about to start making a dinosaur for a little boy... thanks for the wonderful inspiration! The saurian is fabulous.
Posted by: Claire | February 09, 2007 at 11:32 AM
Cool dino, super idé til håndarbejde i 4.klasse, jeg snupper den nok :-)
Dine ugler er også så søde, ja dine papirklip i det hele taget!
Ha' en dejlig weekend, Kristina, og vinterferie måske?!
KH Anne
Posted by: Anne Stange | February 09, 2007 at 01:18 PM
Jeg elsker den dino.. Kan godt forstå din mor også vil ha´en! Hun må ha´en der matcher hendes nye pude!
Ang. bisonerne.. Det kan være du var en bison i et tidligere liv!? :o)
Posted by: Laila Ohlin | February 09, 2007 at 01:34 PM
Wow, great teamwork!
Posted by: Rosa Pomar | February 09, 2007 at 01:43 PM
when ever we want to distract the kids for a moment..usually while driving or at the dinner table (the times when you want to finish a converstation) we say ' look pterodactyl!' and point somewhere. remember they are 2 and 4 so it works for a few minutes.
Posted by: tiel | February 09, 2007 at 03:23 PM
how fun that he got his own custom dino! the pattern looks like it will turn out some fun ones, too!
Posted by: kirsten | February 09, 2007 at 03:37 PM
Love the pterosaur! Big J is a BIG dino fan as well. I never imagined I would know the name of so many dinosaurs! =)
Posted by: sally | February 09, 2007 at 05:26 PM
superb flying dinosaur! Love the colour too!
Posted by: monica | February 09, 2007 at 06:08 PM
WOW!!!! I love your flyin saurian!!!! Just gorgeous and so is your son. Have a wonderful weekend. xo
Posted by: Dawn | February 09, 2007 at 07:14 PM
Super god ide Kristina. Den er bare blevet så fin og farverne er helt fantastiske, det har han valgt godt;-)
God weekend.
Marie-Louise
Posted by: Marie-Louise | February 09, 2007 at 07:31 PM
So cool! I'll have to show my son this because he's dinosaur crazy too! That is the most realistic flying saurian I have ever seen.
Posted by: myra | February 09, 2007 at 08:01 PM
The dinosaur looks great!
Posted by: Abby | February 09, 2007 at 10:07 PM
Wonderful project!
Isn't it great when you can make your child so happy with something you've made yourself?!
Posted by: Mirre | February 09, 2007 at 10:15 PM
Aw, your son looks like he really loves his new mama-made dino!
Odd bison story: when I was little, we had a random bison roaming around our neighborhood. All the moms made us kids come inside because they were worried the bison would have a temper. That was the big, exciting event of the summer.
Posted by: amy h | February 09, 2007 at 11:14 PM
That dinosaur is so great, lucky boy and he got to be a designer too. I agree, bisons are very special creatures.
Posted by: VictoriaE | February 09, 2007 at 11:23 PM
That's such a great dinosaur! I loved dinosaurs when little (and I still do!) There are also some dino patterns in the book "Toys to Sew" (ISBN 0307345416) ;)
Posted by: Emma | February 10, 2007 at 12:10 AM
Looks great and scary but cute too.
Posted by: Mama Urchin | February 10, 2007 at 12:24 AM
Adorable drawings, and a lovely mother/son project!
Posted by: sulu-design | February 10, 2007 at 12:33 AM
Your dino looks better than the ones on the front of the pattern. I have a great knitted dino book but haven't done any yet.
They have used all sorts of unusual wools for all the spikey bits etc.
Posted by: Kirsty | February 10, 2007 at 03:18 AM
The fearsome teeth on that beast - watch out! Very wondeful creation and I can't wait for the aardvark!
Posted by: Sonya | February 10, 2007 at 05:38 PM
Wow, that dino is so great! Marvellous! And I love the fact that you and your son worked on it together.
Thanks for being (once again) an inspiration - staring at your dino and the ones on the pattern, I knew what I`m going to make for my nephew`s first birthday! Although at the moment I`m a bit worried, since my sewing machine decided to stop working today. Ugh.
Hope you`re having a lovely weekend!
ps. I like the anteater too!
Posted by: Päivi | February 10, 2007 at 11:28 PM
Ooo, that is brilliant! My children are deeply interested in dinosaurs right now, too. Have you seen the BBC series called Prehistoric Park? Fits of bliss for any young dino-phile.
Posted by: Luckybeans | February 11, 2007 at 08:15 AM
Your dino turned out great! I think the touching thing about bisons is that they look so ancient! Great stuffies you found too!
Posted by: Kajsa | February 11, 2007 at 07:46 PM
this is so very perfect, I love the color. Lucky Calvin!
Posted by: Blair | February 15, 2007 at 01:46 AM
Don't know if we ever reach the dinosaur phase, hopefully we do and Hello Kitty and Disney Princesses are forgotten and we can do such cool project like this one. What a great dino you've made!
Posted by: Alex | February 15, 2007 at 08:09 AM