(open) art day art day!

[happyends]

Who: Open to everyone, come and mingle!
Where: Garden carriage
When: Kazoo 27
What: For today the garden carriage is turned into a place to get creative.
Warnings: There's cakes. And glitter.

Whether or not you heard Romeo and Madoka's announcement, you'll know about it, unless you avoid the garden carriage somehow for the entire day (and then from then on). The changes are simple, but hopefully something to be built on: an outline made in gold paint that takes the shape of a tree with large curling branches that greets the viewer from the longer width of wall, and a fishing net draped down the length of wall by the nearest entrance, with strings hanging off it for decorations to be added to. Posters seem to be all over the carriage, carrying messages in a childish yet neat handwriting, like "Are you having a fun day? Please vote art so we can have do lots more art together!"

Small sitting pillows have been placed around so people aren't sitting on the bed of stones, and the statues once there moved to other parts of the 'garden', leaving them with sounds of the running water to keep them company.

So, just what is there to do?

THE CRAFTS;

The group have done their best to get as many art supplies as possible, with two trunks taken from the luggage car, and filled as tidily as possible. Inside one is a variety of papers, from tissue to cardboard, decorated and plain, some that's shiny, and even the kind for origami. There's also some sketchpads set out to the side, for any larger projects.

And in the net trunk is all the rest you'd expect: the fun supplies. Paints, inks, glue, glitter, threads, ribbons, and wooden beads, and even scissors are set inside. Some of those paints? Why, they're even shiny paints, and plenty of them. There are books too, at different crafting levels. From how to make paper cranes, butterflies, flower garlands, and whatever else you might imagine. How about a tree with stars?

Pretend what you want's inside them, and have fun.

Or perhaps you brought your own craft along to the carriage. Whether it's knitting, sewing or anything else creative you'd like to do, there's definitely a place for that as well! It's like there are spots in the carriage that have been left intentionally empty for people to sit down with their own tools and work.

MEMORY WALL;

Very, very simple folded animals have been put on the corners of where the netting is displayed, stretched out to make the most of the hanging that the netting provides (you have to get creative with what you can buy).

Looking it over, there's already what seems to be names on cards, placed around different parts of the netting. Perhaps you may recognize some of the names as people who have been on the train before, but have since left.

CAKE;

Of course there's cake. How else would they tempt people to come and sit down? There's one large cake made out of rainbow and sprinkles, and then a collection of cupcakes, all a mix of colours and whatever shakeable edibles has been decided to be plopped on top.

There's also a few plates of simple yet sweet biscuits cut into a variety of shapes (cat heads, dogs, dinosaurs, and even...a train), some with light icing, some not. The quality is about what you'd expect from some kids having fun in the kitchen, and the recipes are simple for it. Don't worry; you might have glitter and sprinkles dropping onto your lap with whatever you pick up, but the shakers were about all anyone went wild with in the kitchen than the baking.

Mami's helped to bring along refreshments in offering different flavours of tea, and there's even a few flavours of coffee to pick from too.

So grab a cuppa, a piece of cake, and have fun pretending you're five and in art class again and create a masterpiece.

Or even show others how to.

Comments

[controlsthedie]

He should have thought about buying stuffing... There has to be something though. Thanatos looks over his shoulder at something only he can see. "Feathers might work."

If he used his own from his wings, would that increase the likelihood of being able to actually create a Chthonic Companion? Deepen the connection?

[myblueskies]

"Feathers would be a really good idea! They are really soft and you sometimes put them in pillows!"

But where could they find so many? "We got some for craft, but I don't think it's enough for stuffing..."

[controlsthedie]

"I think I could manage to gather enough. Stuffing will have to wait for now," Thanatos says, purposely keeping it vague. If Romeo were to learn that the feathers will come from plucking his own wings, it probably wouldn't go over well.

"What about ribbon? I don't need a lot. Enough to put around Mort, for example."

[myblueskies]

"Oh we got lots of ribbon." He grinned, "Do you want me to go get you some, we've got some different colours!"

[controlsthedie]

"Yes, I think... black and gold colored if possible." One could be used for a collar, and the other could work as a base for another keepsake. Ribbon would work much better than fabric in those cases.

[myblueskies]

"Okay!" He nodded and scrambled away, off to find the craft ribbon. It takes him a little while actually, since the ribbon is scattered by now like all the rest of the craft materials.

But a short time later he returned, triumphantly clutching a fistful of black and gold ribbon. "I found it, sir!"

[controlsthedie]

But hopefully the glitter isn't scattered the same way as the rest of the craft supplies.

Thanatos gratefully takes the ribbons, inspecting each one to see if they'll work for his ideas. "These will work nicely. I'll return what I don't use. Thank you."

[myblueskies]

The glitter is everywhere but the ribbons are relatively glitter free at least. Romeo smiled at him.

"You're welcome sir! I hope soft cuddly friends turn out really good!"

[controlsthedie]

"I hope so too," Thanatos says quietly with a bit of concern seeping in. These aren't for himself. They need to be to the best of his ability. He's not his mother; he has to make up for her power and grace, the ease of which she seems to do everything.

[myblueskies]

Romeo is sure they will be. He knows how hard he is working on them so he just gives him a big grin and skips off to find more people to greet and help.