Saturday, March 21, 2009

Scrabble Fairies!


scrabblefairies
Originally uploaded by bethvanduzer

I have been playing scrabble since I was a wee lass. My mom recently gave me her spiffy scrabble game that has a board with raised sides - so the tiles don't shift around. It is on a turntable as well. Very fancy!

My mom, older sister, husband and I played when my mom and older sister came to visit at the end of December. We had so much fun playing - we laughed so hard we cried at times. I never remembered Scrabble being that much fun when I was a kid!

One of the things we complained about during our play were the Vowel and Consonant fairies. Either they visited our tile racks - or they didn't. And either way - we complained.

And that was all it took for me to think...hmmm...scrabble fairies...I wonder if I could make some...

I searched for scrabble fabric and finally found some on e-bay. I made each of us a scrabble fairy. I am now working on wands - they are made but how the heck am I going to get the fairy to hold it? And - maybe a bag? Or would that just be too much. Maybe this fairy only needs her crown.

The words on the crown? My mom's bingo one night was JANGLERS (for those that don't follow scrabble - a bingo is when you use all 7 of your tiles. In addition to your word score you also earn 50 additional points). Spider Pig - is from The Simpson's Movie and was the name of one of the games we recently played on Facebook - and my sister won the game. So - her fairy's crown is Spider Pig.

I know - more scrabble info than anyone ever wanted to know but hey - the fairies are cute - right??? And scrabble teaches not only spelling but math and strategy. So, if you're staying in this evening and own scrabble, dust off the box and play a game. Print up a picture of the fairies and wave it over the board or tiles when you need a bit of help. Perhaps it will work.

Bingo! Beth

5 comments:

YayaOrchid said...

Oh, it's so nice that you're posting again!

Scabble fairies, huh? Well yours are cute!

Anonymous said...

one can never have too much scrabble information! a fun project!

Sharon Sews said...

I LOVE them! They are so cute! What do the wands look like? Maybe if we saw them we could help you with ideas on how to attach them.

I admit that I haven't played scrabble since I was a child and even then not too often. We were more of Sorry! and Yahtzee family. Maybe because we could all yell, IDK.

Peggy said...

Cute and clever!

mysteryhistorymom said...

WE love Scrabble, too! These dolls are TOO cute, Beth! Lori

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