Adam found these super cool paper craft world masks for us because all we are doing this year is handing out candy, which I’ve never done once in my life?! He choose them. He spent hours on them, folding, gluing and shaping them. I didn’t lift a finger besides to slip it over my head. :0
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Some shapes are larger pieces connected to very small ones. I said while he was assembling that we should use a black marker to trace over the white paper fold lines. Ari says, “Why would you do that? That shows that it’s paper and he MADE it. It would just look like you bought a mask if you cover that!” Ok, wise little one, you’re right.
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28 pages of shapes he plucked out shapes, folded and glued.
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Guys. Save your disappointment, I’m plenty sad about it myself. We, along with everyone else I know, are in such a place of overwhelmedness that I just want to get through each day in hopes I get a few hrs sleep to do it all again the next day. Pure burnt out, exhaustion. This is the first Halloween in 41yrs, ok maybe when I was a baby I didn’t care hahaha, that I didn’t have the energy to celebrate. About any of it. Barely got decorations up a mid October. Didn’t assist to make these masks. I sat down and tried because crafting is fun!! Popped out one perforated shape, saw the millions of numbers that you match the shapes up with to assemble and immediately no. HARD PASS. My brain wants NO more information. No craft stores, sewing and many trips to thrift stores! We didn’t even carve pumpkins as a big fam, though our kids did Monday with just my parents only because they bought the pumpkins and insisted. I’ve normally dressed up 5 different times by this point, not this yr. Not even making the Halloween tradition of enchiladas Ali started 20+ yrs ago that I’ve continued the last 12. I’m SO sad that my favorite holiday can come and go and I couldn’t give two shits. SIGH. Hope this season of life fatigue ends soon but I think we’re in it quite a few more yrs. We have made some pretty big changes unfolding this next year that I hope will alleviate the contempt for midlife I got going on. (Replacement hormones are doing wonders too!) At least last year we still walked the twins around, this yr they are at friends too. So, big shrug. Maybe next year? But don’t hold your breath. :-0 It’s fiiiiine. I’m fine. Two thumbs up from under the swamp water. :-* Happy Halloween!
Heart, Werewolf and Mel Monkey (actually my childhood nickname 😉 )
