The Wonderful Pigs of Jillian Jiggs

 Auntie Janet sent the little girls a fun book about a little girl named Jillian Jiggs.  It is a collection of different books.  The first one talks about Jillian Jiggs whose room looks like it is lived in by pigs.  It is a cute rhyming book.  Another story is about Jillian making wonderful pigs.  It has directions at the end of the story on how to make your own pigs.  The girls have asked to do it, but I have put it off.  So on Saturday we decided to make some pigs.  Housework can wait, right?  I gathered supplies from my collection.  We used some of the girls tights (they don't wear them in Florida.  It is too hot!) So we spent several hours making pigs.  Each girl carefully decided what she wanted her pig to look like.

 Some of their inspiration came from the pages of Jillian Jiggs. (Not that we could reproduce exactly, but we tried.)

 Erin really like "McTavish was old and had drooping mustaches."

Ashleigh wanted long curly hair.  A friend of mine had told me about winding yarn around pencils, wetting them and cooking in the oven for a short time.  Tada!

Kara loves purple and liked a pig named Lavender Lily in the book.

 Janiel loves to be part of the crafting as well.

 We had a fun time making them.  The bathrooms waited to be cleaned (and actually are still waiting!) I wouldn't trade the time spent creating with my girls.  They had so much fun stuffing, cutting the ears, winding the hair, and decorating the finished pigs.  The wonderful pigs of Janiel, Erin, Ashleigh, and Kara!