Papier Mache Face Sculpture, Kaya's Mat, Golf Ball, Foam Planet Earth and a Dinosaur Bone

Day 234: Papier Mache Face Sculpture, Kaya's Mat, Golf Ball, Foam Planet Earth and a Dinosaur Bone

Naturally, the papier mache face sculpture is the hardest of these to get rid of. All kid art is hard to get rid of, especially when your kids had Mrs. Higgins as their art teacher at Burns Park School. This little guy is in pretty bad shape, though; I'm not sure how much longer he's going to hold up. One of his horns is hanging by a thread. The papier mache is beginning to disintegrate. And the little triangle smile, while still friendly in its melancholy way, is coming off. I can't recall which kid made him, or of which brilliant art project he is the product, but I'm glad he's memorialized now. His picture has been published. He's got his 15 minutes of fame.

Kaya's mat can follow Kaya to my nieces' house, where all the American Girls are now residing. Kaya definitely had the coolest stuff, being a Nez Perce: the horse, the tipi, the leather mocossins, the ceramic fire. I'm sure she hasn't missed her sleeping mat. The girls have probably made something softer for her. She probably sleeps in a bed, with Kit and Samantha.

The golf ball and the foam planet earth can go in the Goodwill box.

The dinosaur bone can go in the garbage.