Perler bead kit

I received something beary cool in the mail last week from a friend! It was a Perler bead kit with a Super Mario theme! Of course I am wearing my Super Mario hoodie while I talk it about it today.

It's a large bucket of beads that can be used to make sprites. Just arrange the beads in the design or pattern you like, then iron it to melt them together.

I can pick from 11 sprite designs in this kit. It comes with a pegboard for holding the beads, and also a piece of wax paper for ironing. I'm going to pick the question mark block.

Now, I carefully start the first row of beads. You have to be very patient. My friend Ooogie would probably like this project.

*some time later*

Okay, now I'm about halfway there! Any slight tip or movement of the pegboard will mess things up. I did that quite a few times.

Alright - there! All the beads have added to this design.

Now it's time to iron it so all the beads melt together. I will defer to my mom for this part. Be careful as the iron is very hot! Once I iron one side, we'll have to flip it over and do the other side also.

And we're done! It look pretty cool, huh? I might glue some magnets on the back of this sprite. Do you have any other suggestions for using this sprite?

Skateboard

Alright folks, I am super excited to show you my new skateboard! My mom had been working on a secret project for the past couple of days and wouldn't let me peek at it, but now I know that she had been painting this for me.

Look! It's similar to the design on my t-shirt.

The little wheels on it actually spin!

I'm going to give it a try. I could be like Tony Hawk flying through the air in a 900 spin.

It shouldn't be that hard, right? I think skateboarders just put one foot on it, like this, and then -

WHOOPS!

Well, I guess it takes some practice. Good thing I started on carpet. And maybe I should wear a helmet and some kneepads.

Woof?

Have you tried skateboarding before?

Mail from Sandy

Hey everyone, did you know that Sandy is single-handedly keeping the postal service beary busy? I checked my mailbox yesterday and found two letters from him!

The first is this light yellow envelope that has a lot of stickers on it. The envelope is really shiny and has a pearl-like lustre to it - cool!

And on the inside was a red card with some intricate cut-out design.

When I opened the card, a huge dragon popped out at me! Wow, this was so cool! Sandy is thanking me here for the sticker I sent him recently.

The second piece of mail came in a larger envelope that also had stickers on it, Winnie the Pooh stickers to be exact.

Look at this beautiful card!

Sandy gave some interesting updates in his card. He might be going on a long road trip to visit Gramma, and visiting Rose and Otto the Otter. Thank you beary much Sandy for the mail!

Some fun stuff!

Hey everyone! I've got some cool stuff to show you. I received some treats a while ago from a friend but forgot to post about them. I think you're gonna like this stuff!

If you are familiar with the LINE messaging app, there are some digital stickers you can download and use in your chats. One of the characters is a bear named Brown. There is also a LINE store with tons of merchandise.

This first item I received was a pen tray feature Brown the bear. It's pretty handy, isn't it?

I got got a zippered pencil case, also with Brown wearing a dinosaur outfit. This is really cute! Maybe I should get a dinosaur outfit also.

And what's that? Aha! It's a paperclip holder! Brown is on a yellow fishing boat.

It also comes with 10 fish-shaped paperclips...

...so that when you put a paperclip near his paw, his magnetized paw will pick it up!

Ah, how clever!

Thank you to my friend for sending me this gifts. I am a lucky bear indeed!