It was the 100th day of school today! (already?) The younger grades always do something fun to celebrate and this year, Olive's class got to dress up like 100 year olds. Olive and I worked on her costume yesterday, stopping at the dollar store for her old lady turban, flesh colored knee highs and some brown eye-liner for her wrinkles.
She was ecstatic when I got my make-up out, but she wasn't too pleased when she looked in the mirror and saw an old lady face. I reminded her she wasn't dressing up as a princess.
We made glasses out of wire and found her most old lady like clothes...which makes me wonder if I should wear less cardigans. Her toothless look:
My favorite were the slouching knee highs, but I don't think she wore them that way. As soon as she was out of sight, she might have been wiping off her wrinkles (if only it were that easy) and pulling up her stockings. Her sisters did vouch that she was the best looking 100 year old at school today, even if it was a homemade costume, they added. Thanks?
Everyone in Azure's class brought in 100 of any object. And of what do I have more than a hundred? That's right. Just looking at them makes me want to tackle my sewing machine so I can put them to use. Sometimes I take things to Good Will and snip the buttons off first. Is that rude? I admit I have a bit of a button obsession. Other times I start a project based on the buttons. A bit buttoncentric, I'll admit. I might be the Buttonics Anonymous president, and I don't plan on resigning any time soon. Vintage, new, glass, fabric covered, round, square, I love 'em all.
Of what do you have more than 100 and proud of it?
Hahaha, LOVE the old lady costume!!! As for the 100 thing....I believe I probably have that in scrapbook paper. I'm obsessed; even if I don't use it, I just like to take it out and look at it. #sad
ReplyDeleteMy oldest is in kindergarten, so I am new to the 100 days projects! He decided to cut out and sew 100 pieces of fabric into a blanket. This mama is awfully proud! And I love the wrinkly flesh coloured pantyhose. Perfect!
ReplyDeleteI think I reach the hundred in the amount of clothing I have in my bins to up-cycle, mostly XL t-shirts that people around me wants to throw away.
ReplyDeleteThat hundred things seems like lots of fun! we never had any fun activities in my school.
Love the costume! I almost clipped some buttons before sending a cardigan to DI. Maybe I will next time! As for things that I have a hundred of, how about piano books?
ReplyDeleteI sent my 8-year-old with 100 buttons strung on a bright orange piece of yarn today, mostly because we forgot until this morning and it was the only thing I could think of that I had 100 of! I told him he better bring them back; I love them all! (He said his was by far the best collection. I mean, buttons vs. Cheerios? Skittles? Buttons hands down!)
ReplyDeletePatterns. I'll put it this way--I just packed them up and ended up with two medium sized moving boxes full... and those are the ones I like and want to keep. I have three other smaller boxes of patterns I want to sell, and a kitchen garbage bag full that I have yet to go through!
ReplyDeleteAwww she is cute as a button.
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Adorbs. I hope she kept the scrunched knee highs all day. They are the icing on that old cake!
ReplyDeleteOlive is the cutest 100-yr old I've ever seen! Emma used 100 buttons to spell out her name and Oren is using 100 acorns to spell out his name. Gotta love short names and please...using 100 buttons didn't even put a dent in the stash around here! ;)
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh Olive is so stink'n cute! One year I dressed up as an old lady for Halloween, and it only occurred to me much later how politically incorrect that could have been viewed by some people! (What innocence young ones have!)
ReplyDeleteI would probably say I have over 100 different pieces of fabric, well probably over 1,000 if I actually counted, but I have never seen all of it in one room as the wools live in the attic, some of it is in tubs in the garage, and some of it is in the studio.
Jennyroo--You OUGHT to be proud! What a fun idea!
ReplyDeleteAndreann--I feel ya. I've started to just donate things I know I'm not going to get to.
Rachel-great minds...I made Azure promise, too, and those buttons are still at school...
Bratling--and I thought I had a lot.
Cute post! Love the costume. I just did a post with the same title....but it was REALLY about my grandma who just turned 100, and she actually spoke today at my sisters kindergarten class for their 100 days of school!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a clever post -- and what a youthful old lady!
ReplyDeleteqQué bonita la cabecera del blog
ReplyDeletey la niña muy simpática
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Lovely Granny Olive. :o)
ReplyDeleteI love that button with the watch design!!!
I have over 100 of Burda pattern magazins and I love them and use them. Plus, I have over 100 books on my shelves because I love to read also. :o)
how cute is she? I love the costume!
ReplyDeleteas for the 100 things... I am not sure I should bribe about this... there are a lot of thinks I own a lot of: Cd's, books, different fabrics in my stash...
I'm right there with you on the buttons...
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun idea - we don't do stuff like that in the UK (at least not at my children's schools/pre-schools).
ReplyDeleteThe only thing I really have more than 100 of has to be books - more like 7 or 800! Unfortunately most of them are in boxes in the loft since we moved as we don't have as much built in shelving yet, and I have to keep reusing *my* bookcases for other things - like the children's books (easily another 100), oh and for storing all my sewing/crafting stuff on.
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Zero the hero comes to my school on the 100th day. He passes out lifesavers, which is always fun. I love the old lady costume! I bet she was the best dressed old lady.
ReplyDeleteOlive looks wonderful! She just inspires me to smile when I see her pictures. :)
ReplyDeleteI don´t have 100 buttons... I have more than 100 picures, much more than 100 days with the hubbie, more than 100 sweets recipes (not really something to be proud of)...
Marianne--that is SO cool! What a wonderful woman.
ReplyDeleteAline--you need to hop on the button collection wagon ;)
I absolutely LOVE Olive's outfit! I taught for one year as a Kindergarten teacher and I think it would have been so interesting to see what 5 and 6 year olds thought 100 years old looked like.
ReplyDeleteOn another note I ADORE buttons as well. I think it is because my Memere (my mom's mom) had a metal can with buttons that she gave to my mom. I loved shaking the can, sorting the buttons, picking out my favorite, and lots of other things.
I love your blog and being able to admire your creativity and ideas.
Oh ma' goodness, does she look so cute! I offered my little Kelly buttons, but she started out wanting "crafting what nots". I thought we could glue them to a glittery white branch, which turned her off immediately. Then, her eyes lit up, and she knew she just had to take in her dice collection. Yep, my 4 year old has been collecting dice for 2 years. Her sister took 100 hearts, and I patchworked a dress for her with 100 squares of heart fabric. I think for Kelly, I'll use what I have and make a "Goodnight Gorilla" dress...I've been inspired by your "Once Upon A" series. I've been wanting to make a Goodnight Gorilla tribute. I will share it if I get it finished.
ReplyDeleteOooh! Buttons!! I have old tins and jars filled with buttons! I love to go through them and pick out my favorites now and then. I also have lots of marbles, and I think it would be easier for me to let the kids take 100 buttons than 100 marbles. I've had some of those marbles since I was a kid!
ReplyDeleteMake sure Azure brings those buttons back home! :o) And Olive is the cutest 100 year old I've ever seen!
I only hope I'll be that cunning when I'm 100 years old.
ReplyDeleteI cut the buttons off of my Goodwill donations before sending them too! Also, when Goodwill is doing their 10 for $10 sales, I will buy articles of clothing only for their buttons.
ReplyDeleteI've been collecting thimbles since I was 10, and I think I have close to 300. They're from all over the world, made of porcelain, glass, jade, coal, metal, cloisonne, and even deer antler. I have a collection within a collection of vintage advertising thimbles. Any time I go somewhere new I hunt one down!
ReplyDeleteYou didn't give your 100 buttons to the school, did you? I probably have 100 pairs of running shoes (or cross-training, etc) that I can't let go of.
ReplyDeleteoh my, i ADORE that costume!! my daughter's 100th day of school is coming up next week - i'll have to steal some of your ideas... (and lovely button collection btw. i enjoy collecting buttons too!)
ReplyDeleteWhere do you find all of your awesome buttons?! I love buttons, but my collection is sorely lacking. Don't know if that's because I'm looking in all the wrong places, or if I'm living the grad school life and can't afford anything haha. But seriously, love the buttons :)
ReplyDeleteLove the wrinkled Nora Batty socks... very authentic.
ReplyDeletehaha. so funny!
ReplyDeleteHardcover books. I'm actually afraid to count them but I'm pretty sure I have at least 500. This is what makes it so difficult to move.
ReplyDeleteLove the old lady costume!
Greatest ever old lady outfit. And the face! A little too cute for an old lady. 100? Hmmmm. !00 silk thread colors from Korea, I am sure.
ReplyDeleteThat's funny ! My daughter's school is having the same thing on Wednesday, and she is going to bring 100 buttons, too... because I have them. And she has to dress as a 100-year-old. Great pictures !
ReplyDeleteShe's the cutest little old lady I've ever seen! And if something I'm donating has really good buttons, I totally keep the buttons. There's no sign saying "donations accepting only if all the buttons are intact" and I have a right to keep my buttons, I think! ;) I cut the crystal heart buttons off a vest just the other day, I just know they'll make a splash on something adorable for one of my girls!
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