I bought this gorgeous puppet for Jamie on my lunch hour Monday. It’s a chameleon, complete with eyes that bug out and move independently and a spandex tongue that you can flick in and out of its mouth. It’s hard to tell from this picture, but the puppet — not including tail — is nearly as long as my forearm, and it’s got a long tail that curls up at the end and little mitteny-looking hands with weird pairs of toes like a real chameleon’s.
I bought it at Kiddlestix, which is a wicked cool mom-and-pop toy store that specializes in educational toys. I think the chameleon puppet — which is made out of baby-friendly twinkly green metallic fabric — is only slightly less cool than the peacock I got him a few weeks ago.
I’ll probably blog about Kiddlestix on Indie Tulsa in the next couple of days.
Oh — and lest you think I’m all talk and no action on that “shop independent” thing I’ve been yanging about: The stylin’ Route 66 futon cover you see under the chameleon’s pillow (and the futon that it’s covering!) came from Great Southern Bedrooms, and that white bag in the background is a 50-pound sack of Booster Feed Mill’s store-brand dog food.
I hope Jamie likes weird puppets, because he’s going to be well-blessed with them. I saw a cute otter today that I want to get for him at some point, and they had a huge display of fun little finger puppets, including a very fuzzy emu that Jamie obviously needs to own. I didn’t buy either today because I was trying to exercise something resembling restraint, but you can bet I’ll be back in there in a week or two, buying some other shiny object to indulge my magpie tendencies entertain my nephew….
Emily
February 6, 2007 at 10:01 am |
How cool is that?? Awesome. He’ll love it. He’s very lucky to have an Aunt Hippy who has such good taste in toys!! Speaking of grown-ups with great taste in toys, you’ll have to see the ridiculous mobile Margaret (I mean Aidan) sent to Jamie this week. It is hilarious. Made me jealous…wish i had cool puppets and a neat mobile over *MY* bed…LOL.
Can’t wait for you to come visit so you can wear the puppets and play with your nephew!! (If Geoff lets you have a turn playing with the peacock…he loves that thing!)
February 6, 2007 at 10:07 am |
I just called Geoff and told him to log onto your blog. He laughed with glee when the website popped up and cried, “He’s the Lizard King! He can do anything!!”
Geoff can’t wait to stick his hand up that iguana’s poop chute and let playtime begin…he said, “Why’s she buying all these cool presents that Jamie won’t be able to play with? This is essentially a present for me!” Hehehe. He absolutely loves it. Great work, sis.
February 6, 2007 at 3:15 pm |
If I can get to the aquarium gift shop before my next trip home, I’ll buy him a jellyfish to hang from ceiling above his crib. They’ve got some cool-looking stuffed jellyfish with shimmery tentacles made out of opalescent fabric.