We're Going on a Picnic!

(My great niece and nephew, twins, ready to go on a picnic with Aunt Linda!)
We're going on a picnic!

We're going to have some fun!

We'll find a place to settle

that isn't in the sun!

We'll take a comfy quilt and

we'll spread it on the ground.

We'll look into our basket

to see what can be found!

Oh, look! some yummy veggies!

Let's make a funny face.

Some lips, some hair, some eyebrows - 

and broccoli for some lace!

This game is really funny.

It gives us great big smiles.

The birds can hear us laughing

for miles and miles and miles!

We'll blow some giant bubbles

and chase them through the yard.

We'd like to catch and save them

but that is very hard!

And now our play is over.

It's time to clean and pack,

But one thing you can count on -

we'll soon be coming back!

by Linda Winters

Thank you for joining me for my picnic! My picnic blanket has ants appliqued around the border along with embroidered words to the "Ants are Marching" folk song!   I have chosen to back it with heavy canvas for weight.   

My basket is a $3 thrift store find! (I would love to have one from our sponsor, Peterboro Baskets! I have until September to get one with the discount!)

It has layers of baskets that stack. (It could also be used for sewing supplies.) 

I made a simple carrying case for it out of canvas and lined the basket layers with a vinyl picnic tablecloth, the $2 type, cut to fit.

The laminated snack mats are also canvas with iron-on lamination. The unfinished face in the center was drawn on the canvas with Sharpie marker. 

Your picnickers can use the fresh veggies (carrots, cherry tomatoes, raw broccoli, pepper slices, onion slices, and mushrooms) to make hair and features for the face on their snack mat! The lamination can be simply wiped off when all is finished.

The menu is simple. (These 3 year old twins, my great niece and great nephew, don't eat huge meals!) 
Menu:
Fresh vegetable sticks and pieces 
Ranch dip 
sausage and olive "ants"
Apple Smiles

Be sure to visit my fellow blog hop participants this week! Today, the following blogs are joining me!

  

Monday June 9

Cherry Blossoms

The Quilting Queen Online

Mad Quilter's Disease

Daisy Days

Buzzing and Bumbling (You are here!)

From My Carolina Home

Sew We Quilt

Our many thanks to the organizers of this hop, Mdm. Samm of Sew We Quilt, and Mary Winegar of I Piece 2- Mary. What a great idea! 

Thank you for joining me today!