Catalina's been asking me to help her make a toy horse, and a couple of months ago I found a book with instructions for making animals out of socks. No horses in this book; however, there was a chapter about a zebra made from striped socks. I found a pair of big hiking socks to sacrifice; no stripes, but they would do. We put the socks and the book aside for a rainy day, and today was the day.
After breakfast the kids came over, and while Karl staged a mock battle with toy soldiers, Catalina and I cut up the socks, I sewed, and Catalina did the stuffing. Three hours later it was still raining, and we had a finished zebra/horse/donkey. Her name is Diamond and she is well loved (Her eyes and mane got put on after this picture was taken). Very good day.