Over the year I make many large models for our own use and to loan to hotels etc for functions.
Some have a short display life and are disposed of but others I keep either because they can be reused or simply because I like them!
Take this witch for example. She has had many lives! First, as part of a 'Book Week' display as the witch in 'The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe' then, for Halloween.
Being around for so long she has become part of the family and now is stored ( actually 'hung' ) over the stairs.
The ghost is one of the models which will, inevitably be used again next Halloween and so remains intact ready to scare off intruders just inside our front door.
'Cruella' has been around quite a long time and has enjoyed many a Halloween disco . Having a large painting easel as a skeleton, she is not easy to take to bits! Now she lives in a corner of my studio keeping the Snow Dog company.
Santa has the luxury of the sofa bed!
Lizzie Witch. What can I say about Lizzie?
She is the character responsible for everything that has happened since in my life at Jumble House.
To most visitors she is the witch who flies outside the house over the Halloween period. But Lizzie is the charismatic character in my first four books and the presenter of all the science programmes for young children on my YouTube channel Jumble Fun. She has entertained and enlightened the lives of my own grandchildren and many others with her 'magic'.
Sadly not all can be saved or stored so it's goodby to the Wizard and Tinman at least for the present!
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