Minipig Play Date - or - A Fun School Holiday Project

No.3 grandson is passionate about his real life guinea pigs

Percy and Jasper

so,

 naturally ;)

he found some Minipigs in his

Christmas Stocking.

His comment was

"Wouldn't it be neat if we did a

Miniature Guinea Pig Play Date Scene,

so we did.

Of course, in real life, boy guinea pigs

mostly prefer to have only one male friend

but Minipigs get on splendidly in larger groups ;)

While I worked on the play pen

Grandson made the Pigloo

Piggies love new experiences.

Percy and Jasper did some excited zoomies

and then settled down to the serious business of

filling their tummies.

Cheryl and Kevin both being elderly chaps

thought the pigloo looked comfy

and strolled over to take up residence

and as for young Alf,

after some youthful popcorning,

(which is another thing excited piggies enjoy)

he did what he always does,

he teased everyone.

That's him trying to fit 3 piggies inside a two piggie pigloo.

We used mat board 3 3/4" square for the base,

1/8" square wood for posts and coffee stirrers for rails,

some sort of fuzzy fabric for the grass,

mat board, light card and 1/8" dowel for the pigloo

and raffia as miniature oaten hay.

A Late But Very Happy New Year!

A little late but nevertheless

Happy New Year

to all from

Alf and Cheryl

and

Kevin

(you can click on their names to find who made them)

Are they cute or what?!!!

Cheryl is on the left in his blue snuggle sack,

Kevin is sharing with Alf in the purple sack.

Some of the dollhouse children have been

giving the piggies lap time on the lounge

but it looks like they've left the picture for a moment!

Luckily piggies love their snuggle sacks

and are happy to stay safe and warm and not

get up to mischief with Mothers embroidery.

The dollhouse chihuahuas like the piggies.

Actually, the Real Life chihuahuas share

Real Life Cheryl and Alfies fresh salads

and the guinea pigs have no fear of them.

These miniature guinea pigs are an endangered species,

they are not going to be available when current stock is sold

so if you love piggies go and peek!

Grateful thanks to Katie for fulfilling the dream

of having my precious wheekers in miniature.

Sadly, the real life Kevin is no longer with us but

 how wonderful to have

Miniature Kevin

to help keep his memory alive.