Monday
Dec152008
Complacent cats and custom-made comic books
Monday, December 15, 2008 at 4:59PM 
Above: my mom-in-law's cat, Duffy. Duffy is extremely affectionate, particularly toward those who are allergic to cats. Like me.
Jeff and I spent the weekend doing Christmas stuff with his family and mine. For Christmas this year, we put together comic books for each of the nephews and nieces on his side of the family. I sent out short e-mail surveys last month, asking for info to help us make stories that much more custom-made for each child -- favourite TV shows, for example, and anything exciting that had happened during 2008.
It was fun to see the kids' reactions as they opened their gifts from us. Though the youngest wasn't all that impressed at first...he yelled, "I DON'T LIKE IT!" and tossed his storybook across the room. But he warmed up to the idea of getting a book as his Christmas gift when his mother read it to him later in the evening, and pointed out that HE was the star of the book. Heh.
Soon the kids were all reading each other their own storybooks and comparing adventures.
We used Comic Life to put together the comic storybooks, using a combination of photos from our archives, plus the occasional artwork by yours truly.
Fun to put together and fun to give. :-)
tagged Cartoons/art/photos, Food, xmas
Cartoons/art/photos, Food, xmas
Reader Comments (2)
I love writing stories for kids as presents. I'm a writing major and I tutor kids on reading at one of the local elementary schools. I was having issues getting the kids to pay attention, so I decided to have them write their own stories...then one of the girls decided she wanted me to write a story about HER. She told me exactly what it was supposed to be about...her and her best (guy) friend and how they went to the park and kissed. Hmmmm...
:-D