I attended one of the many baby showers we will be having in the next few months at our congregation last Sunday. In this case, it was for the mom of one of my Sunday school students.
Since I teach the four-year-olds, there is going to be somewhat of a gap between the brothers. And it occurred to me that he might be feeling a little left out of everything. Not to mention that his life was going through a lot of changes that might be hard for him. So I kind of wanted to get him a little gift.
One of the things I knew about this little man is that he is a BIG fan of trash trucks.
Mmm hmm. Trash trucks. He loves them! In fact, his mom told me that his grandmother is making him some trash truck sheets to encourage his move from the toddler bed to a regular sized one (so they can use the crib mattress for the new baby).
So "love" is not an understatement.
I had gotten a typical gift for the baby but I first thought to find a toy trash truck for my student. Guess what. Not so easy to do as it turns out. Especially with a time crunch as I had left myself.
But then I remembered my little partial role of printable fabric (left over from the making of a certain weatherman doll). I looked up a little clipart of a trash truck and, without too much fussing, was able to print one that looked pretty good. I reversed the image and printed another.
Then I put 'em together, front and back.
I was still a little afraid it might be kind of silly so I handed it off to Mom after service that morning.
I was informed at the shower later that he LOVED it! It apparently went to lunch with him and was carried around until she had to come to the shower. She thinks it may become his soft toy for preschool too.
It made me happy I went to the little bit of trouble it took to make it. And I'm also glad he didn't think it was silly. :)
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