One day Briony...made a pen holder for her daddy's birthday

It's always a dilemma but what do you give to the guy who has everything? And more importantly, how do you make it meaningful when it's from his only daughter who's only 2 and a half?

You make something!

I have recently been making things out of polymer clay (I use Sculpey as its so much easier to mold than Fimo) and as Briony has been trying to help me, I decided she should make daddy something out of this great material. A pen holder was the perfect choice as it was easy to make, didn't use too much clay and he could put it on his desk at work. I made the blue centre part of the holder and then baked it. This meant that Briony could add the decoration without misshaping the main part. She had great fun choosing the colours she wanted and adding the dots.

She choose the paper she wanted (Christmas paper!) and wrapped it with blue electrical tape. She was so excited to be able to give it to her daddy and couldn't wait for him to get home from work. In the end she even opened it for him when he finally arrived!