Fit for a king

Got this idea for decorating hiking sticks at the Crafty Crow. Of course now I can't find the exact page where the idea came from and I'm a little too lazy to peruse any further. But it is a great site just brimming with ideas from the simple to more elaborate. And the list of crafty things to do with kids (and grownups!) keeps growing. This hiking stick craft was from a while ago...maybe that's why I can't find it now.

Anyway, this particular craft calls for wrapping colorful tape around walking sticks. As you might know, we have an abundance of sticks around here since my dear Rowan can not go anywhere without discovering at least one amazing stick to bring home. However, our current tape selection is a little pitiful. Actually I feel lucky to find any kind of tape around the house. But, I do have a large selection of beautiful woolen yarns (most of them languishing in obscurity) . So instead of tape, Rowan and his friend Eliot wrapped their sticks in yarn. The yarn wrapping takes longer than the tape would and also required a bit of help from me. Ultimately, the boys were happy with their creations. So happy, in fact, that it required a royal costume change.