Maze for Brienne

My maze for my niece Ashlyn was a hit, and Brienne, her sister, asked for one.  So here is Brienne’s maze.  After painting Prince Edward (Alissa forbade me to name him Prince Hank), I feared the maze would end up too masculine for Brienne.  She likes butterflies, princesses, and the color pink.  I then painted the horse trying to make the picture more appealing to a girl in first grade.  I think I succeeded making it girlish enough because it reminds me of Trapper-Keeper art.  I intend to do a coloring sheet of a dragon stealing away Princess Clementine.  Hopefully, the whole package will be suitably girl-friendly.

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Poster and Coloring Page

I’ve also added a coloring sheet for good measure.

Well, there you go.  Alissa and I will get everything printed up and sent to my sister’s house.  Hopefully the girls will like it, and Ashlyn will hold my princess-maze-promise fulfilled.  This blog is starting to look sort of feminine, but the next post should make Mr. Churchill feel more comfortable.

This One’s For the Ladies

The “ladies” in this instance are my nieces.  I have four.  Two are baby twins, the other two are four and six.  They live about 90 minutes away.  A while ago I was drawing mazes, and Ashlyn, the four year old, wanted to know if I could draw her some more mazes and send them to her in the mail.  ”What kind of maze do you want?” I asked.  ”Princess Mazes,” she said.  I said that it would be no problem, but I forgot shortly thereafter.  Then a few weeks later, Ashlyn chided me over iChat that I had not yet mailed her a princess maze. This weekend I got to work.

I’m not really that experienced at princess-type-strawberry-shortcake-like color schemes, but I gave it the old college try.  Incidentally, my wife heaped more praise on that silly castle than on anything I’ve ever done.  Alissa and I are going to print this out and laminate it, and mail it.  I still have to do the Princess Clementine marker topper, which I’ll probably post later in the week.  I also might make the maze harder so that she enjoys it a little more.

I’m posting a lores 8.5 x 11 version that you should feel free to print out for the little ladies in your life with maze-needs.

I thought I’d end with the lyrics to “Oh My Darlin’ Clementine,” but it’s a super creepy nightmare of a song.

EDIT:

I added a more difficult maze.  Actually, it might be a little too difficult.  Poor Clementine.