Choices

Stereotypes are useful teaching tools.  Last night in family home evening, we used these puppets to talk about Mr. Wickedness and Mr. Happiness.  We described the choices that both of these guys make and the effects on their lives.  Then we read Alma 41:10-11 and Mosiah 2:41 which illustrate things about wickedness and happiness.  It's true, wickedness never was happiness.  Sometimes we might feel tired of or inconvenienced by the things we need to do to maintain and strengthen our spirituality.  Lasting happiness and peace are worth it.

About the felt puppets:  They were made a long time ago.  We've made many over the years.  They are easy and fun to make.  Sarah made the face of the green-haired one for a school project.  It was Medusa.  I helped sew the pipe-cleaners into the seam for the hair.  It felt experimental at the time, but it worked fabulously.  The outfit Sarah made was not #5.  Medusa wore a dress.  I made #5 for a different puppet.  I also made the other puppet and his clothes.  The eyebrows, mustache, and soul patch were added later, probably by Sarah.  He was turned into a pirate, again, probably for a school project.  Originally, he was a daddy.  To me, they both look happy and wicked in different ways, so I won't tell you who represented who in our fhe.