【Short Story】A Tiny Pitcher, A Big Dream

Subtitle: Making sweet miniature memories with my daughter.

I decided to make a washstand.

However, a miniature one.

After all, my elementary school daughter had said with glittering eyes,

"I want a ceramic pitcher and washbasin, just like the ones in Anne of Green Gables!"

Oh, my dear daughter.

I can understand your yearning for Anne, but a ceramic pitcher and washbasin are much heavier than the plastic basin you usually use.

Besides, running tap water straight from the faucet is far easier than hauling water to fill a pitcher every single time.

Above all, because you are so clumsy, even if you are careful at first, it is plain to see you will end up dropping and breaking it before long...

So, I proposed a compromise.

"Hey, why don't we try making a miniature one for your dolls?"

At first, my daughter wore a dissatisfied look, but once we started making it together, she was completely captivated.

Using the cap of a cosmetic plastic container as a core, we shaped a rounded, ceramic-look bowl and a tiny pitcher complete with a handle and a spout out of resin clay.

Once the clay dried, we painted it white with acrylic paints and delicately drew tiny pink flowers using a toothpick.

Next, we decided to craft a wooden stand to hold this diminutive pitcher and washbasin.

We glued thin pieces of wood together into a box shape and painted it in an antique white.

Oh, this crafting process is not only fun for my daughter, but for me as well.

There is something utterly irresistible about watching it slowly and painstakingly come together piece by piece.

Because we made it together as parent and child, it is a bit warped and lopsided here and there, but that’s just part of its charm.

I even made a tiny chair to match the wooden stand.

We sat my daughter’s favourite Licca doll upon it, and it was complete.

My daughter immediately immersed herself in being Anne, playing happily with her Licca doll.

(The End)