Make your own TARDIS #savetheday

If you are planning a big shin-dig for the Day of the Doctor, then you festivities will not be complete unless you have a TARDIS. This is after all the Doctor's preferred method of transport! Here is how you can put together a simple TARDIS that won't break the bank.

Materials & Tools 

• 2 PVC pipe measuring 6ft
• 1 PVC pipe measuring 38 inches
• 4 PVC pipe measuring 12 inches
• 4 PVC caps 
• 2 PVC shaped t-shaped connectors 
• 2 PVC curves 
• Blue butcher paper (or blue table cloth) 
• Black and white paper
• Computer & printer 
• Tape 

Instructions

• Gather all of your pvc supplies and begin assembling them. Refer to the pictures! I will describe as best I can but I think the pictures will help you the most! 
• Bottom pieces: 
• Take 2 of the 12 inch pvc pipes and t-shaped connector. Place each of the 12 inch pvc pieces on each end of the connector. 
• Repeat this step so you have two! 
• Take the two 6 feel pvc pipes and insert them into the t-shaped connector of your bottom pieces
• Next take the 38 inche pvc pipe and place a corner connection on each end. Then attach it to the top of your already assembled structure.
• Your almost there! Keep it laying down flat and wrap it with paper. If you don't have paper that is big enough you can use a blue vinyl table cloth (they are in the party section of most stores) 
• swivel the bottom peices and slowly turn your structure right side up 
• Now you are ready for details! I used card stock and my silhouette machine, so its really up to you what you how you want to decorate your TARDIS. You can print a lot of them out and that helps! 
• Enjoy! It makes a fun background for a photo booth! 

Day of the Doctor Giveaway #savetheday

Hello there Whovians! The Day of the Doctor is less than a week away! In the past few days some more footage and shots have come out getting us fans more and more excited. One of the most exciting things I have seen is Tenant wearing a fez. Could this have been where his love of the Fez subconsciously started?

I also can't get over how amazing bad ass this image is of 10 and 11 side by side rocking the sonic screwdrivers. Its the ultimate dream team! No matter what peril the world is in this time it is in good hands because two doctors are better than one! (although there are technically going to be three)

I know I'm not the only one super duper excited! There is an entire universe of Whovian's just as pumped! So to celebrate I am  holding a little giveaway that is open to all of my US friends. The prizes feature some handmade items inspired by my love of Doctor Who. These items include, a TARDIS zipper pouch, 'Home is where the TARDIS is' sign and a blue bow tie (because remember, bow ties are cool)

How do I enter such a might fine contest you might ask? Well just enter a comment telling me what you are most excited about seeing in the Day of the Doctor! This contest runs all week and will end at midnight on the 23. Good Lucky and ALLONSY!





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Fezzes are cool #savetheday

We are still in full swing of the month of the Doctor! The big shindig is days away! Are you excited?! Have you seen the clip recently released?

If you haven't noticed it features one of the Doctor's most popular accessories... the Fez! Whats more exciting is the two seconds we see Tennant wearing the FEZ! OMG! NERD-GASM! Needless to say it has gotten me quite excited for next Saturday. Speaking of Fezzes... would you like your own ? Perhaps to sport at your own Doctor Who shindig? Well, ALLONSY, let's make one!

Materials & Tools

• At least 3 pieces of red felt
• Yellow yarn
• Scissors 
• Ruler 
• Tape measurer
• Sewing machine and notions

Instructions 

• Ok first things first, how big is your noggin? Take your tape measurer and wrap it around your head and see what you come up with. My own head is about 20 inches. Add a 1/2 seam allowance!

• Since felt is cut short, divide your head measurement in half. Then determine how tall you want your fez to be. I made mine 8 inches. Add a 1/2 seam allowance! 

• Now that you have you measurements, but your pieces! I cut two 10 X 8 inch pieces (dont forget, add 1/2 inch seam allowance!)
• Lay the cut pieces on top of one another, pin and sew along the edges determining the height of your fez. Congrats you made a tube! 
• Push your tube out to make a circle and take your ruler and measure from edge to edge. This will be how big you will make the top of your hat. I made mine 6 inches. So measure it out and mark it on felt and cut it out. 

• Pin the circle to the top of your hat. Sew! 

• Pull inside out and your almost there! You hat needs tassel before it can be an official fez! 
• Cut a long piece of yarn and some little tiny bits. Tie the tiny bits to the end of the long piece. This makes the tassels. 

• Cut two little slits on the top of your hat and tie your tassel to it. 

• Geronimo! You are ready to go! 

Stay turned later this week for an announcement about my Doctor Who giveaway!

Doctor Who - Library Life

In the Spring time while we were still planning programs for the summer, the teen librarian asked if I would be interested in holding a Doctor Who program. I nearly fell off the reference desk with excitement. I partnered up with another librarian and whovian, Monica and together we made a pretty awesome program. Here is what we did....

We couldn't have a proper Who program with out a TARDIS. We had a ton of PVC pipe in my garage so I had Timbo cut it up to my specifications. He did it because I am klutzy and not to be trusted with power tools.  After all the pieces were cut I took it to the library then began assembly! I wrapped it with blue butcher paper and used my silhouette machine to cut out most of the details.

Other than the TARDIS we had different stations for the kids to take part in while roaming around the room. This included bow-ties, making t-shirts, putting the Doctor's in order and a snack of 'Fish finger's' and custard. Afterward we tested their knowledge in Who trivia.

For the bow-ties, we used felt and ribbon. We assembled them using the glue gun. I have some pretty gnarly burns from helping them, however they all did a good job. I gave them each a safety pin so they can wear it. One kid passed up the bow-tie because he said he already has too many Whovian bow-ties.

The t-shirts did not go over so well. This was mainly because only one kid listened to our reminder phone call warning about brining a shirt. I showed them how to make the t-shirts at home. For the stencils I cut out some Who themed shapes.

With a program like this, these kids are going to need food. I didn't want to do something lame like pretzels. It had to be Who-themed! I came across this recipe for 'Fish fingers' and custard. The 'finger fingers' were actually cookies and the custard was vanilla pudding. Monica is quite an accomplished baking so she handled that. They came out pretty awesome and they tasted really good with the pudding.

I wasn't sure how the kids were going to do putting the Doctors in order. Most of the kids are Who newbs and are familiar with 9 and on. However they surprised me and with some team work they got it! This idea Monica got from this Teen Librarian Tool Box.

After all the bow-ties were made, the fingers fingers were eaten and the doctors were put in order, it was time for trivia. Monica and I had been working really hard to come up with some good questions. I think we did pretty good because we stumped some of the most die hard kids! One of my favorite stumping questions was: What do the Doctor Who actors, Freema Agyeman, Karren Gillian and Peter Capaldi all have in common? Answer: they were all in Doctor Who episodes before being cast as main characters.

Monica and I weren't the only ones dressed up. We invited kids to come in Cosplay. A few looked great, while the others opted for Doctor Who t-shirts. 

This program was so much fun and based on the reaction we most certainly are going to do it again in November for the 50th anniversary. I'm grateful for the help from Monica, the kids that came and the fact that I get to do things like this for a living.