Accidental Handiwork

So, I was bored at work today. That is, after finishing all the marking I had to do and getting out of my I-still-feel-too-sick-to-be-working-today funk, I looked around (i.e my desk) for something to do. We have a mini mini play coming up next week and I wanted to kick up the excitement gears in my kids. Now, to those who know me much too well, I can't do anything productive with my hands...well, almost. ;) 

Handiwork, handicraft, whichever it is though I assume both carry more or less the same definition, has never been my forte. Also, I have no patience for that kind of stuff and habitually shun it. I brought an empty tissue box as a makeshift jewelry box, an empty stapler box as a cigarette box and tissue as hankies. Yeah, I am that dull in the creative department.

Then boredom, as I said, kicked in. I hoped to find some sort of colored paper to make it look not like such an obvious tissue box but didn't find any. Ugly, white, boring foolscap paper had to do. When that was done, my box was a white fugly box. So, hoping to jazz it up a bit, I searched for some sort of glitter pen or at least a colored gel pen that I may have lying around. Nada. Had a fine tip blue whiteboard marker pen. Not exactly your preferred choice but it was good enough to draw stars on the box. It was a jewelry box, after all. Had to make it look sparkly-ish. And of course, I had to label it "JEWELS" as a personal in-joke of obviousness. This was the product of said handiwork attempt...

The so called treasures in the jewelry box. Notice my three abysmal police badges.

Once I was done with that, I must admit I was feeling rather proud of my handiwork achievement. I haven't done something like this in...well, many freaking years. So I thought of making something else my play needed but of which was missing; handcuffs. After many pathetic thoughts including one of stapling two long thin pieces of paper together as makeshift handcuffs, I noticed I had some paper cups left from the mini class party from the other day. 

This, I'm particularly proud of...

You people in handicraft organizations, don't fret...I'm not planning to join your handicraft societies and all. This is one of those once-in-a-blue-moon sort of thing...despite it being much more fun than I would have thought it to be.