I made this little Fisher Price Little People boat and captain into a tree ornament to commemorate TheMisterT’s milestone birthday celebration we had at the beach in June this year.
The celebration’s theme was “The Old Man & The See” and had many handmade elements including items that used this font. So I made up a jpg in Photoshop, uploaded it to Cricut Design Space, and used it to cut self-adhesive vinyl from my stash. It was a challenge to weed with all those tiny pieces, but with a bright light and a craft knife I was able to get it. On the second try.
Same process for the year on the other side, but it was a piece of (crab) cake to weed!
I named the water craft “Mucho” because the whole celebration was mucho by design! A different shade of blue vinyl was used for that just to mix it up a bit.
The Captain is clued into his vessel. I drilled one hole in the boat - into the “hitch” on the back - in order to hold the wire that hangs it on our Christmas tree. It’s too dark in the house these days for pics, so I took them on a tree outside.
This is ADORABLE! I recently saw vintage Little People at an antique store, one of them was a boat captain sans boat! The color of the vinyl matches the captain, what luck to find that in your stash. I like that you put the little curl in the ornament wire at the top as well. I think it was a good idea to change up the font and color for the boat name. Did you use some kind of tiny drill to get the hole in the boat?
I love that your boat captain looks so Hemingway-esque with his turtleneck and beard! What a pain it must have been to weed that lettering, but well worth it. So cute!
