Tuesday, August 6, 2019

A Day in the Outdoors

Hello everyone!

This fortnight's challenge prompt in the Sylvanian Families Collectors Community was:


Challenge #15: Summer Camp

Camping and exploring the forest are favorite activities for many Sylvanians and August is the perfect time for camping holidays with friends and family. Many young critters will be spending their summer attending various camps! Some may attend camps focusing on a specific theme (music, football, dance, or science to name a few), while other camps are all about the Great Outdoors!

It’s an exciting time, as some Sylvanians are looking forward to reuniting with camp friends and others are experiencing life away from home for the very first time. Older siblings get an opportunity to work as counselors and adults love to share their wilderness expertise with the campers

Camps need campers, counselors, guides, cooks, nurses and teachers, so the entire village has opportunities to help make camp a fun experience for all involved.

Make an item or items, photograph a scene, write a story, or do whatever inspires you to do something creative with the Summer Camp theme!



This is my entry for the current prompt, earlier and shorter than usual since I'm a bit pressed for time this fortnight.
Hope you enjoy it anyway!



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Frances Robinson and Isabella Hunter-Smyth, who have recently become friends, have decided to take their little siblings camping!
...Well, not really camping, since they're only planning to take a stroll in the woods, have a little picnic and come back home before nightfall. But both these girls are the type to prefer to stay indoors, so this is big for them! They're really trying to get out of their comfort zone. :D So they have made sure to be prepared. Both older girls are wearing wristwatches, to keep track of the time, and they also have a camera ready. And of course, a basket and a bag full with supplies and delicious food made by their moms!



Both Robinson girls are also wearing hats to protect their heads from the sun. Their mother wouldn't have it any other way!
"Cali, don't wander off" Frances says gently. "Here, take my hand".
Cali can be a little terror, but she always listens to her big sister!


Isabella is having a harder time controlling the triplets.
"Come on, you three, don't get distracted!"
Thomas and Gerard insisted on carrying the basket with the food, but they seem to be tired already and want to start eating!
"A bite!"
"No!" exclaims Isabella sternly. "That's for later".
"Picture?" asks Georgina with a big smile. She's quite proud to be carrying her toy camera.
"Not now! Maybe later. Come on!" Isabella sighs deeply. The triplets can be hard to manage! 

 
A kind camper took a picture of the group on their fun day out!
(Please cherish this picture; you wouldn't believe how hard it was for me to manage to have the figures standing up on the grass mat, haha!).

Hope you liked the pictures! Have a great day!

14 comments:

  1. Hi Ayrell!

    Aw, that was such a cute story! The pictures were adorable and with the woods in the background and everything it looked like Sylvanian children could have a lot of fun playing there. Your stories always make my day!

    Emilie

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    1. Hi Emilie!
      Thank you very much for your comment! I'm very glad you liked the pictures and that you enjoy my little stories! :)
      Have a great day!

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  2. Hi Ayrell!
    I love you entry for this challenge! Your pictures are so beautiful! It looks like Frances, Isabella and their siblings are in a real forest.
    Both are very brave to take their siblings into the woods, especially Isabella. Those triplets seem to be a bit of a handfull!
    Isabella´s backpack is really cute and so is the little basket. Are they sylvanian?

    As for the last picture, I´ve been in your shoes lots of times! That grass mat is really nice but it seems it must be itchy or something like that as the critters are a bit reluctant to stand up there.Your effort has paid off! It´s a lovely photo!

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    1. Hi Cutata!
      Thank you very much for your comment!
      Those girls were indeed brave to bring their boisterous baby siblings to their outing! I'm not sure I would have dared, haha!
      Most of the accesories used for these pictures are from the Day Trip Accesory Set: https://www.sylvanianfamilies.com/en-uk/catalog/item_detail.php?product_id=1293
      The only exception would be the basket with the bread loaves, those came with a Cu-Poche doll.

      Glad you understand my struggle with the grass mat, hehe! It must indeed be itchy!
      Thanks again!

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    2. Thanks for the link ,Ayrell! One more set to my wish list! I hadn´t paid much attention to it until I saw your pictures. All the accessories are so cute!It has even got watches and a strawberry bag! I love it!


      Enjoy your holidays!

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    3. Hi Cutata!
      No problem, glad to be of help. This set truly is adorable. I got it for Skye, my Cu-Poche doll, but I'm glad I was able to use it with my Sylvanians as well!

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  3. Hi Ayrell!
    What a cute story. I loved the adorable pictures of the girls and their siblings. Sylvanians must love camping! The trees in the background and the grass mat and everything look so cute and so Sylvanian themed!
    Thank you for making my day with your story!
    Emilie

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    1. Thank you Emily once again for your kind comment! :)

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    2. Oops, sorry for the copy!
      I thought somehow the computer would not publish my first comment as it was still in the approving station when I had to restart my computer!! I thought I lost it so I wrote another one! Sorry for the confusion!
      Emilie

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    3. No worries, no problem at all! When you send a comment I get a message to approve it (which might take me a little while since we're in different time zones :)), but as soon as you hit publish it's usually there even if you reboot the computer. :)
      Thanks! :)

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  4. This was a great entry for the 'summer camp' challenge Ayrell! They really looked like they were in an actual forest!
    Poor, Isabella; trying to control the triplets seems lke trying trying to herd cats! At least Cali is willing to obey her sister's will!
    Well done on the last photo! It looks fabulous! I'm sure that it is also a photo that the girls and babies will cherish too in the years to come, and remember all their adventures in the forest!
    Have a great weekend!

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    1. Hi Kelsie!
      Thank you for your comment, so glad you liked my pictures!
      Cali is being surprisingly well behaved here, indeed! It's only because her sister's there! Not even her parents can control her as well as Frances.
      Thanks again! :)

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  5. Hi Aryell. What sweet pictures!
    Frances looks the experienced traveller with her hat, camera and wristwatch. Her sister Cali is a cutie!
    The triplets are funny. I think the brown Labrador are one of the more realistic Sylvanians, with their sad eyes - their behaviour doesn't reflect this!
    Lovely scenes. They really do look like they're in woodland. Well done!

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    1. Hello Jackson,

      Thank you very much for your comment. These girls aren't very outdoorsy, so Frances will be happy to know that you thought she looked experienced! She was trying to be prepared.
      The Chocolate Labrador triplets are adorable. I fell in love with them when reading Eaton Blackberry's blog. They were quite boisterous in her stories.

      Thanks again!

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