One of our young readers had a birthday this week! And we wanted to wish her a very, very happy birthday! When we told the Maddhatress about our new friend having a birthday—she painted her a couple of happy birthday pictures! We scanned them in and here they are…

Happy Birthday from the Maddhatress (and Puffinpalooza.com)

Picture #2…for twice the fun!

And a second Happy Birthday from the Maddhatress and Puffinpalooza.com

See the puffin peeking out of the teapot door? Cute! Thanks Maddhatress and we hope our new friend had a wonderful birthday!

You just can’t know how tiny a puffin is until you see one… puffins are approximately ten inches full grown. TEN INCHES! And they weigh about a can of coke. How adorable. I wanted you to see just how big (or small) ten inches. This graphic should be exactly ten inches tall. Feel free to get out your rulers! From the top of the black part to the bottom of the black part… these little cartoon puffins are standing head-to-toe just to show you how tall one little puffin is… Puffins are shorter than a piece of paper!!!

I love to draw and paint and even color. Creating is fun. I have never drawn or painted a puffin before, so I thought I would try today. I ended up trying to paint a puffin with watercolors. I have only done about 4 watercolor paintings so far. This was good practice. What do you think?