How Whimsies Can Add Fun to Your Days?

“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” — Albert Einstein

Whimsical refers to something playful and creative. It rides on the back of imagination to give amusement.

We love children’s storybooks because they are engaging and whimsical. Mermaids, talking donkey, Thumbelina, Rapunzel with long hair, wood boy Pinocchio, Alice going to the Wonderland, Hansel-Gretel and cookie house. It’s endless.

If you think about it, movies like Harry Potter are full of whimsies. Not long back, I had written a review on the whimsical book 'The Search for Treasure', by author Geronimo Stilton’.

Whimsical elements add joy to life. I certainly need it, in this phase of raising two small kids. So, my life has lots of whimsies now.

I guess, I learned whimsies from my imaginative and creative kid daughter.

We take our teddy bear and put it on the jasmine flower bed. It feels as if we are lying on flower meadow.

We take a tiger toy and show it sunsets near the cul-de-sac.

We take octopus toy and let it perch on the feijoa (pineapple guava) tree branch.

You see above a rubber ducky wearing a pink hollyhock flower sombrero, with a small vase with garden flowers nearby.

On July 4th, as I made a small picnic table for the kids in the backyard, I made sure to place the tiger and octopus on the table, holding USA flags. One of our parrot toys, is sporting star-spangled banner scarf.

A turtle plush to wearing a flower tiara, is riding a tractor near the raised bed in the garden.

A gypsum plaster duck statue, waring necklace watches the Hunter moon in Fall season.

Let's see some relevant quotes.

“Whimsy and creativity make the world a better place.” — Unknown

“Let your imagination run wild. Whimsy is a necessary part of life.” — Unknown

“Unless we can be like children, we can’t be happy.” — Marianne Williamson

“The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age.” ~Aldous Huxley

“The most potent muse of all is our own inner child.” ~ Stephen Nachmanovitch

I have two small kids, so I have to play with them with toys. But even when I didn’t have kids, I played with all sorts of things: pebbles, sea shells, leaves, twigs, kitchen cups, and my trinkets.

I describe myself as a big kid with an old soul, I'm very playful whimsical, but I definitely have that old soul as well. — Jidenna.

I love whimsical things and forests. I'm really into all that. — RaeLynn

A little bit of whimsy makes life more tolerable, more fun. So, every day, I create something whimsy.

While I do it for me and the kids, I make sure to tell them interesting information about these characters. For example, octopus, duck, parrot, and turtle are called pulpo, pato, loro, and tortuga respectively, in Spanish.

Play is the highest form of research. — Albert Einstein

The themes portray important topic: admiring nature, survival in summer heat, patriotism on Independence Day, and the necessity of growing food. All are crucial, right?

Did you like my whimsical projects?

I make hollyhock flower dolls, corn husk dolls, and snowman out of fruits. On my walks I make pebble and botanical crafts

Add whimsies to your life. It feels so fun, and de-stressing.

Thank you for reading.

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