What I Did for a Pool Noodle

Several weeks ago, I heard the rumor going around blogland.  There was going to be a party.  Not just any party, a pool noodle craft party.  I doubted the source of this rumor.  What on earth can you make with a pool noodle?

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But it was true.  There were some crazy, crafty ladies making cute stuff with said noodles.  I was stunned....and curious.  I investigated and liked what I saw.  There were some crafty noodle artists out there and I wanted to be one of them.


That lead me to my quest of the illusive red pool noodle.  To make my noodle craft, I needed a red one to go with the blue one that I already had.  I thought it would be easy to find a simple red pool noodle.  But I was wrong.  Not in this town.  Not in the middle of June.


I was determined.  So I did the unthinkable.  I went to Wal-Mart...on a Saturday.  On a Saturday, in the summer, when all the kids are out of school.  I know you're probably thinking "Why is that so bad?"  You'd have to know my town.  Wal-Mart is a social meeting place, a playground for kids, a family reunion spot....especially on a Saturday.

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I put on my best pair of slippers (that's a W-M joke, sorry) and drove to Wally World in search of a red noodle.  I was lucky.  They had one left.  I grabbed it and ran to the speedy checkout line.  I was almost run over by some little munchkins playing Marco Polo in the middle of the store.  Their parents were part of the family reunion going on in aisle 5.  


I made it home...alive and well.  Want to see what I made?  After that long, ridiculous story, you're probably expecting the pool noodle version of the Mona Lisa.  Well, you're in luck...


NOT!


I present to you what my husband calls the  "kindergarten project".  I think he's right (but don't tell him, k?)  Here is my "pool noodle pennant banner" made by a 47 year old kindergartner.

You don't seriously need a "tutorial" for this do you?

Good, because I'm going to munch on the beef jerky and peanut M&M's that I swiped in the checkout line.

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