Eastern Gray squirrel in wild doesn't have a big life span. Their chances of survival increases as they mature. It is funny, that most of the squirrels in our balcony have certain physical attributes which makes it easier to track each of them individually. One of them had a scar in her ear, we named her as "Kaan-Kata" ( pierced ears). She has a very fiery attitude and she was the most regular visitor. Be it rain or cold, she would not fail to make her presence known twice in a day , once around breakfast time and the last was at dusk. More funnier tidbit is, most of the squirrels disappear in weekends!! Yes, I don't know how, but on weekends they are fewer in number!
And we named them - Chiko, Genu, Kaankata, Podmo-Korno, Chidro-Korno and a host of others! It's no wonder that Lil S loves feeding them. He insists on giving a handful of peanuts to them every time!
Preparing the costume didn't take much time and it was pretty much free handed stitching. I bought a footed pajama . It was a bit bigger, so I had to slightly alter the length .
Next I drew outline of ears, and made ears with Felt pieces. Nose and whiskers were made up of fuzzy stick and woolen bead. Tail was stuffed with artificial cotton. All the supplies can be found in a local craft store.
Once these were done, it was time to stitch in the pieces to the pajama. I also made an acorn cutout and tried to put in the front, but could not come up with a clever way to put an acorn across the front zip.
It was Lil S's first Halloween and watching my big and lil squirrel playing in the grass was such a joy! Happy Halloween folks!
