The dinosaur shaping was coming along pretty well by this point although Ella had traded the shears in for her wand, hoping that this would ease some of the pain she was feeling in her hands. Sore joints these days, y'see. And the Head girl was currently using the Severing Charm to cut any of the thicker branches that were fighting against the shape she was going for, wanting to get those out of the way so that she could move on to the Trimming Charm. That was her plan, anyway. First timer so who knew if it was a good one.

"Diffindo." Perhaps a dinosaur had been a bit ambitious for a first time topiary maker because the size was a bit overwhelming now that Ella had been working on the head and neck for a while. She'd assumed that creating them would be time consuming but you never really have a clear idea until you try it yourself, yeah? "Diffindo." Oh and another thing, could they use these bits of branches and leaves in the compost? She'd have to ask Hadley about that because she'd created quite the little pile by her feet. "Diffindo."

Pausing to look at her work thus far, Ella stepped back and tilted her head to the side. Hmm. The head definitely looked like a head which was good although the neck area still looked a bit overgrown. Perhaps like the dinosaur had sprouted hair or something. That wasn't exactly the look she was going for so she stepped up to the frame again, picking out the different points that needed to be dealt with and carefully dealing with them. Careful was the operative word here. The blonde was still definitely concerned about taking off too much of the boxwood.