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Desiree was already enjoying this lesson, but she liked it even better when she heard what the activity was. Singing greeting cards… fun! Anything that involved art and charms was a win in her book! Now it was just a matter of who to give the card to and what kind of card to make. The first choice was easy. She’d make a card for her dad! He liked when she sent him things, and he was a former charms professor, after all. This would be a fun way to show him her progress!
What should the card look like? Desiree thought for a minute. Maybe she’d have an easier time coming up with a design if she picked a song first. She knew she wanted something Disney, but what? Her first idea was a card shaped like the rose from Beauty and the Beast (her favorite Disney movie and the one in which her dad shared a name with a character), but all of the songs sounded either too silly or too romantic. Come to think of it, most Disney songs seemed too silly or romantic for this!
She thought of the movies that focused on strong family relationships. Lilo & Stitch? Good movie, but not a musical. Tarzan? She could use a line from You’ll Be in My Heart, but she had no idea how to incorporate the jungle aesthetic! Mulan? That presented the opposite problem; she had a design in mind but not a song lyric. Frozen 2? Maybe. Encanto? Suddenly an idea occurred to her. She’d do a butterfly-shaped card - not the Encanto butterfly, but one inspired by the live-action Cinderella! The butterfly was the symbol for her dad’s old Beauxbatons house, and he kind of reminded her of Cinderella’s dad in that movie. She knew exactly what song to use!
Desiree got up to collect her materials: purple construction paper, gold glitter glue, scissors, and a few black chenille stems for the butterfly’s body. She set straight to work as soon as she returned to her seat, folding the purple paper in half and drawing the shape of a butterfly. Next she used the scissors to cut along the lines she drew. Ordinarily she would’ve tried using magic, but she had limited time and a lot of precise cuts to make. Satisfied with her work so far, she picked up a chenille stem and attached it to the center of her butterfly with a Sticking Charm. “Adhaero!” she cast. Another chenille stem wound into a tight coil made the butterfly’s head, and one folded in half and curled at the ends made its antennae. Both were likewise attached with Sticking Charms.
Now she needed to decorate the wings. “Figura half-circle,” she cast, and a small semi circle appeared on the top right section of the wings. She repeated the process until the wings were covered with tiny semi circles; then she colored in each one blue with Colorvaria. When she finished that, she used the gold glitter glue to outline each shape and the edged of the butterfly’s wing. There we go, a purple butterfly like the Papillonlisse mascot with blue and gold to match Cinderella’s color palette!
Desiree was proud of her work so far! The only thing left to do was the most important: make it sing. Okay, here goes! Taking a deep breath, she aimed her wand and made the musical note-looking wand movement, Left flick, down, and half spiral. “Cantis Lavender’s green, dilly, dilly Lavender’s blue If you love me, dilly dilly, I will love you.”
Desiree was so busy working that she almost missed the next question. She knew exactly what to say for this one! Her hand shot up and she said, “Entertaining children. You can use this spell to make their toys sing if they’re bored or need cheering up.” How did she know? Because her dad used to do that when she was little!
__________________ Old voices I had thought long since dead whisper of another life I might have led
If I could take that second chance, If I could make my life anew, If only dreams came true... |