Despite the fact that there were free snacks, he felt he'd had his fill of the stuff, and so that left him with little else to do than just watch his peers continue their work and agonise over WHAT to do with this card. He couldn't actually give it to her, could he? He knew that she knew how much she meant to him, so a lame card wasn't going to... make a difference. Right?

It seemed as though he was more or less decided on burying the evidence - that is, the evidence of his lame and corny self. It was not an image he wanted out there.

Raising his hand, and waving it around a bit to get Professor Glendower's attention, he asked, "Professor, what do we do when we're done?" Like, could he go now? Please? Or were they suppose to squeeze in some other activity too?

Kate was tired. No, no. Kate was dead'ed. The school year was coming to a close, and all she wanted to do was move around like a sloth. She'd stayed silent on that last question, but she had thought of an answer. Now they were moving on to making a card for someone who was influential in their lives. Kate could do that, and she'd even chosen a person to make a card for.

Her mom.

Kate headed to the supply area and chose some card stock, some construction paper, and some scissors, glue, glitter, and markers. Surely with those items she could create something that told her mom how much she loved her and appreciate her.

Kate went back to her seat and began placing the materials in front of her, so she could just stare at them and wait for inspiration to strike. She was pretty sure she could come up with the words fairly easy, but the design? She needed to think on that.

Zhenya thought of the one person who was most influential in her life. Unfortunately he was no longer alive, but it didn't mean he was any less there. Once it was her turn to speak, she did so; "My grandfather is most influential to me. He taught me to love education. Especially potions and herbology. He also taught me a love of being outdoors, exploring, getting my hands dirty. More than that, though, he taught me the art of caring, purely by observing how he treated others." She had to stop there, otherwise her eyes would probably start leaking in a while. All the study had been making her emotions a tad crazy.

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And now they were going to be making stuff? WICKED! Although Zhenya didn't want to make a card for her grandfather. The thought just made her feel depressed. She decided to make one for her cousin, Sophia. Sophia had taken her in when she needed someone the most, and gave her shelter. Plus she was a great ball of fun to be around.

Up to the front Zhenya went to grab supplies. A yellow bit of card, because that was her favourite colour, plus some black, pink, and orange coloured things to decorate the card with, and some other tools. With the supplies in her hands, Zhenya took them back to her seat to get started.

Once he finished titling them with the names of his inspirational persons in his life, he immediately started on writing whatever had been said earlier about his dad onto his card. Henric used another different coloured pen to draw some frame-like patterns along the borders of his card too.After that, he added some nice stickers so his card looked more decorative in a sense.He moved on to his mum's card and did the same as well. His mum loved roses so he tried his best to draw one on the front and the back of his card before writing his loving thoughts about her.

He peered over to Adi's side and wondered who he made his card for, Adi kept covering his work so he couldn't see. Come on Adi...couldn't he take a peek, just a little bit? Heheh. Oh well...Henric resumed making one for Adi too. Smiling to himself, he would make Adi's card a little more action pack with plenty of animated figures around. First he drew a stick figure of 'SuperAdi' with a cape around his neck riding on the back of his hippogriff. Next he drew his pet toad Gus too, his super loyal sidekick flying in from the corner of the page. Adi once told him, he played cricket before so Henric added in a cricket bat on SuperAdi's hand to act as his weapon of choice. Brilliant!

He tapped his pen on his chin and thought about the things he wanted to say to Adi:

Inspiration struck, and Kate had a few ideas for her mother's card. She started by folding a piece of card stock to where it looked just like a card. Then she chose a piece of purple construction paper, because purple was her mother's favorite color. Kate cut around the edges until the purple construction paper was the size of the card stock. Kate glued the construction paper to the outside of the card stock then used a drying charm to dry the glue.

Next, Kate chose some yellow, pink, and white construction paper and cut them in the shape of flowers. She used glitter to make the stems and leaves of the flowers just to give them a little sparkle. She then used different colored glitters to make little designs around the card, such as swirls, polka dots, and zig-zags.

Kate made sure to decorate the front, middle, and back of the card. She left room in the middle for the words she would write, which would be the next thing she'd do. Her mom was really going to love this card!

It took her a while, but she eventually had images the full way around the certificate. She would colour them in at the end if she had time - but she wanted to get the certificate finished before that… She might have time after class to come back after all - it wasn’t like she had exams to do… but for now she had to figure out the layout of the certificate… and what it was going to say on it.

Pulling a blank sheet of paper to be in front of her, she wrote a few different things, rubbing them out and then trying again… eventually she finished up with something that she mostly liked the look of. Mostly. She didn’t expect it to be perfect when she didn’t have hours and hours to perfect it… but her taddy loved her for being herself so that was okay.

With a grin, she read and re-read the piece of paper before nodding to herself. Picking up a black and a red felt tip pen, she set about creating it properly on her actual certificate.

Congratulations Eliot Hanover!

You have been selected for the
Best Tad of the Year Award
by Marsha Cerys Hanover

She selected you because you are:
Loyal, Brave, Patient, Understanding,
Protective, Caring, Nurturing, Bold,
Calm, Strict, Loving and Fun!

She would also like to thank you for being
completely amazing and the best Tad ever.

Signed: M. Hanover Date: 20.06.2087

The only problem was, once she was finished she didn’t like the background colour being teal/blue-ish any more. So, she pointed her wand at it once more and saying ”colovaria” once more, she changed the background to a shimmery gold. THAT was much better.

GRIN. GRIN. GRIN!!!.

So... she was making a card for someone? Dot felt self-conscious about sending a note to her inspiration, since the woman was actually a really famous person and not just someone who would appreciate Dot's pluck and adorable whimsy. Most grown-ups didn't really appreciate adorable whimsy in strange children.

So she'd just make up the card and see how she felt about it when it was done. Or maybe she'd do a letter and send it with some of her sketches? That seemed mature and sensible. What materials were best suited for a task like this?

Parchment. Quill and ink. Colored pencils for some sketchings around the sides. Dot collected her materials and returned to her bean bag.

Marsha’s dad sounded great, “aww that’s awesome Marsha, I’m happy for you.” She smiled and simply picked up the pens that she had grabbed earlier and began sketching onto one side of her card. The little drawing was simple, smooth, and simply depicted the cameo of her mother’s face.

The little sketch was just the first part of it. In swooping letters she wrote out the name April Greyvson, and felt a soft pang of sadness as she truly missed her family. Taking the quills she began writing out her note, it was all she could do at this time.

SPOILER!!: the note

April Greyvson,

Mom, I love you. I Always will. I miss you, and you should know that if you were here I would so try and make you proud as you would have done for me. With out even trying.

Just the fact that you are strong, and you stood up for me, that alone made me proud of you. Because I had the gift of having you in my life. Thank you for teaching me to be brave, for teaching me to stand up for others, and for teaching me to appreciate others. I was going to write this letter to Cassandra Trellawney but she doesn't mean as much to me as you do. After all, the reason I even learned about her was because of you reading greek mythology to me before bed when you didnt read Shakespeare that is. Because of you I know how to stand up for myself and I do that, as much as I can. You inspired me to be a strong independent woman. Because of you, I know what it is like to fight for people. Because of you, I can be a capable Prefect. Thank you mom, for everything.

Love,
Puckleberry

Sure, she'd changed her person but that wasn't going to be a problem. Both the person she had brought up and the person she had written to, well, both were dead. That was just the way life went. For one it was tragic and the other, well, it had been generations? Centuries right? Who really knew. But still, if she could she would share the letter with its recipient just to see them smile once again.

Kate held her card up and gave it a long, hard look. She thought it looked perfect for her mother. It was strong and sturdy, it was her mom's favorite color, and it had colorful flowers and decorations lined with glitter all over it. The only thing missing now was the message!

Kate grabbed a color-changing quill and wrote a message across the front first.

My Hero, My Best Friend

Kate liked the way that looked. It was pretty and colorful and really stood out. She smiled at it then opened the card to the middle. Then she wrote a message there, too.

Thank you for being such an inspiration to me.
My hero, my best friend, my mother I love so.
I know you would hand me the world on a silver spoon if I asked you to,
and this card is to let you know that I would do the same for you.
Thank you for loving me, caring for me, and always wanting the best for me.
I love you MORE!

................................................Love your daughter, Kate

Well, that should do it. Kate smiled again as she closed her card and placed it on the desk in front of her. All done.

What did she want to say to her sister? Janelle thought long and hard about how to put her feelings into words. There was so much that she wanted to tell Jasmine, but her card wasn't big enough for that. She had to make it short and sweet, but get her point across in a few words. Looking at her watch, Janelle knew that she probably didn't have much more time to finish her card. Class would soon be over so she had get it done and get it done quickly.

With a sigh, Janelle took out a white marker and began to write on the blue background inside her card. Just speak from the heart, she figured. That was always the best way to go about things. She squeezed as much as she could on the little page and when she was done, Janelle put the cap back on her marker. Hopefully, Jasmine would like the card that she made for her.

Y'know what neat thing Dot found in the art supplies? A potato. For real. A for real potato. She was sort of thrilled with the find (who put it there, though?) because it meant that she could turn her plain parchment into stationary. Make it seem fancy without having to doodle in the corners and seem like a little kid to her idol.

In the off chance that she actually sent this letter, that is.

It took some concentrated carving with her wand, but Dot was good at fine motor work with a wand AND at Charms in general. Finally, though, she'd managed to turn one half of the potato into a pattern of waves and swirls and intricate tiny flowers. She poured a bit of her ink into a lid and tapped the potato print a few times. Just enough to pick up ink without being doused in it.

On the corners of her parchment, Dot applied her print as a stamp, creating a light patterning around where her words would go. Okay... sorta pretty. And once it dried, she'd add a bit of color with the pencils to personalize the stamping.

So, Toby was absolutely going to make a cow card for his parents, which was bound to take ages, but he didn't care. He wasn't sure if maybe cows were a bit of a sensitive topic for the both of them still, but figured that wouldn't always be the case. In anyway, THIS way they would always be reminded of Toby when they looked at it, because he was like a cow kid. In any case, maybe they were no longer angry with him for accidentally borrowing that cow last summer. It was a chance he was willing to take.

Toby was already hard at work, shaping the white card into the shape of a cow's face and everything, and then doing the same for the blue and green and sticking them inside so that when they opened it it was BOTH THEIR HOUSE COLOURS. Adhaero came in handy for all this, as did Diffindo and the ever useful scissors. And sure, Toby was no artist, but he thought it didn't look half bad. He used the pens to mark the detail on the happy cow's face, on the outside of the card, then the black card to make cow markings to stick onto the front and back. AND, EVENTUALLY, HE'D DONE IT. Kind of. It was definitely recognisable as a cow, at least, and that was what he was aiming for. He opened it and stood it up to make sure it was all perfectly balanced, then made himself busy adding and sticking GLITTER to the entire thing.

Obviously, he'd rig the thing to drop glitter on them when they opened it. Maybe even find a charm to make INFINITE GLITTER, like what was probably on his fairy wings.

And, of course, he still needed to write them a message. That... would be the difficult but, if he was going to try not to make it too open and honest (because that stuff was hard for Toby) but also make it meaningful. Guh. This might be more of a challenge than he had originally anticipated. Probably more of a challenge than it was meant to be.

But for now, Toby continued on with the glitter. Lots of glitter. Really throwing himself into glittering it up.

Nessa was taking a long time to try to figure out exactly what should be the design of her card. Crystal balls, maybe.. or tarot cards? She finally decided on signs of the zodiac rendered in silver glitter. She had already applied that to her card and was beginning to think of how to make them move around circularly about the front of her card when she heard Zeke ask a question.

Uh.. what? Nessa had been rather focused on making her card that she hadn't noticed much else. He was done already? She glanced quickly at the time. Oh.. it was time for class to be over anyway. "When you are finished with your cards, you may leave." Luckily it was about that time or no, he could have done something else. Was it not enough that she was having an easy and relaxed class? She wasn't letting people leave early too. She dusted off the glitter from her hands and got up from her beanbag. She hadn't had time to look around at everyone's cards but she wasn't going to make them show them to her, knowing that they could be a little more private than that. She certainly wouldn't be opposed if they wanted to show her their creativity.

"Have a wonderful summer, everyone," she gave them all a warm smile, then her eyes found a few of them. "And seventh years, I wish you luck in whatever path life takes you." She had a lot of faith that they would do well in their future endeavors.

Sooooo... is card was done. Adi studied it as he downed the remainder of his hot chocolate. Time for delivery to the Henny! Just for fun, he used his wand to levitate the dragon card. It looked like it was flying, yo! Anyway, he levitated it over to Henric.

"Incoming dragon for Henny Nicolei!'' Grinning, Adi made the dragon hover before the boy's face. "This is for you, awesome buddy.'' Would Henric like the card? Would he? WOULD HE? The sixth year couldn't wait to see the reaction.
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And so class was done. Hmph. History may be boring but not with Glendy. Adi gathered up his stuff, vanished any lurking cookie crumbs then shuffled over to his Professor. "Byeee, Professor. You have a great summer too.'' Here's to her planning more awesome lessons for his final year. Hehe.

Now... where was that fourth year that was Henric?

Okay so Eden finished her painting jobs....now she pulled out her wand to dry the inks quickly. Once she was done that, Eden began to refold the paper that she had previously and stupidly folded. Ugh. At least she wouldn't have to look at the ugly creases.

She took her time with the folding because she wanted to make sure they were perfect. Her paint job had been pretty good, which was surprising to Eden, but she wasn't doing anything TOO masterful right now. Folding folding ALL DAY LOOOOOONG. Eden was singing to herself in her head...

SHE WAS RUNNING OUT OF TIME, THOUGH. As soon as she was done folding, she set the cranes aside, grabbed another piece of paper to write the note on...



THERE NOTE WAS DONE, CRANES WERE DONE. And just in time, too. Professor Glendower was dismissing class.

It seemed as though the Professor was deep in thought over her own card, but at least he got a response that was very much desired. His card was complete, which meant he could go. GREAT! "Thanks Professor Glendower," he beamed, scooping his bag up from the floor and sticking his card in there. She said nothing about turning it in, so he would go and dispose of it appropriately... in the bottom of his trunk for now.

He could hardly wait for summer break, he had plans, many plans and he was sure that few of them would come to fruition - because frankly, he preferred being spontaneous.

"See you later, Professor," he farewelled, figuring if he didn't see her around and about, that he'd at least see her at the feast. And with that, he was off... back to the common room first.

Henric continued making a card for llia after he had done finishing with Adi's. But he just got started with the drawing on llia's card when the professor suddenly annouced that they may leave after they finished making their cards.Hmm...he better continued back at his dormroom then...he still had left more things to say to his bestie so he shoved her card in his bag before anyone could see. For the other remaining finished cards, Henric laid it out in front of him and inspect it. They weren't hallmark inspired perfect cards but he was hundred and ten percent sincere while making them.

Henric looked up to find Adi's dragon-shape card fluttering in front of him, he smiled broadly. Oh mate, you shouldn't have! He grabbed and opened the card with both his hands and read the contents inside it. Wahh! Adi remembered the time they both spent at the treehouse and he didn't forget to include his late beloved Princess too! Awww..looking at this made him teary eyed! What?! Wait..no..he is a man...and men don't cry!

Henric's face brightened and he cast a very big smile towards Adi,"Thanks mate! Its brilliant! Seriously bro, you make my day a whole lot better,waitt.... here,I've got one for you too,"he beamed and gave his card to Adi."Yeah...its kind of embarrassing but hope you'll like it mate, its not a confession letter or anything...dont worry,"he joked, chuckling.

Wheee!

That was the reaction Adi was going for! Look at Henric's face, yo! Clearly the right choice had been made when he decided to make the card for the younger Puff. Smiles... and a little watery eyes. Awwh. "I'm glad you like it. Just hope you'll like those levitations later on too.'' Cue the smirk!

Oh! Henric made him one too? Waaah! They were like brain twins or something, thinking to make a card for the other. Confession letter? Bahahaha! Adi laughed. "There's no one else I'd rather have a confession letter from though,'' he said as be batted his eye lashes. Hehe. He was just goofing off.

But an even broader grin appeared on his face as he read his card. "Not cheesy at all, Henny. And don't worry. I'll come see you guys on Hogsmeade weekends and I'll owl you a lot. You might get tired of me.'' Adi tucked his card into his History note book. There was NO WAY he was going to let it get so much of a bend. the book would keep it safe. "You can ride all the Hippogriffs you want, by the way.'' As for pumpkin pasties, Henny can count on always having a supply of that!

With her card completed Puck just sat there watching the other students handing little letters to their friends. That, that was sweet; it seemed like a great idea for the end of the term what with people trying to show their love for people was great really.

Taking her wand in hand she just tapped her small letter, “colovaria” imagining the back of the card to be a shimmering silvery blue. Like the color of ice as it sparkled on the untouched ground. There, she would have loved that, a few more taps and she had changed the front of the card so that is matched.

“Thanks Professor Glendower,” Puck smiled over to the Professor. “I had loads of fun in your class this year and last of course” she smiled and continued to tuck her card into her bag and shuffled to collect her bags.