Enter the Tomten... one of our favorite characters and a favorite winter read. Ok, so the tomten is a landlubber who protects farms and big houses, minor technicality. In our collective imaginations he's a salty bloke who protects boats and kids who live on them.
(This particular Tomten was made by Anne Moze and the fox is from Jalu Toys. There are lovely little tomtens all over etsy or you can make your own like we did below.)
(I have been told that the Tomten needs to improve his penmanship)
We're glad they're all here. And we're glad they speak to us in their tomten language, a silent little language that boat dwellers know.
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6 comments:
What a fun tradition! A suggestion-filled tomten sounds like a very authentic way to celebrate the season. I love all your little tomtens. :)
What a sweet idea! I think I'd like a tomten to give me ideas on how to fill our days too.
that is a fantastic idea- how clever of Tomten wink wink!!
just got this book in the mail about 1 hour before I read your post!!! great idea with the Tomten mailbox!
Love your tomtens and their great fuzzy beards!!! I have to go get this book :) and such a great craft to go along with it and the mailbox idea is a wonderful advent calendar idea too :)
We had a good giggle at how you've changed it to protect boat-dwellers. Love the creativity. My mom did a similar thing when we were kids, but it was an advent felt calendar with pouches that had little notes with activities on it for the month of December. Tomten is very cute. You tell whisper to him that he has an admirer in me.
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