Wednesday, 2 March 2016

Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

(Never tickle a sleeping dragon).



Just as an aside - a completely unrelated to ATL post. Both my kids are devout fans of all the Harry Potter books, and so on the lead up to Christmas, in our holidays, I started to make them their own Harry Potter capes, with the Hogwarts Coat of Arms (as below).



The coat of arms of Hogwarts shows each house's mascot and house colours. Clockwise from top left: the Gryffindor lion, the Slytherin serpent, the Ravenclaw eagle, and the Hufflepuff badger.

Here are our (almost finished) efforts:





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