Clothespin Rabbis

Last night I dreamt I was making rabbi dolls out of clothespins--the round head style of wooden clothespin, not the pinchy kind. Clothespin dolls are a classic kid craft project, and my students make hundreds of them every summer. I've made so many kinds of clothespin people that they sometimes appear in my dreams alongside humans.

Clothespin people always have pipe cleaner/chenille stem arms, and faces drawn on with Sharpie markers. The twisting of the pipe cleaner is a big motor skill hurdle for kids. So are cutting and wrapping the fabrics or trims for clothespin attire.

I've made clothespin people:

Robin Hood & his Merry Men
Kings
Queens
Hundreds of Princesses
Knights
Fairies
Rapunzel
Trolls
Elves
Aborigines
Amazon Rain Forest Tribe Members
Ancient Egyptians (walk this way)
Mice
Space Aliens
Pioneers headed west
Symphony Conductors
Wise Men
Shepherds
Genies
Nomads
Monkeys
Pirates
Hula Girls
Scuba Divers
Mermaids
Surfers
Ancient Romans
Wizards
Guards (Changing) at Buckingham Palace
Nutcrackers
Ballerinas
Rock Stars
Mad Scientists

The Rabbis were new territory. Will priests and nuns be next? Climb every mountain...

Maybe I am meant to create a large conceptual piece. The history of the world in shoebox dioramas... Great works of literature... Broadway musicals ...Operas ...Ballets... Bull fights.. . Scientific discoveries...Oscar Awards Ceremonies ... Vaudeville ... Burlesque... Battles ...Beatles... Geishas ...Samurais... Elvis... Circus performers... Chefs ...The Village People ...NBA stars... Joan of Arc.. . Lady Godiva...