A child and his sheep...

 

I have always been fascinated by the small decorative sheep with legs like drumsticks. Below are some in 1:1. They always have a small ribbon around their sweet necks and maybe a small silver bell also..

 

 

We had some when I was a child and they were used as easter decorations and celebrating spring. Today I´ve learned that they are calle Putz Sheep and orginally was a part of Christmas decorations, and a part of nativity scenes and orginally connected to german immigrants. Putz is German and means to clean or make something neat and nice. I also discovered that putz sheep can be a part of toy sets...and I am not surprised ;-)

 

 

So, I had to make such a set and include it in my Vintage Child Collection for Petit Brocante - as well as in my private collection of course which is steadily growing...

 

 

First step was to design the box...then I went to the sheep... I was exstatic when I found exactly the size I wanted and started to paint and decorate them and the inside of the box. 

I had to add some hay too... 

 

 

And voila!