Props that suggest Laura Ingalls Wilder?
September 23, 2015 1:26 PM Subscribe
Going to a cosplay wedding as a character mashup, part of which is Laura Ingalls Wilder. Help me think of things I can carry to represent her!
Clothing is not an option, as that will be taken up by the other part of the character mashup (I don't want to give it away if this ends up not working).
Figure I will have a bonnet and brown braids tied with pink calico bows, at the very least.
Leaning more towards the TV show than the books, but either one will work.
Clothing is not an option, as that will be taken up by the other part of the character mashup (I don't want to give it away if this ends up not working).
Figure I will have a bonnet and brown braids tied with pink calico bows, at the very least.
Leaning more towards the TV show than the books, but either one will work.
Best answer: Oh, and also a hank of straw twisted into a sort of kindling log, if you want a real deep Laura Ingalls Wilder cut.
posted by Sara C. at 1:30 PM on September 23, 2015 [9 favorites]
posted by Sara C. at 1:30 PM on September 23, 2015 [9 favorites]
Best answer: Just make sure to wear the bonnet hanging down your back, not on your head.
posted by the_blizz at 1:35 PM on September 23, 2015 [20 favorites]
posted by the_blizz at 1:35 PM on September 23, 2015 [20 favorites]
Best answer: A bag of cornmeal with a couple of rats on it.
posted by Capt. Renault at 1:38 PM on September 23, 2015
posted by Capt. Renault at 1:38 PM on September 23, 2015
Best answer: 3 or 4 old books carried by wrapping a heavy tie or leather belt around them and some kind of boxy thing carried the same way for your lunch is what I seemed to remember how they walked to school on the tv show.
Licorice.
Calico fabric folded up and tied with a string that you got from the general store to make a bonnet out of.
posted by cda at 1:38 PM on September 23, 2015 [1 favorite]
Licorice.
Calico fabric folded up and tied with a string that you got from the general store to make a bonnet out of.
posted by cda at 1:38 PM on September 23, 2015 [1 favorite]
Best answer: A fishing pole with doughballs as bait.
posted by Capt. Renault at 1:46 PM on September 23, 2015
posted by Capt. Renault at 1:46 PM on September 23, 2015
Best answer: Pig's bladder inflated and tied like a balloon. It's weird the things one remembers from books read forever ago.
posted by supercres at 2:38 PM on September 23, 2015 [15 favorites]
posted by supercres at 2:38 PM on September 23, 2015 [15 favorites]
Best answer: christmas candy pa's fiddle ma's exposed ears manly's ma's donuts reet the cow a dugout with a hoof hole in the roof a couple hundred thousand pounds of grasshoppers a stump that looks like a bear when the moon shines behind it the chinook
posted by Don Pepino at 2:47 PM on September 23, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by Don Pepino at 2:47 PM on September 23, 2015 [5 favorites]
Best answer: At the risk of stating the obvious--a Little House on the Prairie book? She did write them, after all . . .
posted by flug at 2:52 PM on September 23, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by flug at 2:52 PM on September 23, 2015 [1 favorite]
Best answer: A pig bladder blown up and tied for a ball and a roasted pig tail. maybe not totally wedding appropriate.
posted by Beti at 3:05 PM on September 23, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Beti at 3:05 PM on September 23, 2015 [1 favorite]
Best answer: A little French horse!
posted by pseudostrabismus at 4:00 PM on September 23, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by pseudostrabismus at 4:00 PM on September 23, 2015 [2 favorites]
Best answer: From the books: A milk pan, a crochet needle, a tin pail (she would've milked into it), a name card, embroidery thread, a teaching certificate, a tin cup and some Christmas (hard) candy, a small chalkboard (slate), a song book, a buggy whip, a McGuffey's reader, a shawl, and a man's shirt with some buttons plus needle and thread.
posted by jgirl at 4:10 PM on September 23, 2015
posted by jgirl at 4:10 PM on September 23, 2015
Best answer: Trade beads, a cloth doll with ravelled-yarn hair. A Bible or hymn book. A third class teaching certificate. A bag of seed corn. A light brown regular balloon would probably sub in nicely for an actual pig's bladder.
(Now I want to dress up as Manzo with a piece of apple pie and a milkfed pumpkin.)
posted by tchemgrrl at 4:32 PM on September 23, 2015 [1 favorite]
(Now I want to dress up as Manzo with a piece of apple pie and a milkfed pumpkin.)
posted by tchemgrrl at 4:32 PM on September 23, 2015 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Manual coffeegrinder with wheat in it. Or maybe a burlap sack on your shoulder. The Long Winter sticks with me...
posted by Measured Out my Life in Coffeespoons at 5:25 PM on September 23, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by Measured Out my Life in Coffeespoons at 5:25 PM on September 23, 2015 [4 favorites]
Best answer: An orange! But you have to really treasure it.
posted by Charity Garfein at 5:58 PM on September 23, 2015 [7 favorites]
posted by Charity Garfein at 5:58 PM on September 23, 2015 [7 favorites]
Best answer: If you carry a slate you can write "I [heart] Almanzo" on it.
posted by mikepop at 6:35 AM on September 24, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by mikepop at 6:35 AM on September 24, 2015 [3 favorites]
Best answer: Well, obviously, a little house.
posted by antiquated at 9:08 AM on September 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by antiquated at 9:08 AM on September 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Awesome. Laura Ingalls Palmer will be a reality!
posted by Lucinda at 9:17 AM on September 24, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Lucinda at 9:17 AM on September 24, 2015 [2 favorites]
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posted by anderjen at 1:29 PM on September 23, 2015 [1 favorite]