Category: ikea in action

.. where Ikea makes.. giraffes!!

Hello there! It’s me, Ikea!

guess what! it’s been Christmas time! so, if u didn’t get the last post – Merry Christmas to you! so, for this Christmas, i decided to borrow my friend Sipsik’s Christmas-cookie-cutter. u know – because it is in the shape of a GIRAFFE!! that’s great! so, naturally, i had to make some giraffes!

oh, and did i tell u that i secretly also made one moose!? hehe..
i guess the hard part is getting the giraffes from after cutting to the pan. it’s because of my paws, u know. they are not very good for lifting thin sticky objects! in fact, i have to tell u that most giraffes don’t bake all that much. i guess that’s because so many are vegetarians. i am also vegetarian, but i also like some other stuff. like ice-cream, for example, hehe!

so, finally i got the giraffes lined up. this is the first patch. and here, they’re all here, little giraffes…!!!!

.. and me, ready for some fun sugar-coating with one of my favorite colours – yellow! it seems to me that decorating the christmas cookies is one of the most important things. because, u know, have u ever seen a giraffe with no eyes?? no fun having no eyes at all, i’m afraid.

So, afterwards, on the next fotograf you see how it looks pretty much. This fotograf is called “45+1 giraffes and a Moose”:

and in fact, it not just a fotograf, it is a puzzle! i have to tell u, it is quite fun – here’s the puzzle question: which giraffe is unique? hint-hint: it’s not me! so far, only Angel has figured out the right answer (but he had some computerized help, i think). so, let me know your answers in comments! so, have fun, and cu l8r! (next year, probably) hehe!

.. where Ikea assembles a cupboard

Hello there! It’s me, Ikea!

nice to see u here again! so, thanks for coming by! i was just about to tell everyone how it went after we had got back from Ikea and ended up with a small box of something. apparently, it was a LARGE cupboard!! quite mysterious actually, how it fit in such a small box..

so, as i was saying last time, i was to go and discover how it is to assemble something, like a cupboard for example! it is all good fun, i can tell u! although i have to say that assembling is not something giraffes, like me, are really good at naturally. so, it took me a little bit of time to understand what it was in the box:

so, here’s me reading the manual. not too many fotografs in this manual, i’m afraid. but there are drawings!! so, that’s actually very helpful. especially later on, when i started assembling. also good thing is that there are steps, like 1-2-3 and so on. and not too many words. no words actually at all, i think. but the drawings are great, so that even giraffes can understand!

finally, after reading the manual, it was quite obvious this pile of wood is going to end up a very nice cupboard. so, with all this great information, it was time for some fun assembling!

first of all, as u can see, the screws! (and bunch of other stuff too). i must say that without the manual, there was no way to figure out what goes where. so manuals are great.
and also, let me give u a hint: keep your manual in a safe place when assembling! because when i was not looking, Saab almost ate half a page! luckily it was a page that i had already read.. and i caught him munching before he could eat the rest of it! so it was pretty close call, actually.

also, u know, if you have teddies at home who like to eat stuff, it is good to have something to trade with. moose, for example, are great in situations like these.
so this is about where i was just before the eating incident:

and this is about one, two or maybe three hours later:

i don’t know exactly because i don’t carry a watch u know. i have to tell u that it was already getting a bit dark outside, so maybe it was three hours later. or four even. not more than six hours, that’s for sure. so, it’s almost done, just a one more drawer to fix. almost through with the manual!!

so, there was lots of fun celebration just moments after this fotograf. because the cupboard was all assembled!! so no fotografs from that. but u will see this new place we discovered right afterwards! (it’s the drawers) u know, it seems to me that these are great for hiding! pst, i think Angel thinks it’s only him that knows this. So, next time we’ll be playing hide-and-seek, i think i know where Angel will be hiding, hehe!

i have to say, very much fun things that they have in this shop, Ikea, don’t u think? so, what about you, what’s the most fun thing that u have assembled so far? let me know!! until then, have fun and cu l8r!

.. where Ikea takes Angel to where snow is made!

Hello there! It’s me, Ikea!

apparently, last year, they only had to make snow only this one time. and later they moved the machines, i think. for example i think maybe norway, they were missing some snow? so what happened, is that i never had a chance to take Angel with me, like i promised. so, last week, right after i found out it was all snowing, i wanted to go and check it out. but of course then, i got stuck, as i was telling you. but then of course i wanted to make sure i go there. because my friends Stretchnecks and MooseHerd were telling me they don’t have much snow at all!! i quickly figured out (with the help of Undu, he’s pretty smart about these things u know) that it must be because the snow machines maybe also stuck.. at this where they make snow, maybe?

so, me and Angel, we went to this where they made snow last year. and they are also making this year!! that’s great news! so, before i could say “snowmachines!” Angel had quickly left to investigate:

as it turns out, the snow machines had been making snow for some time already (which explains the large hills of snow under our windows AND the huge pile of snow where i got stuck)! apparently, the snowmakers had manufactured a very nice mountain of snow right there at the spot!

ps. Stretchnecs and MooseHerd, the snowmachine is right there on the left. and in fact, there is another one right there behind the bump!

so, finally i also  made it up this great snow-mountain! Angel was all covered in the snow by the time, i’m afraid!

but of course, he’s quite used to this, i have to say. we then studied how the snow flies. apparently, the machines only blow the snow up to certain height. and then, usually, wind comes and takes it all around the area. nothing very mysterious there, actually. after we’d done all that, we also did something called “sliding down the snowy slopes”. it’s a thing that ice-bears do in their spare time. it’s very much fun!! and it looks something like this:

please not the sliding tracks just behind us. Angel tells me that it is better to do on a hard snow like that. apparently u get stuck with the soft snow.. hehe, i knew that!

unfortunately, we did not find out how long are these machines going to be there. so i don’t know where they go next. maybe to Tartu, because my friend Muzzy tells me that they have only very little snow too! but i did also find out that these are not the only machines!! so, i hope that they will start the machines in the area of my friends Stretchnecks and MooseHerd soon too. i hope! so, until then, please write in comments, if u already have snow and if u do, have you found out where they are making it? have fun and cu l8r!