Cassie Countdown: Hawkgirl Challenge
Posted by Meg
As you may have seen from time to time on Peat’s Twitter, Cassie’s been doing a great job powering through her superheroine costume challenges. Inspired by the game Injustice, Peat writes out challenges on the living room chalkboard. The prize is an essential piece to a superheroine costume. Once Cassie completes one of the challenges, it becomes unlocked! But the challenges can be tough: trying new foods, doing chores and reading harder books.
Cassie’s done a lot of challenges. The other week, Myke was over and asked Cassie how many costumes she had created through her challenges. Cassie counted on her fingers. She had completed three (Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Catwoman). So who is her fourth superheroine? None other than Hawkgirl (who Cassie often refers to as Hawkwoman. After all, she’s a grown-up).
Now, Cassie faces the ultimate challenge: getting her Hawkgirl costume done before her superhero birthday party at the end of July. All the kids will be in costume, and Cass is determined that Hawkgirl make an appearance.
Step one was putting together the challenge board:
Next, Cassie had to begin collecting supplies from the local costume shop to make the perfect homemade Hawkgirl. We used this as our jumping off point:
Cassie found the perfect wings:
And a pretty awesome mask:
But the mace was more of a challenge. The shop only had morning stars:
Peat had to get creative with the weaponry, making it into a DIY project with Cassie:
Before
After
Cassie knocked off the first challenge by reading on her own for a full hour. Once unlocked, she received the first element of her costume: the Hawkgirl mask!
Challenge #2, putting away all her cups, plates, silverware, and associated materials after each meal WITHOUT BEING ASKED for one week is a greater test. After 4 days, the clock had to be set back to zero, but confidence remains high.
Still, there are a lot of question marks on that board… will Cassie complete them all in time for her superhero birthday bash?
Check back soon to find out!
Keep it up! Going to be a fantastic Hawkgirl!
This is such an awesome idea and so brilliantly executed – it must have been such a wrench to have to reset the clock!
Goodluck tiny Brett – WE BELIEVE IN YOU HAWKWOMAN!