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Dork Diaries Book 14

Dork Diaries

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It's the Valentines Dance! And the girls ask the guys! EEEEK!!

Nikki wants to ask Brandon

But Mackenzie
has other ideas!

November 4, 2014

WHY I LOVE THE FALL!

Why I Love Fall Artwork

Squeeeeee! I’m SO excited!

No, nothing super awesome happened.

MacKenzie didn’t melt like the Wicked Witch of the West, my house didn’t grow wings and fly me to Disneyland, and Tyra Banks didn’t show up at my door to give me a life-sized, autographed cardboard cutout of herself.

(OK, so the last one would be kind of weird and creepy, but how awesome would those other things be?!?)

I’m just excited because I love, love, LOVE the fall!!!

First of all, I get giddy about all things apple. I LOVE me some apple pie, apple cider rocks my socks off, and don’t even get me started on candy apples. Yum!

Also, I’m all about fall clothes.

I’m wearing this super huge, totally warm, fuzzy sweater right now, and it feels like I’m getting a big hug from the world’s most friendly bear!

I’m also wearing these totally cool brown boots that are SO big a small family of chipmunks could probably live in them!

But it’s not just the food and the clothes that make autumn so flipping awesomesauce. I also love how pretty it gets when the leaves fall from the trees.

It’s crazy beautiful outside right now! Seriously, looking out of my window is like looking into one of those kaleidoscope thingamajigs filled with bright reds, oranges, and yellows.

Since my mad art skills aren’t going to use themselves, I decided to do something crafty with the leaves near my house so I could give them away as gifts to people I love. I think I came up with some really cool ideas!

(And by “I,” I mean Google. You’re so clever and creative, Google!)

I made this cool leaf wreath for my parents. It’s just like a Christmas wreath, except it has leaves instead of evergreens.

For Brianna, I made leaf creatures on pieces of construction paper. I made this super cool butterfly using yellow and red leaves. She’s going to TOTALLY love it!!

Then for Chloe and Zoey, I made leaf bouquets. It sounds complicated, but it’s super easy! You just roll a bunch of leaves together so they look like a rose bud. Then you do this a dozen times and tie a string around all the bottom parts, and voila! A leave bouquet!

I even made something for my neighbor, Mrs. Wallabanger. It’s a bottle of vanilla body spray with leaf decorations on the bottle.

(She’s been rocking a funky old lady perfume recently, so I’m hoping she’ll ditch that and use this instead!)

I want to make something for Brandon too, but I don’t want to look like I have WAY too much time on my hands.

And I wonder if he’ll think I’m a HUGE weirdo if I’m like, “Happy Fall! No, I’m not secretly an overgrown preschooler, but here’s this random thing I made you with leaves and glue!”

I think maybe he’ll appreciate it, and November IS the month that’s all about gratitude. (Thanksgiving…yet another reason to love the fall!!)

What do you think? Should I make something for him? And WHAT? Is there anything made out of leaves that a guy would want, or does that even matter? Is it the thought that counts?

Category: My Diary nikki

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  1. actually, i'm not really sure yet says

    November 11, 2014 at 2:47 pm

    you should try to find big leaves, tie or staple them together, then paste some of your best moments together. OMG Makenzie will be so jelouse of your relationship with brandon!
    how JUVENILE would that be!!!!!

  2. Carmel says

    November 11, 2014 at 12:17 pm

    I meant camera case

  3. Carmel says

    November 11, 2014 at 12:15 pm

    I have a good idea. Make a camera cace decorated with leaves. He is going to love it!

  4. Isabella says

    November 11, 2014 at 12:03 pm

    Totally make something even if you don’t know what he would like

  5. chloe says

    November 11, 2014 at 10:01 am

    LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, IT!

  6. chloe says

    November 11, 2014 at 10:00 am

    Cool crafts Nikki! UNIQUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  7. Dorkygirl200 says

    November 11, 2014 at 9:56 am

    You should make him a handmade photo frame, and decorate it with leaves! I know it sounds kind of casual and nothing special, but you can totally use it for the selfies you guys take! 😀

  8. NAVENA(DORK ANGEL) says

    November 11, 2014 at 8:13 am

    I THINK U SHOULD MAKE A APPLE PIE AND A LEAF CUT IT TO HEART SHAPED

  9. Jaymie (GrassyKnowl) says

    November 10, 2014 at 8:37 pm

    Nikki, what is your color? Hair color and eye color, I’m pretty sure it’s brown hair and brown eyes because I color in all of your books! I also wanna know what grade your in this year! And the colors of the rest of the Dorkdiaries people (Brandon, Chloe & Zoey)
    I’m a little crazy about a Dorkdiaries 😛

    —Always Let Your Inner Dork Shine Through! 🙂

    • Carmel says

      November 11, 2014 at 12:17 pm

      Go to the dork diaries wiki it tells you a lot there, even how they look!

    • actually, i'm not really sure yet says

      November 11, 2014 at 2:39 pm

      tip#10000
      makenzie- Brown hair, blonde highlights. Icy blue eyes. give her a beard
      Brandon- brown hair, green eyes
      Chloe- brown hair, blue green eyes
      Zoey-blonde hair, brown eyes
      Jessica-Brown hair, blue eyes

      hope this helps 🙂
      (i like to color in my books tooo!)

  10. Allie AKA Aristgal or Artsitgirl says

    November 10, 2014 at 8:19 pm

    I TOTES love fall!!

    Allie :L :A

  11. Robots_Are_Life says

    November 10, 2014 at 7:38 pm

    I love fall because I get to jump in a pile of leaves, I collect leaves, etc. And guess what! My friends and I are going to have an autumn party! Squee!!!!

  12. Jess says

    November 10, 2014 at 6:28 pm

    1-10 u guys like the fall

  13. L says

    November 10, 2014 at 5:44 pm

    Maybe you can give Brandon a lot of candies. Or something you really feel like giving him.

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