{"id":5673,"date":"2017-10-21T06:14:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-21T13:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edelalon.com\/blog\/?p=5673"},"modified":"2025-04-23T09:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T16:18:10","slug":"narwhal-now-it-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/narwhal-now-it-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Narwhal&#8230;Now It Is"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"183\" data-end=\"538\">Every kid goes through a phase \u2014 dinosaurs, unicorns, trucks, space. For my little cousin, it was narwhals. Not just a passing interest either. I\u2019m talking <em data-start=\"339\" data-end=\"349\">hardcore<\/em> narwhal fan status. Picture narwhal drawings, narwhal pajamas, and narwhal facts casually dropped into conversations like, \u201cDid you know their tusk is actually a tooth?\u201d Yes, I did&#8230; now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"845\">When her birthday rolled around, I thought, \u201cEasy. I\u2019ll grab her a narwhal toy and we\u2019re good.\u201d But here\u2019s the thing \u2014 narwhals aren\u2019t exactly lining the toy store shelves. Not even the magical land of the internet had many options at the time. Most were out of stock, overly expensive, or just plain odd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"847\" data-end=\"866\">So we got creative.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"868\" data-end=\"1272\">After some casual wandering through either Walmart or the dollar store (honestly can\u2019t remember which), we found a plain blue whale figurine. Close enough, right? Well, not yet. With a little bit of imagination \u2014 and a power drill \u2014 that whale became the next best thing. We carefully drilled a hole right in the center of its head, gently twisted in a birthday candle, and just like that&#8230; DIY narwhal!<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1274\" data-end=\"1437\">We stuck it on top of the cake, lit the candle, and sang <em data-start=\"1331\" data-end=\"1347\">Happy Birthday<\/em>. Her eyes lit up like we\u2019d brought a real narwhal into the kitchen. Mission accomplished.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1439\" data-end=\"1503\">Was it a little weird? Yes. Was it totally worth it? Absolutely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1505\" data-end=\"1624\">Sometimes the best gifts aren\u2019t the ones you buy \u2014 they\u2019re the ones you create, however strange or scrappy they may be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every kid goes through a phase \u2014 dinosaurs, unicorns, trucks, space. For my little cousin, it was narwhals. Not just a passing interest either. I\u2019m talking hardcore narwhal fan status. 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