That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it…

Anyone familiar with the Harry Potter stories knows that there are 2 types of witches/wizards who are able to change their appearance without using spells: the Animagus, who can transform into animals (like Professor McGonagall, who can transform into a cat), and the Metamorphmagus, who can change appearance, like hair color and nose shape (like Tonks). But there’s actually a third type, that didn’t get a mention in the book: the Floramagus.

A Floramagus is a witch or wizard who can transform into a large plant. It is, unfortunately, not quite as useful a talent as being able to turn into an animal to escape a Death Eater, or being able to change your appearance for an uncover Auror operation. In fact, unless you’re trying to hide in a flower shop or a garden, it’s fairly useless. Floramagi do tend to get excellent grades in Herbology, at least.

And how do I know about Floramagi? Well, my daughter Lexie is one.

Unfortunately, at age 6, she’s not really able to control her transformation very well. She can’t transform all the way into a bush or a tree yet - all that happens is that flowers start blooming on her head…and not always when she wants them too! She’s just started kindergarten, which means she’s years out from attending Salem (the American school for witchcraft and wizardry). It wouldn’t be a problem…except that with her dad being in the Navy, we live on a Navy base. Among muggles. And it’s hard to hide flowers springing up on your head, you know?

So, for my Flex challenge this month, I decided to take a “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” approach. I bought some plain handbands, and then crocheted colorful flowers to embellish them with. Now, should Lexie start blooming while in class, her classmates will just think the flowers are part of her headband. Just a bit of camouflage for my little Floramagus!