Root children

According to a German folk tale, Mother Earth awakens the root babies who sleep in the earth at the dawn of spring.
The little children start their preparations, sewing their new clothes, and painting and polishing the carapaces of the insects that hid with them during winter.
When they're done they each take a flowe and venture out, literally introducing spring to the earth.

There are many root baby patterns out there, but my girl didn't like any of them. She wanted to see the root children in action. So here it is, my first self-made design of the root children, preparing for spring.