That is the strangest craft I've ever seen

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

That is the strangest craft I've ever seen

I see a lot of themed art and crafts on Pinterest and I do generally think that's the best kind, but last weekend we made something genuinely unique (and by that I mean bizarre) and we had a lot of fun. Here's how it happened: It was raining, and it was cold, steady rain, the kind that is sure to last all day. We knew that Daddy would be gone all day so it was a series of musical rooms while I tried to entertain the kids all day long inside the house.
At one point, I decided to make sheep out of paper plates and cotton balls. We've done this before, so the kids were familiar. However, the sheep soon turned into something entirely strange. First Little Buddy starting glueing eyes to the cotton balls.

Then Big Sis saw what he was doing and thought she would join in. Pretty soon, we weren't making sheep at all and they kept asking for me to get out new things for them to glue on. Honestly, there is a time in my life that I probably would have said, "No, we're supposed to be making sheep. You only need two eyeballs for sheep."
However, in my old age, I have a totally different philosophy. Now, I figure if it keeps them busy and they are being creative, I get the heck out of the way so that I can keep doing dishes! Haha

This really did keep them busy for about 30 minutes, maybe a little bit longer. As usual, once this was done, they scampered off to do some imaginary play by themselves for awhile, which is the real beauty of these projects.

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4 comments:

ErikaNovember 13, 2012 at 6:33 AM
totally agree with you, let them be creative in their own fun way!I must say, it looks like they had a great time with the glue!:)
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UnknownNovember 13, 2012 at 9:55 AM
Yay! Letting them lead the process is fantastic!
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JanNovember 14, 2012 at 4:19 PM
Oh my gosh, that made me laugh out loud!! Love it!!
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OneMommyDecember 14, 2012 at 11:52 AM
LOL -- looks like something mine would do! They love to just glue random items to stuff....I need to let them do it more often!
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012