Creative Kids

I have very creative children. They all create all the time. They all love to craft and, unlike their mother, complete projects all the time. This past week was full of birthdays and they all on their own decided to make instead of buy birthday gifts for their friends.

They made dolls. With this project they learned how hard it is to put embroidery thread through a normal needle, that yarn leaves little shreddes all over that they are responsible to pick up before they kill my vacuum, that no matter how much you want to, you can't kick the sewing machine, and mommy doesn't like it when you cut out your three inch skirt pattern from the middle of a yard of fabric. They also learned that giving a gift that you worked so hard on that is received with much ooing and ahhing is very rewarding.

They made modpodge boxes. With this project they learned that a simple project can still be hard to do, that mommy doesn't like it when you wipe your gluey hands on her dining room chairs, that if you leave the lid off the modpodge it will dry out, that mommy is crazy to buy sequins, the larger sister of glitter, and that if you close the box before it is totally dry, it will stick, but even this can be fixed. They also learned that they could make beautiful art that they can be proud to give.

They made duct tape purses. With this project they learned that duct tape is not forgiving, that it is expensive when you have to spend your own money and that you really shouldn't start a project by yourself that you saw once in a book with out asking mommy. They also learned that their own fashion sense is appreciated by others.

I learned that I shouldn't let my children use the camera because then I can't find it when I want to take pictures of all said projects before they wrap them up with miles of packing tape. I also learned that 3 little projects can make BIG messes. And that my children have big hearts that are giving and caring.