I've avoided most craft activities for quite awhile now. The mess drives me bonkers and they usually get antsy about their project when I can't help all of them right when they need me and the whining starts or they attempt to do more than they can really manage and ruin their project and get upset or they fight over the supplies. Oh, and did I mention the mess???
Lovey saw a craft idea in her magazine awhile ago and I've been dodging it trying to get supplies for it. Yesterday was grocery day and she pinned me down Sunday night, when she realized it was grocery day eve. I fell right into the trap too.
L: Mumma? is it Sunday night?
K: yes Lovey, it is.
L: well, then can you put breadsticks and licorice on the grocery list for tomorrow?
K: of course! (gah! busted!!)
Having no evasive manoeuvres left, I bought the requested items and after lunch I could delay no longer. I got out all the stuff and braced myself for the utter chaos to begin. It started off mildly but it didn't take long for things to take a sloppy turn. Icing, sugar sprinkles, bread crumbs, licorice bits, thumb prints, icing smears, sticky chairs but amazingly enough, no one got anything in their hair! I was still frazzled by the sugar bits that I knew were on the floor, getting stuck on their socks and no doubt traipsed through the rest of the house. There may have been a short period of me yelling GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN!!!! NOOOOOOO! TAKE YOUR SOCKS OFF FIRST, NOT THERE IN THE SUGAR PILE!!!!!!
But other than that, the fairy wand craft was a huge success. Now who is going to eat all these???
They loved making the "fairy" wands although Sweetie got bored after a couple and moved on to play something else while we finished up. She got distracted in the middle of one of hers and I looked over to see her taking a bite out of hers!
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