mixing edible paint.
to get crafty.
we were making sweet belinda.
talby bought this book with her own money last year.
we are trying to make as many as we can.
(it's a good book…i'd like to get a few of the others too)
who's eating our paint?!
crafts are messy.
do other moms get stressed out making crafts like i do?
i'm sure they do.
but kids need to make things and use their brains and be artsy.
they need it.
so i will clean it…and relax.
and someday they will remember that we made crafts…i hope.
oh sweet belinda.
pam - hey – i think i’ve seen you at church. we have some of the same friends. i decided to come clean and leave a comment instead of lurking. 🙂
you’re a super cool mom. my kids thought i was pretty cool until they saw this post! i think they’d love that book.
happy summer.
traci - sweet belinda indeed. what a cute craft. i definately freaked out about craft messes when my kids were little. but i did let my son spread field corn all over all our rugs so that he could farm with his little tractors just like dad. i do miss those days – kind of.
Jennifer P. - I love how the counter starts off looking so clean and then….
You are one A+ Mom whose kids will be little geniuses because you let them get the kitchen as messy as their creativity needed to get it :)!
jes - what a fun mom you are! we all need to make more time for the important stuff in life. stuff like getting messy with our kids. 🙂
Julie K. - I so so do get stressed with the mess of kids and craftiness. Just this year I’ve been able to “get passed it” knowing that the gift they’re getting through the experience outweighs the annoyance of the mess. Like you said … the NEED it!
Suzanne - ok, can you just come & give me a tutorial on EVERYTHING!! i am a former kindergarten teacher, so I love my kids to do stuff like that…and USUALLY don’t get too stressed out about the mess…is that a book that is still available??? what is it called?? what i love about it, is it looks like things you already have around the house! what fun, what fun!
kristin - oh, a very sweet belinda.
i want to see that book.
what a good mama you are.
Stephanie - I found you on Today’s Creative Blog and you have been my inspiration! I love your photos of your kids and that it is not just one big “word” journal. It helped me as I began creating my blog. Thank you!
traci - Yep, I neeeeeed this book for sure. I used to teach preschool so messy crafts do bother me so much I just get irritated when its over and they act like its torture that they help clean after I went to all the trouble and mess to create fun. So I have to get ugly to make them help clean up then we forget all the fun we just had…sigh
Lee Ann - I’m so GLAD you said you get stressed with kids/crafts. I never would have thought. Yes, it’s stressful! Looks like a great book.
cynthia - ooooh! i want this book…
and i will try not to have anxiety of the many messes it will create.
keyword, create.
you’re right…they NEED it!
southernseven - I have to tie myself to the chair so that I don’t help too much, I have to fight the big ol urge to do it for them, you know, help them. And to watch them spill stuff everywhere, really stresses me out. You are too good.
Juliann - Hey lady – i never would have guessed you get stressed with the mess of crafts. I do for sure! But I keep hearing how life with kids goes fast, so I take a deep breath, and plunge in. Luke especially appreciates the freedom to make a mess and get creative; i see the boost in his confidence and doesn’t that make the clean up worth it!!!