So, the other day, Baby Monkey came home from school and wanted to make snowflakes.
Apparently, they were making snowflakes at the Kindergarten craft table, and he wanted to make some at home.
No surprise.
So, I started folding up the paper and he started saying, “No…no…that’s not how we did it at school!”
Because I never do it quite right.
Then, I remembered that I had recently read a post at Kristen, The Frugal Girl’s blog about Easy, Frugal Crafts for Kids.
In the post, she gave a little tutorial on making snowflakes.
I always just folded up the paper a bunch of times and started cutting.
Apparently, there is a method to making good snowflakes, and my friends, Kristen has found it.
So, I pulled out the laptop and showed Baby Monkey the tutorial. We started folding and cutting and the result was great! The best snowflakes I’d ever made, for sure!
Monkey Girl and Monkey in the Middle were impressed with our creations and decided that they, too, wanted to make snowflakes.
So, they got some paper, folded according to the tutorial, cut and made their own beautiful creations.
It was fun. It was great.
It is now all Baby Monkey wants to do.
Which is not a bad thing.
He hasn’t turned on the computer in days, hasn’t watched a tv show, hasn’t thought about the Wii or the Xbox.
Still at the kitchen table at 8:00 Friday night.
Fold and cut. Fold and cut. Fold and cut.
His creations are beautiful.
Here are some of my favorites.
The only downside is that my home is now littered with little, tiny pieces of white paper.
They are everywhere.
I’ve even found a few floating in the toilet.
Don’t ask.
So, while I’m frustrated at the mess this new hobby has brought into my life, I think this is one of those things I’m just going to let go. He cleans up after himself when he’s done, and if he misses a few, so be it.
The product, and by product I mean the smiles on my Baby’s face and the pride in his eyes, definitely is worth the mess.
***Remember! I’m still taking questions for February’s Truthful Tuesday feature!***
Just think….your kiddos are giving you some actual “snow” in your house in the form of tiny little bits of white paper! I know, I know, not much of a consolation when you have to do the clean-up. Those snowflakes came out great — we’ll have to try that technique at our house. Thanks, Amy!!
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