You'll need: pebbles, googly eyes (or beads, buttons, whatever...), scrap knitting yarn, a permanent marker pen, scissors, a glue gun and some creativity. Feel free to add other props too, like glitter, fabric scraps etc. Then go crazy and have fun! Younger kids might need a hand with the glue gun, but bigger children should be ok handling it. After all, nobody ever died from a burnt finger!
Hi, that's a super idea, will try it, we could also use sticks and other pieces of wood from the forest. I like how you say 'no one ever died of a burnt finger'. sometimes i feel we overprotect our children a bit. my girls have been using yarn and sewing needles for threading their beads when making necklaces since they were two years old. i got some funny looks about that from other mums. i did teach them to sit far apart from each other and of course they were blunt wool needles. nothing every happened.
ReplyDeletei love all the good ideas and that you lead such an outdoorsy life with your boy. i take my girls out to the forest a lot, too. we love to make fires and fry sausages or just run around, check out the tadpoles in the pond etc.
take care
barbara (switzerland)
I totally agree that there's a tendency to overprotect children today. I don't think it's a good thing... What kind of adults will they grow up to be if they have been wrapped in cotton wool their whole lives?! R has been allowed to use a sharp knife (sharp is much safer than blunt, believe me!) since he was two. TWO. That's when he started helping me in the kitchen, chopping fruit and veggies. People thought I was mad. Now, aged 6, he knows how to handle a knife safely - in fact we had the first ever knife accident the other week. And guess what? That was my fault for not checking his knife was sharp enough. There was blood everywhere, but it always seems to look worse than it really is - his thumb is still very much intact ;)
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ReplyDeleteGlad to hear the thumb is still good. Next week my girls start kindergarten at five years old. In Switzerland that means walking there on their own. I know that mums from many other countries can't even imagine to let their children walk by themselves. I must say, i am a bit worried, but we have trained to walk the way there a lot of times and the girls know about stranger danger etc. Still, i am letting them go out on their own for the first time. i know it's much worse for me :-)
Keep up the great work with your blog, i so enjoy discovering about the projects you do. I love thrifting for old furniture, too. i try to paint and do it up on my own.
have a good week...
Barbara