I’ve been a little bit lazy on the craft front in the last few months. I’ve been super tired, and haven’t made it a priority, and as a result, the extent of my sons’ art experience has been pretty dull. Like…here is a box of broken crayons and a blank sheet of paper dull….
I knew I had to do something about this, so I planned a craft day for my moms club. I knew if I was threatened with a lot of kiddos coming over I would plan some pretty cool crafts. And that I did! We made sticker resist starry night cards, which my boys have already given away to many lucky recipients, bird seed ornaments, and sparkly snowflakes to decorate our home. The boys really had a great time.
As it turned out, very few people came to our craft day. Whether it was sicknesses going around, busy schedules around the holidays, or something else, it was a very quiet day at our house. The few who did come seemed to enjoy themselves, and my kids loved it so it was worth all the hard work anyway.
Here they are making some sparkly snowflakes:
Elias really had a blast making the bird seed ornaments. In fact, we made them three times in the last three days! We’ve had many birds enjoying them already in both our front and back yards. Here are a couple of them hanging from the trees:
I feel sad that it took the threat of other people coming over for me to get creative with my own kids. But hey…something is better than nothing. Maybe this will inspire me to be more creative in the coming weeks.