For weeks and weeks, Laurie has been asking me to make things. Nope, I don't want to make wings, or a yo yo, or whatever it is. YOU make it, I tell her.
She's always begging me to cut paper a certain way, draw a button to her liking, or get her some string.
Finally, she wore me down, and I thought...why don't I just get this girl some beads? Surely this will quiet her detailed requests.
And it has! This week, she has been making bead (or as she calls them - bean) necklaces with minimal help from me.
I rarely buy stuff for my kids to play with, but there was a real void in my girl's heart and it was so simple to buy these "beans" for her. Who am I kidding? Really, they are for me....so she'll leave me alone.
Stephen (small) has enjoyed the them too. He made me this necklace for me, and I really love it.
The gold owl necklace was my mom's in college, and I love it too!
Happy weekend.
ah, I recognize this journey of helping kids to create the stuff they dream about! Love this post and the end results!
ReplyDeleteI have to always remind myself that the mess they make creating is worth the golden silence as they work. . .
I don't buy my kids much, but I keep them supplied with tape, nails, scissors, and all the fabric/cardboard/paper they want.
Pretty fabulous - love the beans - and the owl too!
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