tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432382804917497650.post8884059967178165199..comments2023-12-30T15:23:47.095+00:00Comments on Is there a Plan B?: I admit it: I'm rubbish at crafting with my children.Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975259590293860488noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432382804917497650.post-78521824612441471692011-12-06T21:08:41.462+00:002011-12-06T21:08:41.462+00:00And in good news I now have a washing line pinned ...And in good news I now have a washing line pinned to the kitchen wall with some small pegs on which to pin all the masterpieces. So the recycling trips can be scheduled for after bed time and three months later when I'm less likely to be caught....Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11975259590293860488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432382804917497650.post-90404042191974413432011-12-06T21:06:27.722+00:002011-12-06T21:06:27.722+00:00I think maybe Iota's hit the nail on the head ...I think maybe Iota's hit the nail on the head (as usual)... My expectations are too high. If I do something I want to do it well, or (generally) I won't do it at all (which is why I won't play backgammon against B, or tennis at all, or paint...) and the difficulty with the children is that they don't care and I do. <br /><br />Maybe I need to be a bit more like them and a bit less like me. Or maybe it will, like so much else, get easier (I hope!). <br /><br />Glad I'm not the only one though!<br /><br />And I do cook with them, so that's one thing...Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11975259590293860488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432382804917497650.post-10458001714636669872011-12-04T21:58:34.235+00:002011-12-04T21:58:34.235+00:00I think we could have written the exact same post ...I think we could have written the exact same post :-)<br />Me & The Girls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432382804917497650.post-64974767433833537122011-12-03T14:29:45.664+00:002011-12-03T14:29:45.664+00:00I had such low expectations that I was always amaz...I had such low expectations that I was always amazed that I could produce anything at all my pre-schooler. So I have to confess I enjoyed it. Still do, with my rather artsy-crafty 7 year old. <br />I'd always thought of myself as "not creative, hopeless at art, not good with my hands", so to find that I enjoyed getting my hands all messy with finger paints, or dolloping glue everywhere, or winding pipe-cleaners into odd shapes, or whatever it was, that was all quite liberating.<br /><br />But I didn't have the dizzy heights that you do from which to fall (I've seen the picture of that personalized baby towel that you made).Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432382804917497650.post-27289404035759524202011-12-02T00:16:03.617+00:002011-12-02T00:16:03.617+00:00Oh what a relief--someone else like me! I love loo...Oh what a relief--someone else like me! I love looking at craft blogs and Pinterest and all the lovely ideas but I am simly rubbish at crafting with my kids. I think they still love me though ;)Michelloui | The American Residenthttp://www.theamericanresident.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432382804917497650.post-91748632805672830452011-12-01T23:41:18.129+00:002011-12-01T23:41:18.129+00:00No, I think you're just normal. My 2 are only ...No, I think you're just normal. My 2 are only normally occupied by something for 30 minutes at most, and often a lot less, and yes, sometimes the results are 'a bit rubbish' - but as they always say, it's the process rather than the finished result that counts, and they're so pleased with their own results. <br /><br />Crafting with kids is unavoidably messy, and often it can be more an exercise in damage limitation. It must be especially difficult with 3 to keep control of! At the end of the day though, if I wasn't driven to do it myself, I probably wouldn't do it so much!Judehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05685862017243920231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432382804917497650.post-89992764305400337762011-12-01T21:22:06.698+00:002011-12-01T21:22:06.698+00:00I'm totally rubbish at craft stuff too. I love...I'm totally rubbish at craft stuff too. I love that they do it at school, feel that it exempts me a bit from doing it at home. After all if they've been glueing and sticking all day, surely they need a bit of a break (and a chance to climb a tree and build a den instead?)<br /><br />there's a few of us non-crafters around. I'd love to be a crafter but totally know my limits!Dorset Dispatcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10457466586411004146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432382804917497650.post-61821092628112352132011-12-01T21:00:28.758+00:002011-12-01T21:00:28.758+00:00It's me too - I have the same vision but there...It's me too - I have the same vision but there's always a lot of stress involved.Jenhttp://gruffalotea.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com