5th April Never work with children and craft


No I'm only joking. Well perhaps not about the children. Or about the craft. Put the two together....wow, it's a recipe for chaos Or maybe its just me and the craft that I chose to do which involved glue. Glue that didn't appear to stick anything or certainly not anything to where it should have stuck.

Yesterday we had an Easter Craft morning at one of my churches, one that we had tried to run family fun mornings before with limited success / attendance. So my hopes were not exactly high only to discover people actually there 20 mins before we were due to open and already beign let loose in amongst the various activities. Obviously word has spread and before we knew it we had 16 parents / guardians / carers and what seemed to be twice as many hyper children!!

My task was to make an Easter Bunny from a paper cup and a variety of things, that in the quiet of my study and when done by me with care, time and patience, all stuck where they were supposed to stick. My third attempt even looked a little bit like a rabbit. Put this same activity in the midst of a craft morning when handled by children aged 5-7, let's just say that wasn't quite the case. I ended up with more missing body parts than at the paralympics. Add to that the sudden appearance of an extra craft activity in the form of an Easter Basket, that required me to share my mini eggs, (MY mini eggs) well it did nothing for my blood pressure!!

But having said that...it was a great morning that simply whizzed by in the blink of an eye. Hopefully we can get some of the people coming back again to future events. One that will see glue replaced by self adhesive stickers. I'm just grateful I didn't dare to use glitter!!!

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