Several weeks ago Sean came home on a Friday night to a bit of a mess. Friday night is family movie night at our house so we try to have things cleaned up and ready to go when Sean walks through the door. This time, however, he was greeted by the dining room table covered in trash bags, kids in paint shirts, shredded newspaper piled high, and gooey sticky paste covering hands, the table, and three balloons. Twenty minutes earlier Djeryd decided he wanted to construct a World War I army helmet. Paper mache` seemed to be the best medium, so we went to town.
All of the kids got in on the action. For some reason I was unavailable when the paste ran out. The kids took matters into their own hands, which was great. The funny part was they used whole wheat four instead of the plain white all-purpose kind. Their glue became very gritty and not so easy to spread. They were pleased as punch with themselves, though, so I didn’t say a word. Nothing ever came of this little project, but we loved diving into something new and just trying it out.
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