Jill said she wanted to use the new stamp pads that she got for her birthday, so I cleared the kitchen table, took out the stamps, the pad of paper, tore off sheets for Matt and Jill, got them sitting at the table, got out the 6 new stamp pads, took them all out of their bags, took the lids off of them, took the protective cellophane off each of them, and told the kids to go at it. This took about, oh, 10 minutes or so.
Literally not more than two minutes later, the kids announced they were done. *sigh*
So I herded them into the bathroom, cleaned the ink off their arms and hands and faces, cleaned the sink, threw the now rainbow-colored hand towel in the laundry, went into the kitchen, rinsed the stamps, put them into a zip lock bag, put the lids back on the stamp pads, put the stamps and pads and paper away into the art cubby and washed down the now rainbow-colored kitchen table and chairs. This took another 15 minutes.
So out of a half an hour, 2 minutes were spent actually playing with the stamps and the rest of the time was spent setting up and then cleaning up.
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4 comments:
think how excited you'll be when they ask to play with them again in an hour... :)
I have to second Michelle on this one...but was more shocked that the entry didn't end with them asking to play with them again. *lol*
LOL! I think they took pity on me.
I get that all the time also. Sometimes I try and roll one art project into the next so I feel like I get a slightly better break out of it. Just an FYI if they are those big round stamp pads, if they seem to dry out just spray them with a bit of water from a spray bottle and they will be good as new. I have to do that to the ones I have then they just keep going.
Not sure if you have tried glue yet with the kids but a couple small bottles of white glue and some cotton balls and feathers go a long way here. Ian enjoys squirting the glue out himself, so I only open the twist cap a bit so not too much comes out. He really enjoys it and Elmers is totally washable.
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