I love to knit and crochet...
I also like to do needlework, and I have a passion for latch hook....
yes, I am a loser......
Anyway, I'm looking for a new craft that I can do that won't get ruined by my son-- and maybe something he can even help with....
Joann.com is having a huge sale right now...........
and btw, my son is 3........
heh.. can you help with the impossible?
2007-05-03 08:00:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
thats so true......i don't have to let him have EVERYTHING.
mommy does need some sewing time alone.
2007-05-03 08:48:31 · update #1
Hi. It is difficult for a three year old to understand that mommy is doing a mommy item. When my children were small I started them with plastic canvas. Yes, even a 3 year old can poke his thread through the holes and back out again. No need for a pattern just let him play. I used to cut the canvas in 3" squares or even a bookmark lenght , set out some yarn and gave them the plastic needles. Of course motor skills are not high at that level and you will have to thread the needle but he will be occupied while you sew on your own projects. I also made sure that I kept their needles, canvas and small scarps of yarn in some type of container that they knew was theirs but only to be used with mommy. Enjoy. My son kept up his needlepoint skills till he was 10. My daughter is now 25 and is a much more skilled needlepointer than I am. Have fun.
2007-05-03 11:24:01 · answer #1 · answered by kitten 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mommy gets to do some stuff by herself. I grew up in a family of 6 children with a mom who knitted, crocheted, sewed and painted, and never once did she let us "help". Woe betide anyone who touched it, too. Those things belonged to her. When we got old enough to do crafts on our own, she bought us supplies and taught us what to do, but her stuff is her stuff.
I have a child with autism who's now 22, and he really had a hard time understanding what's toys and what's not. So I didn't punish him like my mom did us, but when he was little, I only did crafts that could be put away when I wasn't working on them. We also had crafts together, and he turned out to be a great artisan, and builds birdhouses and feeders for a living.
You can maintain your boundaries and still nurture his skills.
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2007-05-03 15:38:39 · answer #2 · answered by Kacky 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you should eventually be able to do your own craft, once he is immersed in his--albeit he may only be interested in HIS when you are doing it with him, and then gradually he can get into it himself while you are doing your own.
He will soon want to do something by him"self", and be proud of it for having accomplished a project!!!
I went thru that for many years with my own kids of various ages, and taught art for elementary students which is a whole nuther thing.
Some crafts to do with him that will wean him off messing with yours (and you're not a loser by any means): macaroni art, water colors or water on the pre painted coloring book pages, finger painting, plaster of paris hand forms, garden stepping stones with shells and other things embedded (buttons, beads, shells, pretty rocks), stringing beads to make boot bracelet or hand bracelet or necklace. Even using natural substances--making cards with colored leaves, pressed flowers that you do yourself with a frame and bolts and paper and cardboard. Sending off cards that he draws himself could be such an adventure!
Have a great time, cause these times pass by too quickly. When he is away in college you will put down your crafts and wish he were there to 'bother' you!! Have fun, above all, and loosen up so your expectation levels are not too unattainable. jb
2007-05-03 15:19:16 · answer #3 · answered by Jeanne babe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they have a kids section at joanns, try something with craft foam maybe, how about a sunshade he can decorate or little kids flip flops he can decorate, they also have little kids gardening tools, how about a little garden or even a flower box for him to start on. at 3 my daughter learned how to use sissors, i had a craft shop back then and she simply chopped up paper in little chunks, colored construction paper was her game. so after she chopped up a bunch we made paper on cardboard mosaics with some elmers glue and the chopped up paper, she loved it, and we always hung her art and put a price on it. and some of my repeat customers got in the game and bought her grand artworks for a quarter. while you are cutting fabric he can cut up the paper with his little round tipped sissors, and then you two can build the pictures together, and when he naps you can sew. good luck.
2007-05-04 02:48:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about you get crafts that are age-appropriate for him to do while you are working on your crafts. You could say that it's craft time for the two of you, but you each have your own crafts to work on.
2007-05-03 15:09:20 · answer #5 · answered by qtpie831 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter does glycerine soap making with her daughters. A nice clean hobby! Lol!
2007-05-04 02:02:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe do something kid friendly like making clay animals or pipecleaner people. or maybe you guys could make newspaper hats and paint them/decorate them with gems.
2007-05-03 15:10:54 · answer #7 · answered by angelfang2383 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fingerpainting may be fun.
2007-05-03 15:15:56 · answer #8 · answered by redmarc316 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋