Memoirs of Childhood

Friday, October 1

Paper Mache

we were going to make planets. they were going to hang from the ceiling of the boys room. i was repeating over and over in my head, "a mess is okay. it's not a big deal. mess=fun."

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i quickly discovered, however, that the balloons only blew up into really weird shapes.

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we pressed on...unthwarted.

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and made...

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...spaceships? sorta?

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you know, A for effort. and we had fun. and we never paint.

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no finished product pics you may notice.

3 comments:

Muffy said...

haha I am so scared of messes to! I guess I will have to get motivated in a few years. :) You are such a fun mommy!!!!

Hallie said...

Hey, at least you attempted a craft. What a fun Mommy you are :)

Danyele Easterhaus said...

oh my word! only you...