I hate, hate, hate craft. Since having ds2, who loves it, I have learnt that it's fine if I just let him get on with it. So he'll often spend the best part of an hour messing about with paint, boxes, glitter, glue etc. Usually the end result, is, well, unrecognisable (polite way of putting it), but ds is always happy and I understand that the process is what counts, and his explanations and pride in the end result tell me that it has been worthwhile.
However, making specific items from a book or Mr arsing Maker tend to end in tears. They never look right; whichever glue we use fails to stick anything; there is some crucial item we can't get and the end result looks nothing like the pictures. So, we avoid this kind of thing.
Now ds2, in reception, has been told he has to make a robot at home to discuss at show and tell. I am very conscious that others will bring in robots that look as if they have been made professionally. We have got started this morning, and, so far we have discovered that the paint we have seems to just move around the box, rather than providing a thick covering, so that it is very hard to cover the writing on the box. This means I have had to do most of the painting as ds couldn't get the hang of dabbing it on and not brushing. Also, the items from recycling we are using are thick and require cutting with big 'grown-up' scissors - so, no, ds can't do this either. The result is I have spent the morning saying, "No, not like that," "Don't touch that now," "No, you can't do this bit," "let me do this," "No, not like that!" I have tried to keep the hysteria and irritation out of my voice, and he seems happy enough, but this is not how I want to spend the limited time I have with him (I work f/t)
So, I have done most of the work - yet it will still look crap compared to many others, I am sure - so what is ds going to say at show and tell? "Mummy did X", "Mummy snapped at me...?" He is shy and is yet to speak to his teacher , so I don't really see that forcing him to talk about how he did something he didn't really do is the way to get his confidence up.
AIBU to not want to have to do this sort of thing unless we choose to?
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To not want to be making a fucking junk robot for ds to take to school?
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lecce · 29/09/2013 10:28
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