to wonder when a home-made card is no longer cute?

[TheYuleLogLady]

Home made christmas cards with glitter and toddleresque pictures are lovely. When made by someone under the age of about 6.

Weird though when made by a 12 year old.

AIBU?

YABU

Depends. Are we talking 12 year old who shows artistic promise, or one that still draws like a toddler?

Very

bit like a toddler.

Why weird?

YABU and a meanie.

at 12 if you are not artistically gifted would you feel the need to send relative strangers examples of your work? with glitter?

YABU, though it does to some extent depend on the recipient. Perfect for a granny for as long as the child wants to make them. Not so good if your child wants to make a card for you to give to your boss.

Definitely depends on the recipient.

exactly - that's the point i'm not making very well. even my hardened criminal DDs make cards for granny. this is not from a relative though.

YABU - if you don't like it it will go at the back - no biggie.

and they must have taken ages to make. the novelty of assisting children with glitter and card making crap wore off years ago. why would someone do such a thing? does it not bore her senseless? (the mother of said 12 year old that is)

I don't assist my 9yo and 6yo. It keeps them occupied without me. That's the whole point!

If your 12 year old is a jaded materialistic type they probably wont want to anyway. My 12 yr old makes them because he understands the value of time and effort and hopes the recipent does 2.

i still think it's weird. at 12 he should be out skateboarding or burning stuff rather than faffing with glitter.

So this is a card that some untalented kid has sent you and you're complaining about it?

Maybe its weird but complaining about getting a homemade card from a kid is weirder!

Yeh cause all 12yr olds must be the same

I make christmas cards for everyone. If they don't like me enough to appreciate my artistic efforts then I shouldn't be sending them a card anyway. I daresay some people laugh a bit when they receive them but I hope they do so fondly.

"i still think it's weird. at 12 he should be out skateboarding or burning stuff rather than faffing with glitter"

You're sounding very "Phil Mitchell" there YLL and look how that turned out

i am in a mood it's true. not well and bastard snow ruining my plans/.

i'm not usually quite so vile.

lol - not vile but channelling Vicky Pollard 4 sure

Maybe the kid was ill and off school and had used up his 'screen time'?

Oh god, i hate the internet for posts like yours.

Referring to OP not Grimma

go away and make youself useful then. get me a lemsip.