Ds1 (6) smashed my lovely china biscuit tin at the weekend - I was SO cross - he had climbed up onto the work bench in order to steal food. He was really sad about it, and after a few hours of being really subdued, said 'never mind Mum, you can always buy a new one', so I explained they were very expensive, and I couldn't afford one at the moment. To which he thought for a while, and then said 'Mum, I've got a pottery set' (his godfather gave him an ELC pottery wheel kit a year or so ago, which he's not used very much yet) - 'I will MAKE you a new biscuit tin, and you will have it much quicker than buying one, because I will make it today.'
We haven't done it yet, but I'm determined that we'll have a go, because he really WANTS to put things right!
He is lovely.