Crafts & Tangents

I recently decided that Chase is old enough to do crafts. Not only do I feel that I need to nurture his "artistic" side; I decided that we need a little more structure in our lives. We wake up when we want; eat when we're hungry; bathe when we're dirty (sometimes); nap when we're tired; play at the park when we're not too tired... I could go on. I will probably get snorts of disgust when I tell you this- but we don't even have a bedtime routine. We change his diaper, say a prayer, and throw him in bed with his lovey and a binky. (shocking I know!) He does bathe, get his teeth brushed, and get stories and scriptures read to him- but these are usually at random times of day when I happen to remember. Maybe I need to make myself a chart or something... with stickers. Anyways point of the story- having a laid-back kid has really made me a laid-back mom; and in an attempt to add some structure to our lives- we've started doing crafttime several times a week. I am constantly surprised by how much Chase is able to do.

These were his first two art endeavors:

We used colored sugar and glue to make starfish shapes. I did the glue and Chase poured the sugar on top and helped me shake off the extra.
We also used construction paper and glitter glue to make fireworks for the 4th of July. I cut out the stars and put glue on the back and chase stuck them to the paper and chose where they should go. I squeezed some glitter glue on his fingertips and let him smear it around the stars to make them look like fireworks. He was so proud of his creations!

I tried to get Chase to hold up his picture (which he is super proud of, and couldn't wait to show daddy); BUT he was totally devastated that I took it off the fridge and just sat there crying until I put it back:
We've also done some fingerpainting and experimenting with colored water. I let Chase squeeze some food coloring in each glass of water and we watched it change colors; and then we mixed some of the primary colors to see what new colors we could make.

I am thinking next week maybe we'll do puppets or something. If you have a really easy craft idea for me- please share!