I don't know if it's a first child thing or what, but Teya has never been very good at entertaining herself. Brinley will go and play with toys and flip through books and just do her own thing but Teya always wants me to do that stuff with her. I try to play with my kids quite a bit but it gets to a point where you need to get other things done and sometimes I need them to play on their own. Other than the TV, I have struggled to find something that will hold Teya's attention without my help, but recently we've had a little break through.
I call it "Teya's creation station." It's really just our craft table that's been where it's always been, but for some reason Teya has finally figured out that she can do projects on her own without any help. She knows where all the stuff is and now she just goes and gets it and starts creating away. It's so cute to see her go in there after breakfast and start stamping, painting, coloring and molding.
These are some of her latest masterpieces. She spent a long time rolling out the playdough, cutting out each of the turtles, and then using her markers to decorate them. (There were probably 8 more but she put them in a special bag up in her room) She also made that snow man but it kept falling apart so she asked me if I would hot glue it together. I was happy to oblige. I know these probably look like scrappy little knick knacks but to me they are so sweet because they came from Teya's little hands and she saw the project through from beginning to end without my help.
It can be a little messy, especially when she starts cutting things out our playing with moon sand, (which is the devil, but my kids love it) but she's learning to clean it up and it's definitely worth the mess to see her doing her own thing in her happy creating place.
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I need a hazel creation station! I've been a little lax on screen time lately, but she Loves crafts and playdough, I think I'll make a bigger push this week.
Could Teya be anymore beautiful! Taber better be getting his shotgun ready...!
And, what a great idea to have a craft station. I think I'm going to have to copy this someday.
Teya, make me somethin! ;) So talented.
How fun! Isn't it funny how you kinda have to let the reins go and look away when they're "creating!" I always am so tempted to get right in their and wipe up or pick up as soon as they start...but I realize (usually) they need to have opportunities to create things and learn! It's so hard though....I still dread MARKERS! Chenoa has gotten so good w/ colored pencils and crayons...but Tristan is still a little bugger writing on the doors and walls...so he can't be trusted. I still haven't given in to the playdough...but someday! It's great you don't have carpet in that room!
There may very well be something to that "first child" thing. Blake has never been able to entertain himself either. It's a good thing he and Trevor are only 26 months apart because Blake is able to feed off of Trevor's imagination and I get so much more done!
I love the creation station! All of her little playdough masterpieces are so great. You are such a nice mom - I'm always like, no we can't do playdough/bubbles/anything fun because I don't want a big mess. But really I should let them do playdough. They would love it.
Also, I keep forgetting to say - I love the new picture at the top of the blog! Your 3 little ones all piled together are so cute!
look at that little crafty diva in the making...love it!
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