Comments on: Macaroni Jewelry http://smrtlernins.com/2009/11/20/macaroni-jewelry/ One Mother's Homeschool Education Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:18:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Smrt Mama http://smrtlernins.com/2009/11/20/macaroni-jewelry/comment-page-1/#comment-535 Smrt Mama Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:33:57 +0000 http://smrtlernins.com/?p=416#comment-535 I'm glad you're enjoying it! I’m glad you’re enjoying it!

]]> By: VoodooMama http://smrtlernins.com/2009/11/20/macaroni-jewelry/comment-page-1/#comment-534 VoodooMama Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:20:57 +0000 http://smrtlernins.com/?p=416#comment-534 Just discovered your blog and I love it. I'm a fellow non-facilitator of crafts. In fact, I'm even one of those moms who discourages mud-puddle play on a regular basis. Maybe I need to reevaluate! :-) Just discovered your blog and I love it. I’m a fellow non-facilitator of crafts. In fact, I’m even one of those moms who discourages mud-puddle play on a regular basis. Maybe I need to reevaluate! :-)

]]> By: Rounding out an education » Smrt Lernins http://smrtlernins.com/2009/11/20/macaroni-jewelry/comment-page-1/#comment-528 Rounding out an education » Smrt Lernins Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:55:53 +0000 http://smrtlernins.com/?p=416#comment-528 [...] my mother suggested adding arts and crafts into our schedule, rather than just feeling bad that I don’t make time for it. I think that sounds like a good idea. I would like to pick one day a week where we do some time of [...] [...] my mother suggested adding arts and crafts into our schedule, rather than just feeling bad that I don’t make time for it. I think that sounds like a good idea. I would like to pick one day a week where we do some time of [...]

]]> By: Heather http://smrtlernins.com/2009/11/20/macaroni-jewelry/comment-page-1/#comment-511 Heather Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:34:00 +0000 http://smrtlernins.com/?p=416#comment-511 I leave craftsy stuff out for my kids all the time. They have access to it. I just don't feel like setting up a project every week. I'm not That Woman. I leave craftsy stuff out for my kids all the time. They have access to it. I just don’t feel like setting up a project every week. I’m not That Woman.

]]> By: Smrt Mama http://smrtlernins.com/2009/11/20/macaroni-jewelry/comment-page-1/#comment-508 Smrt Mama Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:47:57 +0000 http://smrtlernins.com/?p=416#comment-508 The kids definitely get a lot of time for free-drawing. I just don't ever plan anything crafty to speak of. The kids definitely get a lot of time for free-drawing. I just don’t ever plan anything crafty to speak of.

]]> By: Amelia http://smrtlernins.com/2009/11/20/macaroni-jewelry/comment-page-1/#comment-506 Amelia Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:42:40 +0000 http://smrtlernins.com/?p=416#comment-506 If you're a mom who freaks out about mess--who would never let your kids do art if they asked, or help in the kitchen, or play in mud puddles--then yes, maybe you'd be doing them a disservice. But if it just doesn't occur to you--then it just doesn't occur to you. It's probably the wrong season to suggest this for your little graffitti artist, but giving a child a container of water, a paintbrush, and a driveway/playground/whatever outside to paint is a lot of fun. No mess to speak of, and watching the sun evaporate the water is pretty neat. If you’re a mom who freaks out about mess–who would never let your kids do art if they asked, or help in the kitchen, or play in mud puddles–then yes, maybe you’d be doing them a disservice. But if it just doesn’t occur to you–then it just doesn’t occur to you.

It’s probably the wrong season to suggest this for your little graffitti artist, but giving a child a container of water, a paintbrush, and a driveway/playground/whatever outside to paint is a lot of fun. No mess to speak of, and watching the sun evaporate the water is pretty neat.

]]> By: Emily http://smrtlernins.com/2009/11/20/macaroni-jewelry/comment-page-1/#comment-501 Emily Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:14:18 +0000 http://smrtlernins.com/?p=416#comment-501 Maybe start with some 3-D things he can color and paint on- egg cartons, toilet paper tubes, rocks, that sort of thing. I usually don't have a certain project in mind when we start, I offer lots of supplies and watch. That sort of thing is more important developmentally than perfectly laid out kits anyway. Maybe start with some 3-D things he can color and paint on- egg cartons, toilet paper tubes, rocks, that sort of thing. I usually don’t have a certain project in mind when we start, I offer lots of supplies and watch. That sort of thing is more important developmentally than perfectly laid out kits anyway.

]]> By: Nana http://smrtlernins.com/2009/11/20/macaroni-jewelry/comment-page-1/#comment-491 Nana Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:16:48 +0000 http://smrtlernins.com/?p=416#comment-491 But we did do crafty things. I made homemade edible (though not tasty) finger paints for you and your brother. Once you started GS, though, you were in school and then your brother was playing ball, and then OM, etc. When would we do crafts? Besides, the day I woke up to hear crunch, crunch, crunch and discovered a palmetto bug was eating the glue and macaroni off of a project you had made in preschool, I never could really bring myself to do macaroni projects. *shudder* But we did do crafty things. I made homemade edible (though not tasty) finger paints for you and your brother. Once you started GS, though, you were in school and then your brother was playing ball, and then OM, etc. When would we do crafts? Besides, the day I woke up to hear crunch, crunch, crunch and discovered a palmetto bug was eating the glue and macaroni off of a project you had made in preschool, I never could really bring myself to do macaroni projects. *shudder*

]]> By: Daisy http://smrtlernins.com/2009/11/20/macaroni-jewelry/comment-page-1/#comment-489 Daisy Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:35:10 +0000 http://smrtlernins.com/?p=416#comment-489 Too funny. Hey, there is a real market for that in SoCal (eyes rolling). :-) Too funny. Hey, there is a real market for that in SoCal (eyes rolling). :-)

]]> By: Smrt Mama http://smrtlernins.com/2009/11/20/macaroni-jewelry/comment-page-1/#comment-488 Smrt Mama Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:30:19 +0000 http://smrtlernins.com/?p=416#comment-488 I worry that The Tank's chosen form of art is graffiti! I worry that The Tank’s chosen form of art is graffiti!

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