Craft Supplies to Entertain Kids

Posted by Jennifer White Aug 6, 2008

I finally accepted the fact that I needed to expose my daughters to safety scissors. I had been putting that off for quite some time. My reason was not to protect them from potential knicks and cuts of the fingers, but for much more vain reasons. I am terrified they will cut their hair.

Shameful, I know. I can only say that I am holding on to my own inadequacies of my own childhood. Having come from a low-income family, I suffered at the hand of my father who picked up the shears in an attempt to play barber. It was not pretty.

But I am not resigned to the fact that they are old enough. I can only hope my eldest daughter grasps my command to only cut the paper that I give her.

So yesterday's purchase of construction paper, safety scissors, glue sticks, and a star-shaped paper punch had my girls entertained for hours. They were stewing in their own creative juices as I worked on preparing chicken noodle soup in the kitchen. They created, I cleaned. It was a very productive day.

My refrigerator, which now serves as a gallery, is evidence in of that. Not only is the fridge clean, it's well decorated!