[blparent] Please help me snap out of my pity-party

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

My four-year-old has great fun with stickers.  I let her stick them on the 
front of the dishwasher because they come off easily, so we do different 
ones for different seasons.  Self-sticking gems are also great.  To prevent 
glue from getting too messy, try using glue sticks instead of bottles. 
Leaves, birdseed, rice, popcorn kernels, and pine needles make nice textured 
collages on cardboard or construction paper.  I have a tray kind of like the 
ones you get at fast food restaurants, but you can also use a cookie sheet 
to put the project on and contain the mess.  As for drawing on everything 
but the paper, Color Wonder products by Crayola are awesome because the 
markers and paints only show up on the special paper, nowhere else.  Try 
Model Magic, too, it's like playdough that hardens so your kids can keep 
their creations.  Good luck!

Jo Elizabeth

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may 
kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at 
evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Musiclady
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 8:03 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Please help me snap out of my pity-party

One thing I really struggle with is doing crafts with the kids.
I find glue etc extremely messy to deal with, especially with a 2
year old in the mix.  also, my older kids draw on every thing but
the paper, which makes me not want to do that sort of thing with
them.  Trying to find things that a 2 5 and 8 year old can do
together is hard!
i don't have any  craft skills, but am willing to teach myself.
Any ideas?
Btw i am totalally blind.

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