[Nfb-krafters-korner] Looking around

Sun Aug 29 02:20:27 UTC 2010

Hi Tom,
I have wondered what you did with the shaving cream. I am so glad you 
tried it. What a great feeling it is.

By the way, my Husband will sit down with us when I do shaving cream 
with kids and he still loves it.  I probably wouldn't do it at my 
first senior party if I were you, but find some kids to share the 
idea with and be the fantastic guy.

Do you have a dog?  The macramae we did a bit ago makes wonderful 
leashes. I made one for our dog.  That sure would be a manly thing to do.

The leather stamping sounds interesting.

I supose that a lot of guys your age are mostly into football and 
basketball. But not everyone.  My fifteen year old Grand Son does a 
great job mowing my yard and helping me with weeds and my little 
garden.  Oh, no staying clean with that hobby.

Well, again, I am glad to hear that you are expanding your horizons. 
Keep up the good work.
HenriettaAt 09:33 PM 8/28/2010, you wrote:
>Wow.  Where were folks like you when I was a little kid?
>I admit that I was very much like what you're describing with your 
>nephew. I'm 17 now and I think so much overprotection has actually 
>held me back from doing a lot of things people my age should be 
>doing.  I'm learning to do things these days that I never knew as a little boy.
>
>I can't say I'm into sports and a lot of the heavyweight tools that 
>most guys like but I am now at least learning how to work some with my hands.
>
>I joined this list for a couple oof reasons...mainly because I 
>needed or wanted to learn a bit more about doing some fun 
>crafts.  I'm not into the whole knitting and crochet thing but I was 
>like your nephew in that I was never really encouraged or wanted to 
>get my hands dirty.  Messes still freak me out a bit because I was 
>always taught never to make a mess and that I was always to be as 
>clean as I could.
>Do things with your nephew.  I was the guy who had to try out the 
>shaving cream idea.  It took me a while to warm up to the idea but I 
>knew I should try it.  A teenager and now trying this stuff.
>
>If you're not afraid to just get into it, go for it and have fun 
>with your nephew.
>Tom
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Dick Carlson" 
><dick.carlson0428 at earthlink.net>
>To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 12:12 PM
>Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Looking around
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>
>>Thanks everyone,
>>
>>My nephew is going on seven years old.  He's a smart kid.  He reads 
>>Braille and has even begun learning to type.
>>I can't be too hard on my sister, as she tries and she means well.
>>He's going to do well in school, but luckily because he's only six, 
>>he can still begin to develop more at his appropriate age level.
>>
>>All of these ideas are great so far.  I've begun taking him with me 
>>to things, and we play and such.  I can't say I'm much into sports, 
>>so I can't always help him out with that, but there are  plenty of 
>>things we can do.
>>
>>I'm thinking that once we start having some fun together, he'll get 
>>into it. He's not opposed to trying things...just leery about getting started.
>>
>>DC
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Dick Carlson" 
>><dick.carlson0428 at earthlink.net>
>>To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 11:28 PM
>>Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Looking around
>>
>>
>>>Hello everyone,
>>>
>>>I'm Dick and found out about this list through a teacher who works 
>>>with blind kids.  I hope this list is for everyone, including sighted folks.
>>>
>>>I am helping to raise my little nephew, and he's a totally blind 
>>>kid who is perhaps a tad socially delayed for his age.  I mainly 
>>>try to spend a lot of time with him and wanted to see how much he 
>>>and I could do together to stimulate him a bit.  He has been very 
>>>over-protected by his mom, who means very well but sometimes 
>>>doesn't know whether or not to let him do things on his own.
>>>I realize most guys don't really get into crafts, but I think 
>>>working with your hands can be fun and I have no problem with it.
>>>I hope there are other guys on this list to share with as well.
>>>
>>>One of the things my little nephew is not used to doing or maybe 
>>>doesn't like doing is to do a lot of exploring with his 
>>>hands.  He's not been encouraged.  In addition, he doesn't really 
>>>like getting his hands dirty or into things, because he's always 
>>>been taught to sit still and stay clean and all that stuff that 
>>>most children don't do!
>>>I'd love to expose him to this sort of thing and perhaps get into 
>>>things where it will be inevitable for us to put our hands in 
>>>things and get a little messy.
>>>
>>>Is this out of the ordinary for blind kids, and am I doing the 
>>>right thing by wanting to work with him and play doing things with 
>>>him?  Is this a good list for good crafts and such?
>>>
>>>I'd love feedback and ideas.
>>>
>>>Dick Carlson
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Henrietta
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