Craft idea? - sitter called off

tinyhumantoe

Our sitter called off tomorrow, sigh. Any fun craft ideas? I'd like to make the most of my time with W and make sure the TV stays off unless I get a call I have to take for work.

tinyhumantoe

On another note, our sitter takes a boatload of paid vacation days, and has had to call off so much this year on top of it (also paid......I guess). We just let it go, but damn.

tyrannasaurusjess

How ambitious are you feeling?? I think this is adorable, but there is no way I could get Jasper to participate long enough for anyone to know what it was supposed to be

MarisaKathleen

Nancy, Cal & I have done quite a few of the handprint/thumbprint things. :-)  It's fun.  Painting is huge in our house...if you have literally anything she can paint...canvas, paper, empty cereal box cut open, etc.  Nancy will paint anything.

We also made "snow" with Ivory soap in the microwave, which was super cool and took up a good 45 minutes of time, which in toddler time, is like a lifetime. 

Good luck!!

tinyhumantoe

Thanks ladies, I'll see how the morning goes!  The doofus was up all night.  I have no idea what the issue was.  I'm exhausted and it makes me scared for February when the tiny arrives - I forgot how awful you feel without sleep. 

kelbel527

I second the painting.  A few years ago I bought a bunch of $1 wood frames from Michaels and let Brody paint them.  Then I put a picture in it and gave it to the grandparents for Christmas.  A cute picture of the kid + handcrafted.  It worked well.  

Otherwise - what about baking/decorating cookies together?  I love an activity I can eat.  

MarisaKathleen

kelbel527 said:

I second the painting.  A few years ago I bought a bunch of $1 wood frames from Michaels and let Brody paint them.  Then I put a picture in it and gave it to the grandparents for Christmas.  A cute picture of the kid + handcrafted.  It worked well.  

Otherwise - what about baking/decorating cookies together?  I love an activity I can eat.  

We're doing family baking day on Sunday with my Aunt, Mom & cousin.  Nancy just keeps saying "I eat all the cookies Mommy."

Her idea and mine of making memories are very different.

smb+jab

kelbel527 said:

Otherwise - what about baking/decorating cookies together?  I love an activity I can eat.  

that was my suggestion - baking!  Added bonus something yummy to eat

Also sugar cookies, if that is what you choose could take up a good portion of the day, plus be quite fun

hmp1

Not a craft but my kids will hit a balloon around with me forever. Blow up like 10 and they are in heaven.

Taping a shape on cardboard/canvas/wood and then letting her paint is fun. Snowflake, a word, christmas tree...

Get a stack of  junk mail and crinkle pages into snowballs for an indoor snowball fight.

Hyaline

We had fun making cornstarch dough ornaments last year--we did handprints and cutouts. https://makeitstudio.com/tutorials/salt-dough-vs-salt-clay/

I was also going to suggest baking or making candy, partially because I always do that anyway this time of year to hand stuff out to the mail carrier, trash guys, coworkers, etc.  It's like two birds with one craft stone.

For a snack, try popcorn on the stove.  It's like a five minute activity, but DD loves watching the kernels pop and then we both love eating it.

MRoxy0628

Hyaline said:

We had fun making cornstarch dough ornaments last year--we did handprints and cutouts. https://makeitstudio.com/tutorials/salt-dough-vs-salt-clay/

I was also going to suggest baking or making candy, partially because I always do that anyway this time of year to hand stuff out to the mail carrier, trash guys, coworkers, etc.  It's like two birds with one craft stone.

For a snack, try popcorn on the stove.  It's like a five minute activity, but DD loves watching the kernels pop and then we both love eating it.

My husband makes popcorn on the stove and just recently Lily has started joining him in both the making and the eating of the popcorn.  It's so interesting to her that it has even allowed me to take an uninterrupted bath!