A couple weeks ago Mia went to her little friend's birthday party who had just gotten a cute Little People Disney Princess Castle. Mia's eyes grew about 2 times bigger after setting eyes on it and just loved it! It made me want to buy one for her on the spot. I'll admit I even went as far as actually looking on Amazon to see what it cost. After coming to my senses and reminding myself that buying Mia a huge toy for that price for no reason was crazy so I decided to think of some other options.
I started thinking about all the hours my sister and I spent building just about anything we could imagine out of things we found around the house when we were young. This made me realize how little I let Mia express her very creative side, especially since I am always crafting around her and how little I spend my time crafting on something she can benefit from as well.
So the next day I grabbed a cardboard box and we went to work creating a fun, little "princess" castle for Mia. As I was cutting out the castle I let Mia play with all my scrap papers and some scissors (yes, I'm a little too trusting of a mother, but luckily she did great!). It was so fun watching all the things she was imagining up. She started making houses out of some papers, a slide and even thought one looked like a car. Once the actual castle was done she had fun coloring the sides and then making a bed and a blanket for her little Cinderella to sleep with.
This experience has just helped me remember how important it is to let our children be creative and to give our time helping them to develop their creative side no matter the age. To also let them get a little messy doing it and to make a mess! Creative play is so very important to help children learn how to solve problems and come up with solutions. Not to mention it's just so stinkin' cute watching them!
Linked To:
http://www.muchadoaboutsomethin.blogspot.com/search/label/tell%20us%20tuesday
http://www.create-with-joy.com/2013/08/inspire-me-monday-week-84.html
http://www.keepingitsimplecrafts.com/2013/08/motivate-me-monday-186.html
http://carolynshomework.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-inspiration-board-creative-party-115.html
So cute Hanna! I love it. I definitely need to do more of that!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE that you did that! I remember doing that ALL the time as a kid. You're an awesome mom!
ReplyDeleteI bet she remembers this for a long time! What a fun activity together! I love Mia's adorable smiley face. What a cutie!
ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic! I used to love to do things like this when I was young. My mom and I spent HOURS doing crafty things - what a fun memory for her!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up at Tell Us Tuesday!!
Lauren
Wow, impressive! Mia is sooo cute.
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to let you know that I featured your wonderful project on homework. Thanks so much for sharing it on The Inspiration Board. Have a great weekend!
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Thank you for sharing your awesome project at Inspire Me Monday at Create With Joy! Yours was the first project I chose to feature this week (I LOVED your article, castle, and of course, precious Princess Mia!)
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Create With Joy
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Thank you for featuring me! I feel honored...this made my week! I love linking up to your linky parties. There is just so much inspiration to be had!
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