To be fair, Target did have shirts for girls. But no boy shirts....not even in the baby/toddler section. What's up with that?
So rather than drive all over creation in search of shirts or spend entirely too much money at a boutique-type store, I bought $3 t-shirts and fabric paint at Michaels. And then I went all Pinterest-y on my children.
Here's the thing about Pinterest and these "awesome mom" blogs about all the cool, neat stuff they do with their kids---art projects and whatnot. You never, ever hear the back story. Sure, the projects turn out adorable, but we all know wonder mom did her fair share of cussing and at least one of the kids will likely require therapy for some of the comments mom made under her breath about the child's lack of creativity or wonky printing skills.
So my back story is this: This t-shirt idea sounded like something that might keep my kids from fighting for a good half-hour. But it didn't. G and M don't have the patience or skill for anything beyond making the handprint (although G did write the Hs on his shirt). N was better able to help, although she started some paint color experimenting that I had to clean up. Suffice it to say, I spent the better part of my afternoon dorking around with these shirts while the kids were off doing whatever it is they were doing. (I was, after all, too busy with the shirts to pay any attention.)
G's expression pretty much sums up what doing any kind of crafy/artsy project is like in this house.
So rather than drive all over creation in search of shirts or spend entirely too much money at a boutique-type store, I bought $3 t-shirts and fabric paint at Michaels. And then I went all Pinterest-y on my children.
Here's the thing about Pinterest and these "awesome mom" blogs about all the cool, neat stuff they do with their kids---art projects and whatnot. You never, ever hear the back story. Sure, the projects turn out adorable, but we all know wonder mom did her fair share of cussing and at least one of the kids will likely require therapy for some of the comments mom made under her breath about the child's lack of creativity or wonky printing skills.
So my back story is this: This t-shirt idea sounded like something that might keep my kids from fighting for a good half-hour. But it didn't. G and M don't have the patience or skill for anything beyond making the handprint (although G did write the Hs on his shirt). N was better able to help, although she started some paint color experimenting that I had to clean up. Suffice it to say, I spent the better part of my afternoon dorking around with these shirts while the kids were off doing whatever it is they were doing. (I was, after all, too busy with the shirts to pay any attention.)
N's shirt
G's shirt (He did all the Hs on his Ho-Ho-Ho)
M's shirt
These are some little ornaments I made with G's help one afternoon.
1 comment:
Lots of cuteness resulted from the chaos. That's good, right? Love the ideas!
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