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Rainy days can go either way in my house: whiny,
cabin-fevered children getting into fights and complaining they’re bored, or
happy children enjoying the chance to do inside projects. Today, thank
goodness, turned out to be the latter. We started the day with a play date at
home with some friends, the kids all chasing each other around and wrestling
(yes, even Katie) to burn off energy, but once our friends left, the kids were
impressively mellow and asking for an art project.
My son has discovered a fun concept called “Artzooka,” which
is basically making things out of found and recycled objects from around the
house. We’ve made jet packs for stuffed animals out of empty water bottles,
rubber bands, and tissue paper; we’ve made pinwheels out of construction paper
and straws; we’ve made interesting but indescribable sculptures from broken
toys and scotch tape. And today, we made a minecraft helmet out of an empty
baby wipes box, construction paper, and magic markers.
You can’t see it in this photo, but there is a big smile
hiding behind that swath of cardboard. And there were lots of silly noises
coming from inside it. And I have no doubt there will be lots more silliness
coming from both inside and around that helmet for the rest of the afternoon.
What better way to spend a rainy afternoon than by doing
something silly?
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