Bead It, Kid
Four-year-old Charlotte did this all by herself. I thought I was
embracing disaster by allowing her free access to several bins of beads
while I worked on the computer today. I was entirely wrong.
Not
only did Miss C patiently string together all of these designs without
my oversight, but she made them all symmetrical. Even her most
eclectic necklace doesn't miss a beat
bead. Hours and hours of necklace-making. All I did was add the
clasps. And I bent a loop at the top of her one pendant. That's it.
When I was four years old, my bottom dresser drawer was stocked with
white paper, a stapler and staples. I made all sorts of wild
inventions with white paper that year. And here I thought I had been
tricky-stuff at four, with my paper robots and elephants. Looks like
Charlotte has 4-year-old me mightily whooped.
The moral:
Moms, Grandmas, Aunts and Alligators, let your kids have access to some
of your precious supplies. They may surprise you with tidiness and
ingenuity! I can only imagine what I would have done with real art
supplies at that age.
Of course, they may surprise you with a royal disaster instead. I've been there too — many times.