One of the things I love most about my boys is that they don't follow the rules. I mean, yeah it can be a pain in the ass, but it also allows them to show their creative side. For example, we went to a Christams-y type event with a bunch of arts and crafts activities for kids. One of the activities was to make a greeting card, and they had a sample card showing you how it should look, and a baggy filled with all the supplies you needed. So OS and I got to work, and I showed him that what we would have to do to make the card. He brushed me off and said "I'm not making a card like that. I'm making it my way." My first instinct was "No, this is the way the card has to be made", but I stopped myself and thought about. Why does it have to be made that way?! So I let him make his card his way and it turned out beautiful.
At another station you could color wreaths, so my YS who's is only 3, was scribbling away...not bothered with coloring in the lines. Also his color of choice was black. So he was happily making a big black scribble all over his wreath when the helper came over and said let's try using a different color and coloring in the lines. I told her he's only three, and she said well he can try! It annoyed me...he will eventually learn to color in the lines just like his brother did. And if he wants to color the entire wreath black who are you to tell him he cant?! Yes, it may not be festive and cheerful but it's his wreath, his choice and who is she to judge if that's right or wrong?
Then yesterday we were drawing Christmas trees at home, and my OS wanted me to make one with him. So I obviously colored my tree all green, glued some pipe cleaners on the tree to look like trimming and some glitter to look like lights. I looked over at my OS who's tree was a mixture of peach, blue, green, pink, purple, orange and light blue. To me, it wasn't a tree, and he looked over at mine and asked, "Why did you only use green? Why didn't you make it colorful?" as if I was wrong to color a tree green. It made me smile, and when I asked him if he wanted to glue pipe cleaners on his he replied, "No, if I do that you wont be able to see my coloring."
I think its great that they are able to think outside of the box.
At another station you could color wreaths, so my YS who's is only 3, was scribbling away...not bothered with coloring in the lines. Also his color of choice was black. So he was happily making a big black scribble all over his wreath when the helper came over and said let's try using a different color and coloring in the lines. I told her he's only three, and she said well he can try! It annoyed me...he will eventually learn to color in the lines just like his brother did. And if he wants to color the entire wreath black who are you to tell him he cant?! Yes, it may not be festive and cheerful but it's his wreath, his choice and who is she to judge if that's right or wrong?
Then yesterday we were drawing Christmas trees at home, and my OS wanted me to make one with him. So I obviously colored my tree all green, glued some pipe cleaners on the tree to look like trimming and some glitter to look like lights. I looked over at my OS who's tree was a mixture of peach, blue, green, pink, purple, orange and light blue. To me, it wasn't a tree, and he looked over at mine and asked, "Why did you only use green? Why didn't you make it colorful?" as if I was wrong to color a tree green. It made me smile, and when I asked him if he wanted to glue pipe cleaners on his he replied, "No, if I do that you wont be able to see my coloring."
I think its great that they are able to think outside of the box.
