Crafting

I have been doing some serious reorganizing of our house. It was starting to look a bit like a toy store. I had been telling myself that Carter plays with it all so I should keep it all out. Well I packed up most of his toys and he still hasn't noticed!!! He still has all his cars out so that is probably why. Anyone that has been to our house knows that we have to play areas. Well now we have a play area and a book and puzzle area. It looks so much neater and is somewhat contained. In the process I decided to make Carter a little craft/art space. He loves when we do crafts and Auntie Cathy and Uncle Dave had picked up an art desk for Carter last year, so it seemed like a great idea. I am so excited about it. It is perfect for him. I organized some of his craft supplies and put them on the bookshelf for easy access. Today we tested the table out. This morning we just did some colouring with crayons (tomorrow we are going to use pencil crayons). During Carter's nap I was trying to think of something really fun to do because Kinley has decided to abandon sleep and only wants to be held. So I thought why not paint....that should be easy with a baby and a toddler! It actually turned out pretty good. We started making a caterpillar out of a paper towel roll. Carter really likes 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' right now, so it seemed like a good choice. He did really well holding the piece of paper towel roll in one hand and using a paint brush to paint with the other hand. He picked the eyes out and put them on and decided where the mouth should go. I then remembered that I had a bunch of pinecones from an adventure to the park. I figured it is fall, why not paint with them. He really liked this. We used them in all sorts of ways. We used them as paint brushes, we rolled them down the page, and we used them like stamps. All in all I would say our craft corner is a success! Kinley didn't really participate, but she did get some paint on her shirt! I think Carter was about 4 months when we first did finger painting with him, so don't worry Kinley will be making art in no time! I actually have a fun halloween idea I am going to do with both kids, so watch out for that one :) I was telling Jaice the other day, I wonder how much of what we do at home he will do in preschool next year?! Oh well, he will be a seasoned pro and be able to help others.
Well Kinley has decided to wake up from her nap 20 minutes in and is hungry, so I must go.
Enjoy the pictures and I am sure we will have more to come.