Indoor Crafts (suck)

 I love crafts, my girls love crafts, but I don't like doing crafts with my girls. I know, its terrible, but its true. If it engaged my children for an hour or so or they didn't make a mess of epic proportions, but as it is its a 10 minute activity with at least a 30 minute clean up for me while they are off destroying another part of the house. I know I should just relax, but it is so hard to keep the house clean as it is. So while we still do crafts, it is just sparingly. 


This activity was cloud dough. Sounded great, but no. It is just baby oil and flour, so it smells good and it doesn't stain. I gave the girls lots of toys and put it in a bin, but it didn't stay in the bin long. 

 This is Brooklyn after and Laneah wasn't much better. Plus Brooklyn wiped it all over me and of course I was wearing black, lol. I kept the leftover cloud dough but it won't be making another appearance until summer time when we can go outside and play with it and hose off afterwards:)

 Laneah got a jewelry making kit for her birthday and that was fun and not too messy but we had to do it while Brooklyn was napping. 

 Both the girls love to finger paint. But it isn't painting as much as it is getting paint all over everything. Once again, a few minutes of fun, but a huge mess. 

I know Laneah wishes we did more crafts, but I only do it when I know I can handle the extra clean up. I see these blogs where women do crafts with their kids every day. I don't know how they do it, but for us, it will just have to be a once in a while thing. Sorry kids:)