Family crafting

Alex had gone off crafting for a while, but recently he has decided that he wants to craft with me in the study. This is fine in theory, but our study is a TIP...my little crafting corner is fine, but there is a LOT of computer equipment, papers, cables etc that are not suitable for a 3 year old to be anywhere near, and he doesn't want to craft on the dining room table...it has to be in the study sat at my desk! Well, we tried it last night with some success and lots of 'DONT TOUCH THAT, LEAVE IT ALONE!' type stresses, but he loved it and the end result was quite fun. Here he is sticking his alien to the landscape.

And this is the final picture. I cut out the Alien and the eyes, but he did everything else, including cutting with the shaped scissors...not easy for a lefthander. He loves cutting, and is very enthusiastic about it, but it doesn't always do what he wants it to! I'm not sure if you can see in this photo but the alien has three tiny googly eyes as well as the two big ones.

As it is Wednesday it is time for another WOYWW.  I feel that I am cheating a little as I had to tidy my desk in order to let Alex craft on it yesterday evening.  Since then I have started my own project, a double scrapbook page so here you can see one page in progress, various scraps of paper, rolled up double sided tape backing,  the original tape roll, pritt stick, PVA glue, my craft mat hidden underneath a leaflet I was cutting up and of course my mug of tea (half finished and a little cold now!).

Here is the final layout which followed the Nuts about Sketches sketch for this week. It also fits with the Lasting Memories 'reduce, re-use and recycle' challenge as the majority of papers on this layout are scraps left over from a layout I created about 18 months ago (I never throw away scraps of paper), the letters F and L were cut from scrap paper and I also used elements cut from the Flamingo Land leaflet. This also fits with Pile it ons 'childhood dreams' as one of my childhood dreams was to go to Flamingo Land, but as we lived in Somerset I never got to go! Finally it fits with Delightful challenges 'animals' theme. That is all from me for now. Have a great rest of the week.
Love,
Caro
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