Eli absolutely loves collage. He's always talking about what he's done in collage at daycare, and at home he frequently occupies his time with cutting and pasting. At times like those I feel very grateful that he's a meticulous kid (no fingers lost to date!) that doesn't like being dirty - otherwise we would have a few run ins around his creative flair.
To further encourage his creativity, coupled with the fact that he is always asking me 'What can we make now?', we recently made a trip to the local art and craft shop for supplies and inspiration. What followed next was highly predictable. We got home and Eli opened all of the new collage materials and set about 'being creative'. Together we made a few caterpillars, a bug for grandad (for Father's Day), a robot, a hedgehog, some monsters and...
...a very big mess.
Whilst Eli doesn't like being dirty himself, he's more than happy to make our living room look like a bomb has gone off (perhaps this is just more creativity on his part?) and it took us ages to clean up the off-cuts...of course, it was still thoroughly worth it and thankfully, we still have a few bits and pieces that Eli didn't use in this one mega-collage session.
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