Sometime last week, they sent home a note that we needed to help our child decorate something to wear with 100 things. Of course, I was busy with his party, so we didn't do it until last night. That, and I kept wracking my brain to figure out 100 things that would fit on a shirt, stay on a shirt and be big enough and easy enough for him to count to 100.
We got a shirt (it had to be red) and paint and foam stamps at the craft store. The whole exercise was very frustrating for all of us. Stu had to keep Caitlin away so she didn't mess it up or get paint everywhere. She kept screaming for mommy and throwing tantrums about being left out.
Conall got bored with the counting thing pretty early on and wanted to just decorate the shirt without any regard for how many things it would have on it. When told he couldn't do this, he wanted to quit and wanted to do other things while I decorated his shirt. Ugh! I made him stay at the table and at the shirt until it was done. He kept saying "100 is a lot!" When it looked like it might be midnight before we got 100 stamps on it, I started helping stamp.
He was pretty excited when it was done and woke up at 5 this morning because he was so excited about wearing it. He is really proud of it. He picked out the shirt, paint, and stamps. He keeps saying he wants to wear it different places. I'm not sure I'll let him out of the house in it again. Here are the pictures.
2 comments:
Wow! What a project! Can't believe you made it to 100!
Now, you are sure there are a hundred, absolutely positive one hundred! Goodness what a project and looks like Conall is WAY proud of that shirt. I wish there had been more time so you could have enjoyed it a little more. That's the problem with school projects; good idea if parents have time.
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