Kids Don't Care if their Project Does Not Look Like Pinterests Pictures

Pinspiration has been the tragedy for some, and something fantastic for us. Fantastic with mistakes. But I have always taken the time to show my kids that even when our project doesnt look like the Pinterest picture, we still learned something and still had fun making it.....In addition. The kids DO NOT CARE that it doesnt look like Pinterest. How About That!

They care about their day to day interactions. Their attempts at science, the project, or whatever weird craft alley I was dragging them down. Here my Older Son, then 4 or so, was exploring with paint on the floor. I remember how he loved the "new venue" to craft. So simple.




Pinspiration melted broken crayons repurposed into new cookie crayons. Fun.



Make mistakes, breathe, reflect and Laugh.Out.Loud

PINspiration Project DIY Fail: That Cute Dinosair Plastic toy Toothbrush Holder

I love Pinterest. And with 25 millions pins, who wouldn't. Filling my day with kids activities and organizing activities becomes so easy when you have so many ideas. And then there's those ideas that LOOK great... But don't turn out that way. 

Pinterest had a cool post about repurposing kids toys into storage solutions. A plastic dinosaur becomes a toothbrush holder.... Loved it. So after I finished installing my DIY ladder for younger sons Junior Bunk Bed - I used the tools to drill some holes.

PINspiration Project DIY Fail, a photo by areyousureaboutthatblog on Flickr.

The drilling was slow and awkward in the plastic dinosaur. Then I kept having to make the holes bigger because we have those "easy to hold" bulky kids toothbrushes. So I used scissors to cut a large area out. Pinterest FAIL. The cutout is sloppy, and there is t a nice way to finish the cut plastic edges. Four bulky kids toothbrushes won't fit in this Dino. And I'm not making space in the bathroom for 2 Dino's.

Kids need to see us fail. So they can learn with us that things don't always work out. How to deal with said failure and talk thru what we learned.

It was nice to experiment. 

Make Mistakes. Breath, Reflect. And Laugh.Out.Loud