Reese has recently shown a huge interest in anything crafty, which is ok by me, because I love to cut and paste! I purchased a ton of craft supplies before Valentines Day and we've been crazy crafters ever since.
A couple of weeks ago, I thought we'd try something different so we went to our local ceramics store. We went on a Sunday afternoon where we totally scored on the "studio fee". Instead of $10 for me and $6 for Reese, we only paid $4 each. We'd never been there before, so I really had no idea what to expect or what it would cost. We each picked out a piece (ok, I picked out what I wanted Reese to paint but she totally got me back later by picking a second piece herself). I thought it would be really cute to have her paint a plate - put whatever she wanted on it and then use it to eat from. I guess I put a lot more sentimentality into it than she did though, because she was finished with it in about 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, I was barely beginning. I chose a large serving bowl and decided to be a little fancy with my painting (or at least try to be). I'm pretty sure I was still drawing circles inside my bowl when Reese finished her plate.
She decided she wanted to paint a cupcake and I couldn't think of a valid reason to say no, so she picked out what SHE wanted to paint and we went to town with our paintbrushes.
She still finished her cupcake before I finished my bowl, but was patient while I trudged on. By the time we left (2 1/2 hours and $55 later), I was just done...I didn't even get the 3 recommended coats of paint on my bowl, but by that time, I didn't care -
I wanted OUT!
I wanted OUT!
Our pieces were left behind for firing and we went last night to retrieve them. Behold, our masterpieces:
So what did I learn from this outing, you may ask? 1) it's super fun to go painting with your daughter and 2) let her do it by herself - you can sit back and "help" if needed and you'll both be more sane when you leave!
I'm totally making pasta tonight to put in this dang bowl!
