Chad with his newest bionicle, Ehlok.Chad is our bionicle boy. He eats, sleeps, and talks bionicles. I've tried to get him interested in other things - but the interest usually doesn't last too long.
The other week he came home with a note in his school bag about the up-coming book fair and a crab decorating contest. He seemed excited about it and so I was not about to quench his thirst for trying something new. Drawing and crafts are not usually things he likes to do.
We took a trip to the craft store to get supplies (I don't have any - as I am not a crafter either). Of course Halle and Sean were also with us and wanted me to get them supplies too. So we came home with plenty of paper plates, sequins of all shapes and sizes, paint and of course googly eyes.
We all ended up having a lot of fun. I made sure the kids did all the work themselves. The only part I did was to help them staple the plates together and help them cut out the claws and legs.
I was so glad to see Chad enjoy himself and doing something not at all related to bionicles. He also had his competitive juices flowing as the winner from each class would receive a $5 gift certificate to spend at the book fair. I talked with him about how much fun he had doing the project and that he was already a winner, and that if he didn't win the prize at school he was still a cool kid and that he was good at art and should do some more projects etc., etc., etc. I didn't know how all this computed in his brain at all - I mean I am working against the Caviness DNA of complete competitiveness.
Chad working on his crab.
The finished projects.The next week he came home all excited and quickly told me that his class had gone to the library for the book fair and then they had announced he was the winner for his class. He was so excited - he even spent his prize money on books right then and there. He reached into his book bag and pulled out two bionicle books!!!!! There was no more mention of the crab - just about bionicles and how cool his bionicle books were. I have been reading them over and over to him all week. So much for new interests.
3 comments:
That is awesome that he won! It is a fine looking crab!
At least you always know what gifts to get him:)
Awesome crabs. Maybe the Caviness competitiveness will work as a benefit. You can peek his interest in other things by telling him that he could win a prize for doing it! Is that a bribe? Oh well, I'm all about bribes. They work well with my kids, and me.
Way cute. You look so crafty. I'm so excited that he won. My boys went through the bionicle phase too. They are past it but still love legos.
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