Two words. Too Big. Too Quick.
I cannot believe this little girl in these photos is my baby… Nowadays it’s less “busy” activities and more learning opportunities. This kid is a sponge. Put something a little TINY bit unfamiliar to her in the room, and Mrs. Curiosity is off to explore it. So when I stopped at Joann Fabrics last week to pick up some Prop Materials for a Photoshoot, a giant Birdhouse Sale display caught her eye.
“Queen Mom,” exclaimed my Chech, “We need that little house. My princesses can live in there”.
I was so confused. A) What made her think her barbie sized princesses would fit in there. And B) SHE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT A BIRDHOUSE WAS?! I needed to fix this STAT.
So, I tried to explain how birds LIVE inside the birdhouse. With no success.
“I don’t see any birdies, Mommy. Where are they?” she’d ask. I’d try my best to explain you have to hang it in a tree, and put some birdseed, and then hope a bird family finds it… but she couldn’t grasp it. So. I bought the birdhouse.
I figured I’d get a little crazy, since I had a coupon, and let Alex pick out some paints and embellishments to make the birdhouse “her own”. She wandered down the aisle, closely analyzing the rainbow of paint at her eye level – and carefully chose three perfect colors. “Red, Pink and Purple Pink.” Then we needed to add Sparkles. Yes. Sparkles. On a Birdhouse.
Here’s what we left with:
If you’re not already on the Joann Fabrics “coupon list” – join it. So worth it. $14ish is still a lot for a Toddler Craft – BUT the only thing here that ISN’T reusable is the Birdhouse itself… so I’ll chalk it up as a win for future endeavors.
After a few YouTube Videos of baby birdies in a birdhouse, and a thorough explanation of how the Birdies would find the Birdseed “Papa”… we started our masterpiece. A Princess “inspired” birdhouse. For Princess Birdies. Who want Papa. Papa being Food.
The Face of PURE concentration. And enjoyment?
We waited a little to let the BLOBS of paint on the Birdhouse dry… and by “waited a little” I mean Alexandria took a 3 hour nap. SIDENOTE: This is now officially our “craft” table… 😐
When she awoke, she heard some birdies singing and EXCITEDLY jumped out of bed to go check her birdhouse. But nothing was there. And secretly, I was a little relieved there were no birds there. The paint fumes would’ve probably knocked them out. For sure we would’ve known because they’d still be stuck to the paint globbed house, like a mosquito in that old man’s ring from Jurassic Park.
“Irregardless…” I think you can tell from this one she’s having a little fun getting ready to add the ‘Sparkles’. 🙂
And then – the final product. I may or may not have helped put the scallops on the roof… ::brushes shoulders off::
The bird count is still…. Zero. I’ve seen ZERO birds in, and or around that blinged out birdhouse. But every time we hear a bird sing from her bedroom, she gets excited that a Birdie Family is eating Papa in their princess Casa.
So…. Tomato, Tomahto.
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