Jellyfish

I bought sandwich bags from NTUC thinking that they were paper bags... but they are actually made of plastic. Thus, I had to make last minute modification to our craft today. Determined to make good use of the plastic bags anyway, I cut strips from them to make the tentacles of the jellyfish. I wanted to keep it simple so I would just use sticky tape to attach the tentacles and glue for the eyes and mouth. And of course, glitter glue is a must for the jellyfish's body.

I let Sophie do painting on the Ikea highchair because the height is perfect for her to work on the dinning table (more space) and there is less cleaning afterwards. As shown in the video clip, Sophie seemed to have better understanding of how to handle the bottle and apply paint (rather then eat it).

However, she still likes painting on her hand and then satmping on the paper. I am happy regardless how she paints, so long as she does not eat the paint. I still had to guide her on where to apply paint by placing the empty spaces right in front of her. I think she has not learnt to utilise space yet.

I have to admit I love it as I watched how Sophie handle the paint bottle. It was as if she knew it had to be placed upright on the table or the paint would spill out.

It was wonderfully easy to manage today's craft, as least the painting part, because Sophie was relatively cooperative and there was no major clean up required. Even the glitter glue was applied well enough.

Sophie's End Product (With and Without Glitter)

The challenge was getting Sophie to paste the tentacles on the jellyfish. Initially, I thought of doing it myself but when she saw what I was doing, she wanted to "help" very badly. So, I had to hold her and her hand while she pasted the tentacles on. She was quite thrilled to see the tentacles dance in the wind. In fact, I had to rescue the poor jellyfish and put it up on the wall before she ripped out all the tentacles.