I had wanted to do something different, but my brain cells were not working very well today, especially with YouTube giving me problems and my camera at the brink of its premature LCD screen death. So, I settled for "octopus". Fortunately, it was easy to make an octopus. Just cut out the "o" and "tentacles" from a cereal box and we were practically done.
Thus, I had to complicate matters a little by first painting it white. Then I let Sophie dot paint on it. Sophie was not really keen and started to play with the paint again. And when I refused to give her the scissors, penknife or scotch tape dispenser, she whined and screamed. I had little choice but to tell her off. After that, she was much more cooperative...
Seeing that Sophie was now willing to follow instructions (a little anyway), I let her apply the glitter glue and play with it (just a bit). Although she was making a mess on the table, I was fine with that so long as she did not wail for "forbidden" items.Finally, I let her help me stick on the circle labels on the "tentacles". Sophie loves to play with stickers so you can see how hard she was trying to focus on the task. Very cute...
In the end, Sophie was able to identify "o" and recognise the creature as an octopus. So my mission was accomplished... even though I am not quite satisfied with the end product.
End Product - "o" For octopus
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