What's a great gift for a 4 year old boy?
Invisible tape!!
Seriously, it is. When my neighbor was 8, all he asked for one Christmas was a box of wood, nails and some wires. I'm sure his mom longed for the days when tape was the perfect gift.
Especially after he caught the tree in their backyard on fire.
Those of you with girls are probably scratching your head right now.
Tape? Wires? Nails?
What is WRONG with these people?
Let me explain boys. They are a mess. They will eat things off the floor before you can knock it out of their hand. And, at some point (very early), you stop caring, because it's not going to kill them.
I'm hoping it will build up their immune system.
They will miss the toilet while peeing because they were busy looking at the walls and counting tiles. Or carrying on a conversation with someone else two rooms away.
You will find out because you step in it.
They will leave old sandwiches under their bed.
You will find out because they will be walking around eating one as a snack a couple days later and you will be wondering "I didn't just make them a sandwich...that was Wednesday...."
To sum it up, boys are different than girls. If you don't believe me, come to a Cub Scouts meeting with me. That's a whoooole lotta boy energy. You may not survive.
What you see is what you get and mine are nitty, gritty, dig in your hands up to your elbows, stinky kind of guys. Middle child played with a worm this summer...in my living room....on the hard wood floor while he watched Sesame Street.
Yes, I watch my kids, but I promise you that these things happen in the blink of an eye. Ask my mom. She watched them one Saturday and I'm happy to say she only suffered one broken jelly jar on my front porch, a dog who ran out the front door and a shattered snow globe. Success!
Back to tape. Yes, tape is a great gift. It's cheap. It's useful. It provides hours of fun.....
It can turn light up Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer slippers into a night light...or something....
It can make it easier to carry things around the house hands free.
No, I did not put him up to this. He ran in the living room screaming "Mom!! I have something stuck to my back!!" He was a little confused....back, belly, whatever. But, yes, he had something stuck to it.
You can do glasswork...make it frosted...or something.....
The possibilities are endless and the fun is never ending! Get your kids a roll today! Maybe a couple rolls because this one lasted about 3 hours. Hhhmmmm, on second thought, maybe tape is not such a great gift. You be the judge.
Invisible tape!!
Seriously, it is. When my neighbor was 8, all he asked for one Christmas was a box of wood, nails and some wires. I'm sure his mom longed for the days when tape was the perfect gift.
Especially after he caught the tree in their backyard on fire.
Those of you with girls are probably scratching your head right now.
Tape? Wires? Nails?
What is WRONG with these people?
Let me explain boys. They are a mess. They will eat things off the floor before you can knock it out of their hand. And, at some point (very early), you stop caring, because it's not going to kill them.
I'm hoping it will build up their immune system.
They will miss the toilet while peeing because they were busy looking at the walls and counting tiles. Or carrying on a conversation with someone else two rooms away.
You will find out because you step in it.
They will leave old sandwiches under their bed.
You will find out because they will be walking around eating one as a snack a couple days later and you will be wondering "I didn't just make them a sandwich...that was Wednesday...."
To sum it up, boys are different than girls. If you don't believe me, come to a Cub Scouts meeting with me. That's a whoooole lotta boy energy. You may not survive.
What you see is what you get and mine are nitty, gritty, dig in your hands up to your elbows, stinky kind of guys. Middle child played with a worm this summer...in my living room....on the hard wood floor while he watched Sesame Street.
Yes, I watch my kids, but I promise you that these things happen in the blink of an eye. Ask my mom. She watched them one Saturday and I'm happy to say she only suffered one broken jelly jar on my front porch, a dog who ran out the front door and a shattered snow globe. Success!
Back to tape. Yes, tape is a great gift. It's cheap. It's useful. It provides hours of fun.....
It can turn light up Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer slippers into a night light...or something....
It can make it easier to carry things around the house hands free.
No, I did not put him up to this. He ran in the living room screaming "Mom!! I have something stuck to my back!!" He was a little confused....back, belly, whatever. But, yes, he had something stuck to it.
You can do glasswork...make it frosted...or something.....
The possibilities are endless and the fun is never ending! Get your kids a roll today! Maybe a couple rolls because this one lasted about 3 hours. Hhhmmmm, on second thought, maybe tape is not such a great gift. You be the judge.
Just a warning though. Scotch tape WILL remove old paint. So be wary where you let your kids play with it.
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