It’s the half term that won’t die – *horror scream face* – Kitty’s school, in its wisdom, has decided that the Autumn term, being very long, needs a two week break in the middle of it.
Kitty is five and a half, so hanging out with her for a week while Sam is banged up at nursery is, in fact, not too much of a hardship. But it does so take me away from my laptop.
So here is a scrap, a piece of paper edged out to you in the slim gap underneath the closed door of full-time childcare.
Over half term we discovered someone who had the same play farm set that we had. In order to encourage children to actually play with it, they had taken all the component parts and glued them down to a board.
We dashed home and did this – leaving one or two gates, the roofs of the farm buildings and the animals loose – and it transformed this toy from a clattery collection of bits to an actual thing that Sam can play with.
If you have this farm set, too, and are mystified as to why your kids don’t play with it, try glueing the sucker down and see what happens.
You mean you don’t just have a big tipped out mixture of Happyland, Duplo and Playmobil buildings and animals, that lives in the centre of your sitting room for a week and requires constant adjusting to their requirements?! (She says with crazed eyes)
My son would absolutely love having a week of just me and him doing stuff together without his sister. And a bit of a break from screaming “One at a time!!!” at them.
YES!!! Thank you. I’ve suggested this repeatedly to my husband, for the wretched farm and the blasted Le Toy Van castle that falls apart as soon as they bloody look at it. Am off to buy some Locktite!!
you need wood glue!!!
After any amount of time taking care of both children, one seems like a total breeze. Why was I ever exhausted and stressed when I only had one child? And why in god’s name do I feel pretty sure that I’m going to end up with three???
Aha, your daughter’s school has done it the same way as my son’s. You’ve got to love a two week half term.
We had the base and buildings made – also doubles as storage, although of course now he has a state of the art farm he has lost interest!
Good job! We have the horror that is the Playmobil version complete with Combine, hen house, eggs, flowers, bread baskets, cows, milk churns etc etc etc (get the picture?!) Hidden in a mahoosive box in the garage.
Omg. I am totally trying this on everything. Would work brilliantly on my sons lego Star Wars stuff and on Playmobil. Good tip Esther thanks.