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My aim was to keep the children occupied with craft stuff this afternoon so that I could get on with some studying. Although they were kept occupied for a while, I had to stay with them and supervise lest World War 3 erupted. However I was really pleased with what we came up with.

I found some old toilet roll tubes and thought that, with a little effort, they would make good pencil tidies. We seem to have hundreds of pencils, felt tips and crayons in this house so anything that tidies and organises them is a good idea. I prepared in advance by painting the tubes white and then sticking them to a square bit of cardboard. I also set out all the pre cut sticky shapes and paintbrush pens (these are an amazing creation) so that we wouldn’t descend into madness while riffling through the many craft boxes.

First we stuck all the shapes, stickers and glitter (I tried to hide it but Brodie found it and insisted we use it) to the tube. Then I let the kids loose with the paintbrush pens. I’ll admit, this has been the most organised, least stressful crafting session we have had. I usually end up tearing my hair out at the mess but, despite the use of glue, glitter and paint, I had cleared up in five minutes. The finished product not only looks cracking but is practical. The only hairy moment was when I left the room for a minute and Brodie hid all the pens from Devin.