Summer Break: Day 20

Today was an example of how I had every intention of doing something fantastic & fun, but then the girls weren't even home most of the day. And I was busy with housework. (Not fun.) And it was so crazy busy we just tossed frozen "TV dinners" in the micro & heated 'em up for meal-time because we had guests coming over for some bible study & hangin' out.

When our house emptied & we had a moment to ourselves (it was a late hour), I sat down with the girls & we attempted to make paper jewelry from a kit ($1!!) I bought at JoAnne's earlier this week. But golly. I'm not so good at directions all the time.

"Fit slot A backwards into the reverse side of slot B while on the left side you transfer the opposite image upside down, turning it all the while in a counter-clockwise rotation."

That's not what the directions said. I made that up. But the instructions sounded just as dumb as that did.

Strips of paper were pre-scored, so we simply had to tear along the "dotted" lines. A bit of folding here. A tiny touch of paper manipulation there. Add a whole lot of confusion & frustration....& you've got a cute little paper crafted handmade bracelet!

Basically it's the same idea as THIS. We just used longer strips of paper.

I am definitely going to reassess the paper situation in the morning & give it another go. When we're less tired. And have more time for fun.

♥