Glitter ~ Glitter ~ Everywhere!!!

The finished cards ~ at least some glitter actually stayed stuck on.........



Yes ~ this is my usual look for a Friday ~ slightly stressed, tired and in need of a family sized bar of chocolate.......(which I would kill for at the moment....willpower where have you gone? Do not leave me now!!! LOL!!)


I made fathers day cards with the children that I look after today ~ something that I do every year ~ usually with great success and the end results are usually really great!!......until today that is.......

Everything was going fine ~ I gave the little girl I care for the card and some crayons and she started to colour away happily ~ the little boy I care for was in the highchair ~ again with the card and crayons colouring away .....we stuck stickers on the cards and I helped them write a sweet message inside ~ they continued with their colouring .......then came the glue and glitter part.....well ~ let the disaster begin!!

Things started quite promisingly ~ I put the glue on the front of the cards ~ spelling out "Happy Fathers Day" ~ again because they are both quite young ~ and we got the glitter out. As I turned away ~ the younger of the two (the boy), had taken it upon himself to lick the glue off the front of the card (I wouldn't have minded ~ but he had just had his lunch ha ha!!), NO PANIC ~ it is non toxic childrens glue which I have bought many times before ~ and know is safe ~ I gave him some juice and cleaned his face and proceeded to re~glue the card and put it out of his reach!!
They both excitedly watched as I got the glitter tubs out and took off the lids ~ then with help they sprinkled glitter over the glue ~ so that the card was completely covered ~ there was quite a bit of glitter on them there cards!! WELL ~ at this exact ~ critical moment in the process ~ the little boy sneezed ~ a huge great big sneeze ~ which was aimed straight at the glitter ~
The whole place was covered ~ it was like being in a snow globe that someone had shaken LOL!!
He was very pleased with himself and was saying "OH pretty ~ pretty!" ~ I couldn't help but laugh!! My living room table was covered and there are still bits of glitter lurking around ~ even though I have cleaned and hoovered (I just got changed to go in the shower and there was even glitter down my top LOL!!)......The joys of childminding !!

The cards did look nice in the end and the chidren took them home tonight for their dads (both very proud of their achievements!!)......hopefully the cards will still be in one piece come Sunday!