I once saw a craft - for children, mind you - that involved painter's tape, chalk, stencils and living room walls. I think I started to break out into hives just looking at it. But it did get me thinking about how much my kids love drawing on vertical surfaces. In addition to all the wall "art", some of which is still on display from their toddler years, they also love to use their chalk on our back fence. And our brick wall.
So I taped poster sized paper to the wall and handed over the crayons.
I don't know why, but this occupied them for an hour. Every time I change the paper (which isn't as often as I should), they get excited about drawing on the wall all over again. Soon I'm going to get butcher paper and see if they'll actually work together on something, but the individual sheets have been great for giving each kid his or her own space.
Sure, the drawings aren't as pretty as the ones I saw in the fancy mural craft. But I didn't have to spend five hours on them, either. It probably took less than 10 minutes to tape the papers to the wall. So that's 10 minutes for an hour of kid entertainment. . .my favorite kind of craft.
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