Exploring Our Children’s Potentials

Last year, both Anya and Vai went to the same school, at the same time. So most arts and crafts activities at home were usually done by BOTH kids after they’re back from school.

This year, our 4yo little guy leaves for school at about 10.30am, while his big sister leaves for school at 7am (He’s still asleep when Anya is off to school).

So now, Vai and I usually have some time to spend together at home before he goes to school.

Which is nice. Because he gets my full attention now. I get to chat with him about school, his teachers, … about anything, without any ‘interruptions’.

[I feel this is a good thing, especially since he’s the second child who always has the big sister around me and him]

Anyway.

I thought of sharing this activity idea with you today.

It’s something simple that Vai and I did together before he’s off to school.

And it took us only about 10 – 15 minutes to do.

What we did:

– Using a crayon, I drew the outline of a butterfly

– Using a crayon, Vai drew the patterns on the butterfly

– Using watercolour (I let him choose which two colours he’d like to have on the butterfly), Vai coloured the butterfly

– Once done, we left it for about 5 mins to dry.

– We cut out the butterfly (Vai did the cutting at first, but he soon handed it over to me when the corners were too difficult for him to cut)

And that was it!

It was a quick activity, and the little guy was happy with what he made!