One way I keep inner peace is by surrendering that battles that aren’t productive or necessary. My children are going to want to create, build, and explore as they learn. It’s good for them and I want to encourage that. One way I encourage it is buy giving them access to craft, paint, and paper materials. They are allowed to make things almost any time they want. As a family we hold firm that if you make a mess, you must clean it up. But, here’s my surrender- cleaning up doesn’t mean every single bit of our materials are perfectly organized. I have two hard and fast rules: When you’re done…
1-Make sure all lids are firmly fastened.
2- I don’t want to see the materials out any more.
For me, away is better than perfect. These jute covered cube boxes hold sewing materials, small manipulatives, paints, and all kinds of random art supplies (buttons, paper bags, yarn, beads, etc) I’m happy to supply these materials for my littles and I’m equally as happy to not see them when they’re not being used. I could have everything in each of the boxes perfectly organized but when my littles dig through them on a creative whim I’ll be tempted to frustration. Why invite that in? As long as nothing is leaking out or spilling I’m ok with a little mess behind shut cubes. It’s not worth loosing inner peace over it.
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