Our 13 year old Grandson loves playing minecraft. I noticed the blocks on the game are simple designs (and to my creative mind, begged to be made out of plastic canvas lol) I created simple basic patterns and am pleased with how well they look.
I tried to make a Steve, but I wasn’t happy with the way his head turned out, so I didn’t make him a body. Grandson thinks Steve’s head looks okay and told me I should go ahead and make his body too. He said the game has floating heads in it, so even without a body, my Steve-head worked out okay.
It’s fun to be able to make a craft as an extension of a game or hobby that our Grandson enjoys.
One of the stocking-stuffers that our Grandson got at Christmas was an alien egg. He had it sitting on a shelf and decided to it was time to try it out. It’s about the size of a regular plastic Easter egg. The directions are, submerge the egg in water and leave it. After a few days it cracks open and an alien hatches out.
Unfortunately, after a few days, the egg had only started slightly cracking by the time it was for our Grandson to go home, so he took it with him. I wonder how much longer it’ll take to hatch and what it’ll look like. Grandson said he’ll try to take a photo of the alien for me to see what it looks like when it’s grown.
Grandson hatched out a bunch of sponge fish from capsules.
Grandson had a wonderful time doing an experiment of Ivory soap puffing up like a cloud when it’s put in the microwave. It was so fun to watch.
Grandson got creative and made himself a toy gun out of cardboard and masking tape. He made it so it has removable attachments and also the the slider thingy moves too. I think it’s quite clever and imaginative.
We gave a big box of 1 ball squash to our Grandson’s Mother & Maternal-Grandmother.
We still have oodles of squash left and more in the garden. I still have one counter full and my craft table is still full.
Grandson told me that I needed to grow something else in the garden besides squash. He thinks I over-done it. lol
I told him it’s not really my fault because I only have 7 plants and it’s been a really good year for squash. lol
It’s always great fun to spend time with my Grandson,
sharing smiles & making happy memories.
You are making memories with your grandson that he will treasure forever. Time well spent!
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Thanks Barb 🙂
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So happy you had a wonderful time with your grandson, I know where his creative mind comes from! 🙂 great times create great memories.
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Thanks so much Sherry 🙂
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Hey SquashLady! I bet they enjoyed getting that box of squash :). It sounds like you had a very entertaining time with your Grandson. You’re making some fine memories with him that he’ll never forget and will always cherish about his visits with you. Love it!
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Hey Baitlady!
It’s great to see you. Thanks so much for visiting and leaving me a fun comment.
Isn’t being Grandma one of the best parts of life. 🙂
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You know, I think I’ve learned from experience that the grandchild isn’t the only one making memories ~ Grandma makes memories too. They continually surface, even if the boy is almost 25 years old.
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Thanks Charlotte,
I feel the same way. The memories are precious treasures to be taken out and enjoyed even when the kids are grown. Maybe even especially then. lol 🙂
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Aw…neat that you made the plastic square version of Minesweeper. Yes, you are making sweet memories with your grandson!
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Thanks Dianna
Minecraft is the ‘It’ game right now. It’s so simple and my Grandson spends oodles of time enjoying it. 🙂
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