It?s been said that Pinterest is a conspiracy to get women to care about cooking, cleaning and working out. I can?t dispute this. As a mom, my pins include ?15 Homemade Baby Food Recipes,? ?22 Pretty Ways to Organize Your Pantry,? and a ?7-Day Abs Workout Chart?. I grimace at the stereotype I?ve become. Yet, I find myself returning to Pinterest again and again, because it?s such a good source of activities for my kids (three and one years old), who are always in danger of losing it if they?re bored for more than two minutes.
However, I?ve come to think that Pinterest is a mug?s game ? the kind of thing that leaves you feeling like a chump, because so few of the projects work out. Can you relate" Or do I just suck at Pinterest" I present a sample of my most epic Pinterest fails. You be the judge. Project 1
(Original source: busytoddler.com)
Pinterest Activity: Pouring Station: A No Cost, High Fun Toddler Activity
AKA: Flooding Station: A High Stress, Floor-Warping Activity
My children love playing with water, so we did this pouring station one wintry, cooped-up day. They adored it and now beg to do it all the time. This might seem like a win, except we don?t have a backyard so we have to do it inside. We started out doing it in the bathroom upstairs until I realized that I would never get anything done again (eg. dinner) unless I could supervise them downstairs. So now they do it on the hardwood floor of our rented apartment, sloshing water everywhere and leaving ...