Today's crafting: home depot's workshop crafts: kid's planter

 Today we did all the shopping of this week. It rained all day so we didn't want or even try to make it out of the house until closer to dinner time so we weren't out any later. Thus: the morning was a normal day of gaming, playing and screens. I did, however, try my hand at AMERICAN pancakes and while my husband did eat them, with a bowl full of syrup for dipping, he did claim them not panCAKE-y enough to count; which to be honest is fine, because the batter for american pancakes is waaaaay to glompy and thick for me. It just felt super wrong making them (this obviously is cause german pancakes aer what i am used to making and so are way better, haha!). The afternoon was filled with getting ready to head out, walmart-ing, home depot-ing (just cause) and food shopping with a side of wings and salad for dinner. yum yum!

The craft we managed to get ahold of and do is a kid's craft from a nice lady worker at home depot! The craft includes, nails, 2 fence sidesa, a kid-sized, small planter cup and drainage lid/bottom, a cup holder thingy and a scarecrow. It looked like fun and easy and while it was (with simple instructions), it was also cheaper then expected...ish; the nails were hard to nail in (whether it was due to the nails themselves or the wood, i don't know) and while we were trying to nail the fence frames in place, they chipped. While it was more upsetting to the adults trying to put it together, Luna found the fact that we forgot to get something to be put in the planter the downfall of it all. Luckily, after a bit of wailing she noticed it was a perfect place for her fruit-both fake and real. I may try and drill holes and screw it in to make it more stable...at a later date.




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