Did you have a kid table for big family dinners? We did. When I was little I loved it. When I was thinking I was big enough to be at the adult table I hated it!
Today I added a new kind of KID TABLE to our home. A permanent one. Not something that is pull out to hold the overflow at family dinners. A different kind.
A crafting kid table.
It is actually something that I have wanted for a very long time but space has never allowed for it. Now I have the space. (You can see my table directly behind Magnus.) This means I can leave my stuff where it is (Harper had a permanent spot directly across from me but it doesn’t work with my new table shape) and not have to shuffle things when they wander in and want to be near me – crafting or reading or having large Star Wars battles with my buttons….
A few weeks ago my hubby switched out my crafting table for a new (to me) glass dining room table. I have loved this change. The table has little visual weight because it is clear and it leaves my crafting room feeling very open. Then there the dilemma of what to do with my old table (a dining room table also). It was decided it would go into storage in the basement until a need arose. It never made it ’cause I suddenly realized that if I took out the center piece I could make it into a small table – perfect for the kids.
Today I cleared some of the mess in my scrap space (hey I’m human!) and set up the table. It took Magnus about 1/2 a second to realize this meant he could come and craft when I was working. Out came the stamps, some printer paper and some ink and he was a happy little dude!
I have to admit it was tiny bit distracting but in the best possible way! I cannot resist watching him play and make noises and craft- all at at the same time. He totally knows how to do it all – how to ink his stamps, how to clean them with a scrubbing pad and how to get darker and lighter images. 
And since he knows I go away to teach he then explained his techniques to me so then I could share this with my classes (his words!). He was very serious about the whole thing. He even volunteered his samples so I could show my classes.
According to Magnus – sometimes when you want a really, really good stamped image it is best to stand so you can really “push off” all the ink. LOL
Seriously. Could he be any cuter?
THIS is the reason I wanted a kid table in my crafting space. I am sure Harper will have some gems like these for me to love.
(I am now on the look out for fun containers and baskets to hold some of their supplies so they can really feel like it is their space.)
