Best Reconnecting: bows & arrows

We but returned from a 3 calendar week trip to Utah.  It was wonderful to hold out amongst friends as well as family, but I must say, it's skillful to hold out home.  It was a busy 3 weeks every bit nosotros attempted to run across everyone as well as produce everything that nosotros had missed out on over this past times year.  Hiking, swimming, household unit of measurement reunions, Park City, Bear Lake, sailing, games, shopping, biking, visiting, running, eating out, play dates, over nighters, birthdays... nosotros somehow managed to pack it all in!  I don't know if anyone else does this, but past times the terminate I felt similar I had reconnected amongst everyone... except my ain kids.  And this became obvious past times the terminate when the kids were behaving worse than I had e'er seen them.  Lack of structure, lack of sleep, an overdose of household unit of measurement of friends as well as an underdose of their ain woman bring upwards left them fighting, talking back, whining as well as disobeying to a greater extent than than ever.

So a few days agone nosotros all finally reconnected past times working on ane of my favorite projects I've done amongst them: making bows as well as arrows.  I've realized that doing crafts, projects or games amongst my kids is how I connect amongst them best.  And these stimulate got definitely been lacking over the in conclusion few weeks.  It was hence prissy to finally sit down downwardly amongst the older 3 as well as function on something that nosotros were all excited nearly again.

I industrial plant life the tutorial for these bows as well as arrows on the weblog You Craft Me Up.  It was surprisingly real elementary as well as nosotros were able to position four bows as well as 8 arrows together inwards ane afternoon.  Even amongst the breaks I had to stimulate got to feed Will, leave of absence along him happy as well as larn the kids a snack.  And the best part?  All of the supplies alone toll me $16!  That's $4 per bow as well as ii arrows.  I made ane each for John, Dan as well as Joe, as well as and hence ane fix for John's friend who is having a birthday political party adjacent week.  A pretty sugariness deal, if y'all inquire me.

 
We made ane modify to the tutorial nosotros followed: I didn't dare permit the kids shoot the sticks around amongst nix on the end.  Knowing kids, ane of the arrows would abide by itself inwards someone's eye.  So I taped a slice of the foam to the end.  It could nevertheless wound if it was shot at individual at unopen range, but at to the lowest degree it won't displace permanent damage.  I would recommend having a dominion to non shoot at people, either way.


On Daniel's bow nosotros taped a slice of PVC pipage to it to residual the arrow on when he shoots.  He was having a difficult fourth dimension aiming the arrow, but this made it real easy.



The kids couldn't aspect to present the vecino kids their novel weapons... sometimes I wonder what I would hold out making if I had a girl... a doll? a skirt?... But I'm pretty happy making bows as well as arrows for the fourth dimension existence :)

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Best Reconnecting: bows & arrows

We but returned from a 3 calendar week trip to Utah.  It was wonderful to hold out amongst friends as well as family, but I must say, it's skillful to hold out home.  It was a busy 3 weeks every bit nosotros attempted to run across everyone as well as produce everything that nosotros had missed out on over this past times year.  Hiking, swimming, household unit of measurement reunions, Park City, Bear Lake, sailing, games, shopping, biking, visiting, running, eating out, play dates, over nighters, birthdays... nosotros somehow managed to pack it all in!  I don't know if anyone else does this, but past times the terminate I felt similar I had reconnected amongst everyone... except my ain kids.  And this became obvious past times the terminate when the kids were behaving worse than I had e'er seen them.  Lack of structure, lack of sleep, an overdose of household unit of measurement of friends as well as an underdose of their ain woman bring upwards left them fighting, talking back, whining as well as disobeying to a greater extent than than ever.

So a few days agone nosotros all finally reconnected past times working on ane of my favorite projects I've done amongst them: making bows as well as arrows.  I've realized that doing crafts, projects or games amongst my kids is how I connect amongst them best.  And these stimulate got definitely been lacking over the in conclusion few weeks.  It was hence prissy to finally sit down downwardly amongst the older 3 as well as function on something that nosotros were all excited nearly again.

I industrial plant life the tutorial for these bows as well as arrows on the weblog You Craft Me Up.  It was surprisingly real elementary as well as nosotros were able to position four bows as well as 8 arrows together inwards ane afternoon.  Even amongst the breaks I had to stimulate got to feed Will, leave of absence along him happy as well as larn the kids a snack.  And the best part?  All of the supplies alone toll me $16!  That's $4 per bow as well as ii arrows.  I made ane each for John, Dan as well as Joe, as well as and hence ane fix for John's friend who is having a birthday political party adjacent week.  A pretty sugariness deal, if y'all inquire me.

 
We made ane modify to the tutorial nosotros followed: I didn't dare permit the kids shoot the sticks around amongst nix on the end.  Knowing kids, ane of the arrows would abide by itself inwards someone's eye.  So I taped a slice of the foam to the end.  It could nevertheless wound if it was shot at individual at unopen range, but at to the lowest degree it won't displace permanent damage.  I would recommend having a dominion to non shoot at people, either way.


On Daniel's bow nosotros taped a slice of PVC pipage to it to residual the arrow on when he shoots.  He was having a difficult fourth dimension aiming the arrow, but this made it real easy.



The kids couldn't aspect to present the vecino kids their novel weapons... sometimes I wonder what I would hold out making if I had a girl... a doll? a skirt?... But I'm pretty happy making bows as well as arrows for the fourth dimension existence :)

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Best Reconnecting: bows & arrows

We but returned from a 3 calendar week trip to Utah.  It was wonderful to hold out amongst friends as well as family, but I must say, it's skillful to hold out home.  It was a busy 3 weeks every bit nosotros attempted to run across everyone as well as produce everything that nosotros had missed out on over this past times year.  Hiking, swimming, household unit of measurement reunions, Park City, Bear Lake, sailing, games, shopping, biking, visiting, running, eating out, play dates, over nighters, birthdays... nosotros somehow managed to pack it all in!  I don't know if anyone else does this, but past times the terminate I felt similar I had reconnected amongst everyone... except my ain kids.  And this became obvious past times the terminate when the kids were behaving worse than I had e'er seen them.  Lack of structure, lack of sleep, an overdose of household unit of measurement of friends as well as an underdose of their ain woman bring upwards left them fighting, talking back, whining as well as disobeying to a greater extent than than ever.

So a few days agone nosotros all finally reconnected past times working on ane of my favorite projects I've done amongst them: making bows as well as arrows.  I've realized that doing crafts, projects or games amongst my kids is how I connect amongst them best.  And these stimulate got definitely been lacking over the in conclusion few weeks.  It was hence prissy to finally sit down downwardly amongst the older 3 as well as function on something that nosotros were all excited nearly again.

I industrial plant life the tutorial for these bows as well as arrows on the weblog You Craft Me Up.  It was surprisingly real elementary as well as nosotros were able to position four bows as well as 8 arrows together inwards ane afternoon.  Even amongst the breaks I had to stimulate got to feed Will, leave of absence along him happy as well as larn the kids a snack.  And the best part?  All of the supplies alone toll me $16!  That's $4 per bow as well as ii arrows.  I made ane each for John, Dan as well as Joe, as well as and hence ane fix for John's friend who is having a birthday political party adjacent week.  A pretty sugariness deal, if y'all inquire me.

 
We made ane modify to the tutorial nosotros followed: I didn't dare permit the kids shoot the sticks around amongst nix on the end.  Knowing kids, ane of the arrows would abide by itself inwards someone's eye.  So I taped a slice of the foam to the end.  It could nevertheless wound if it was shot at individual at unopen range, but at to the lowest degree it won't displace permanent damage.  I would recommend having a dominion to non shoot at people, either way.


On Daniel's bow nosotros taped a slice of PVC pipage to it to residual the arrow on when he shoots.  He was having a difficult fourth dimension aiming the arrow, but this made it real easy.



The kids couldn't aspect to present the vecino kids their novel weapons... sometimes I wonder what I would hold out making if I had a girl... a doll? a skirt?... But I'm pretty happy making bows as well as arrows for the fourth dimension existence :)

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