Little N plays by herself for about 3 minutes a day. If I’m lucky. And that’s with a lot of encouragement. She likes me to be around so she can tell me that her purple skirt matches her purple ball, or tell me how there’s a speck of dirt on the ground and she’s not sure if she should eat it or put it in the garbage (I’m not sure why she insists on asking me because if I say no, don’t eat it, she will quickly put it in her mouth before I can snatch it away from her).
Which is completely fine. Most days.
Unless I’m about to go insane from hearing ‘mum’ 18 times a minute, or if I need to get a meal ready, or put the baby to bed, or brush my teeth.
So a little toddler area where she can be crafty and colour and whatnot was really needed for our house!
This one is from Ikea – and naturally, I had to paint something on it. Which was a little gold chevron pattern on the chairs.
And I hung some flower pot holders on the wall (kitchen section of Ikea) to hold her markers and crayons. I plan to add one more white pot for her paints or odds and ends lying around.
After having this table for a few weeks, this is the consensus:
- At first, Little N refused to sit on the painted chair. She wanted to take the paint off. Took her a few days to get over it.
- I realized that toddlers look extremely ADORABLE when they sit in those little toddler size chairs and table.
- She coloured by herself twice, maybe three times, since we set it up. So that’s a partial win in my books
I plan to get a few more crafty supplies for her to explore with. Let me know your ideas for what other supplies I should add to her little area!
So cute love this idea!
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Thanks! Just went to ikea today to get another white pot thing for her craft supplies. Got home about half hour ago and realized I forgot to get one. :s ugh!
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Oh that’s the worst I hate when I do that
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This is brilliant!
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Thanks!
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We have a little table like that for toddler’s new room. Love the flower pot idea – I might steal that! Genius! #famjamlinky
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It looks lovely. I wish I was more creative in my home. I know what I want but never seem to quite pull it off 😦 #bestandworst x
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Don’t worry – half the time that’s what happens with me too 🙂
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I love it! It looks really good! And three times is better than nothing 🙂 #famjamlinky x
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haha thanks 🙂
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What a lovely idea, very neat and stylish too. #famjamlinky
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I want one! This looks so lovely and clean and well lovely. Great idea with the flower pots too, time well spent if it allows you 3 minutes of peace! #famjamlinky
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I’m a massive fan of Ikea. We have a little chair and stools, with some drawer storage next to them where our 3 yo happily paints, colours in, draws etc etc…its great her having her own kid friendly space. Enjoy! x MMT #famjam
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I’d love to have some storage next to the table too for her supplies. But isn’t really working out in that room! (love Ikea as well…can’t remember the last time I went anywhere else for furniture)
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Looks fab! What kind of paint did you use for the chair? My kids love having loads of coloring pages and are big fans of drawing. We just got some watercolor pencils out of Ikea which are cool as they can just draw or use a paint brush with water to make their drawings fancier. Thanks for the ideas 🙂 #famjamlinky
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Oh I haven’t seen those yet (the watercolours). I’ll check them out. The chair is a gold paint, kind of sparkly. I think it’s the Martha Stewart brand with a chevron stencil. Thanks for reading!
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Love this! I am past the toddler years and with my 7 year old style and design hasn’t come into play yet…just eclectic craziness….:) #famjamlinky
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Haha! I’m still holding on to this stage where I can decorate her room how I want! I am starting to lose the power to pick her outfits though. 🙂
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The whole corner is absolutely adorable, perhaps you could make one for me! LOL! Love the chevron on the chairs, and the pots full of supplies. Soon she’ll be sitting there, it may take a bit of time, but you did a great job!!! Love it.
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Thanks!
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This is so cute! Try getting colouring books in her favourite theme, and ask her to give each picture/thing a name (we have a dinosaur one) – may buy you a few minutes more #famjamlinky
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Great idea. Thanks 🙂
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This is adorable…so cute and a great idea! It looks really tasteful too. Our girl has this pink table from Asda and she has drawn all over it!!! Fail! I need to teach her better. Haha. Thanks so much for linking up to #bestandworst and see you again xx
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Haha every few days I am starting to see more and more colouring marks on the table! Thank god for washable crayons 🙂 Thanks for being hosty
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I LOVE this – we have a little red IKEA table for Little Miss Vista to colour and draw at, but we don’t have a space in our home at the moment to make it this lovely xx
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Awe that’s great though!
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Very clever and adorable!! Thanks for linking up with #heymomma!
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Thanks for being hosty 🙂
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I have been wanting to do something like this in my girls bedroom. They need a space to be artsy besides my kitchen table…for I don’t always like picking up the mess right away. Thanks for hosting #famjamlinky!
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