{"id":1321,"date":"2010-02-23T00:10:08","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T22:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/zaparents-blog\/?p=1321"},"modified":"2022-06-08T21:46:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T19:46:33","slug":"make-a-mess-and-laugh-a-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/activities-and-outings\/games\/make-a-mess-and-laugh-a-lot\/","title":{"rendered":"Make a mess and laugh a lot"},"content":{"rendered":"

I bet you have a fancy job doing something useful and fulfilling. Are you a dentist? Or a business analyst. Maybe you\u2019re an astrophysicist. Or a fabulous home exec. No matter what you are in your professional capacity nothing you\u2019ve ever done will compare to working with plaster of paris.<\/p>\n

I recently began volunteering once a week at my son\u2019s nursery school. I take an arts and crafts class on a Friday morning, alternating between age groups. (I had an urge to give back, God knows why, as it was his idea.)<\/p>\n

For my very first class of my craft-teaching career, I decided to do plaster of paris hand prints with the 2 \u2013 3 year olds. That involves mixing plaster of paris, pouring it into a pliable shallow plate, pressing a 2 year old hand gently into the mix, producing a perfect hand print, removing the hand, letting the mixture dry, and painting it before removing it effortlessly from the pliable shallow plate.<\/p>\n

How hard can that possibly be?<\/p>\n

Well. I can tell you emphatically, it is hard. I used 6 litres of plaster of paris mixture, and had to do each child\u2019s hand 3 times. My advice is, don\u2019t even bother trying it at home.<\/p>\n

But if you\u2019re dead set on the idea, are up for a challenge or want to add plaster of paris in small letters after your name on your business card, consider the following:<\/p>\n