A moment of inspiration

So I felt inspired the other day, inspired to be creative, which is rare… okay, maybe not that rare, but the fact that I actually did something about it is unusual.

I have to admit that I am not very artistic. Art courses that were suppose to help pull my grades up in school, actually pulled them down, so I basically decided to focus on non-artistic pursuits instead. I didn’t really mind, but I have always wished I was more artistic and crafty. My grandmother was one of those people who can look at something and then reproduce it, and add her own signature to it; my sister can do this too. I on the other hand, just admire people who can do this.

Anyway, the other day, I was visiting one of my favourite sites - http://www.ohdeedoh.com - and noticed that people were making lots of cute play kitchens for their little ones. And then I thought, hey I can make something too. It will not be as elaborate as most of these, but I think I might be able to come up with something.

So I made this:
I had an old packing box lying around – it used to be a tunnel for my little one – I cut two openings in it – one for the ‘oven’ and another for a ‘cupboard’; coloured in the range with a sharpie; cut a hole to put a ‘sink’ in (an old take out container); and finally used old wine corks for door knobs and oven knobs.

The knobs even move. We used screws and washers to put the knobs on so that they can spin (my husband helped me with this part as I had no clue where our screws and washers were).



My little one seems to like to play with it, and now she cooks with me while I make our lunch and dinner.

I think this little project, though it was very simple, made me feel a bit proud of myself. That I am not completely artistically inept… and I can now proudly say… Look! I made this!