skeeterbug Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 I feel as though I deserve an award. I've had this great little package of glitter shakers in different colours for months. We finally used it to make a glittery easter project. Best Mum Ever. Or at least, Best Mum at our house! I know there are fellow glitter haters here who will understand! (It wasn't really that bad, my kids were very careful with it and I'm sure we'll get it out again...soon-ish.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolly Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 You definitely get Best Mom Award. I am terrified of that stuff. I read the title and opened the thread to see how you got the glitter out of everything. I was impressed. I thought you had done the impossible. :lol: Guess you will be working on that for the next several years; until you finally just give up!:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Good for you! I still come across glitter from the last time DD made a glitter-laden creation (it's been at least 2 months). I've resigned myself to the fact that our schoolroom is just going to have permanent glitter spots for the next few years (DS isn't into glitter, but I'm sure DD will be for years to come). It's actually kinda fun. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lollie010 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 We did a glitter project when my oldest ds was three. He's nine now and we have moved three times since then. I still find a few specks of red and green. Whereas, I used to complain about how it has followed me all these years, I now am kind of fond of the memories that it represents. Memories of simpler less hectic days. Lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violamama Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Right around 3:00, he puts into words perfectly my feelings about glitter. http://www.comedycentral.com/video-clips/3v3ayf/stand-up-demetri-martin--where-jokes-go I can't stand it, but I applaud you and should try to follow your example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 I bought a several different colors of glitter when my boys were 3 or 4 years old. I hid it on top of our very high refrigerator, way in the back, when no one was home. No one knew I had bought the glitter. Since my boys weren't climbers, I figured it was safe. Way past midnight one night, DH and I were awakened by DS3's blood-curdling screams. DS1 and DD had gone downstairs to the kitchen and had climbed up on the counters. They found the glitter. They poured it in sleeping DS3's eyes so he would see sparklies when he woke up. They had been very excited about giving DS3 this psychelic experience, and they had no inkling that this was a bad idea. Removing the glitter from his eyes was nearly impossible. Simply pouring saline solution on his eyes did not work. I think I ended up getting the rest off his eyeballs with a wet Q-tip. I was so scared his sight had been damaged. Luckily, it had not. The entire time, DS3 was screaming his head off, which made me even more extremely anxious. Getting it off his skin and out of his hair and ears was equally difficult, but that part wasn't dangerous. I guess it eventually wore off. Soap and water, baby oil, baby powder ... nothing I tried worked. After that, I never purchased glitter again, and I never will. So, we have never used it for an art project, like I had planned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckens Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Playdoh is a good way to clean up glitter. We just do a glitter project, then play with playdoh afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissad2 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 I bought a several different colors of glitter when my boys were 3 or 4 years old. I hid it on top of our very high refrigerator, way in the back, when no one was home. No one knew I had bought the glitter. Since my boys weren't climbers, I figured it was safe. Way past midnight one night, DH and I were awakened by DS3's blood-curdling screams. DS1 and DD had gone downstairs to the kitchen and had climbed up on the counters. They found the glitter. They poured it in sleeping DS3's eyes so he would see sparklies when he woke up. They had been very excited about giving DS3 this psychelic experience, and they had no inkling that this was a bad idea. Removing the glitter from his eyes was nearly impossible. Simply pouring saline solution on his eyes did not work. I think I ended up getting the rest off his eyeballs with a wet Q-tip. I was so scared his sight had been damaged. Luckily, it had not. The entire time, DS3 was screaming his head off, which made me even more extremely anxious. Getting it off his skin and out of his hair and ears was equally difficult, but that part wasn't dangerous. I guess it eventually wore off. Soap and water, baby oil, baby powder ... nothing I tried worked. After that, I never purchased glitter again, and I never will. So, we have never used it for an art project, like I had planned. Wow...poor kid! I do not purchase glitter for fear my kids would do something equally.......erm, genius. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeterbug Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 After that, I never purchased glitter again, and I never will. So, we have never used it for an art project, like I had planned. You win the best (worst?) glitter story I've ever heard. I love that they wanted him to see sparkles! I can't imagine having to dig all the glitter out of his eyes, that must have been very nerve-racking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 :hurray: Congratulations Op. I can never think of a glitter project without laughing at a former boardie's post way back when. She said... "Glitter is the STD of craft supplies!" :lol: (I think it might have been lanie.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Glitter...shudder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsintheGarden Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Yes, you do win the best mom award! I have given up on trying, and bow to your tolerance of glitter. Even passing by the glitter aisle of the craft store makes me feel prickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 You are a brave woman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabeline Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 I have only been brave enough to buy glitter glue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 You're a better mom than I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 You're not only a good mom, you're a brave one! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMommy Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 We used glitter two weeks ago to make a banner for Easter. There is still glitter everywhere. Even on the baby. How does that stuff spread so far so fast?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeindeed Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 You rock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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