Hello everyone! And welcome to my latest blog post! Here I’m back again, sharing things about the DIY crafts. Because we are still waiting for the DIY projects to come back. I’m trying my best to share good blog post ideas about the process of crafting. Things to help you with DIY crafts. Today’s post will be about how to recover when a kid ruins your DIY craft.
I’ve talked a lot about DIY crafts and shared tips. The series continues and today will be another DIY craft tips post. That we need to know to avoid a common situation. I’m going to talk about it more before I jump into the actual tips. Well, here we can also recover from it and not just avoid it.
How to recover when a kid ruins your DIY craft
Now when I say DIY crafts, it can be any crafting materials as long as you still have extra to fix or rebuild it. This is one of the most important things that we need before we even focus on what I’m about to mention: how to recover when a kid ruins your DIY craft.
Also, it depends on how bad a kid would ruin the DIY craft. If it’s too bad and can’t recover. The only option you have is to craft it again. However, that’s part of the process of recovering, but the results will depend on the type of DIY craft and if it’s got ruined very bad.
The other part of this post. Is what do I mean by how to recover when a kid ruins your DIY craft? And for that, I mean get the DIY craft back as it was. That’s only if not too badly ruined. Because there is a level when you can recover by following these.
Well, it’s better to be careful and not let the DIY projects within kids’ reach. This way, you don’t have to deal with something like this. However, when it happens, don’t get your anger out on your kid or little brother. Whoever that is, make sure not to let your anger get out on him/her.
You can recover during the process of crafting, and that should be easier. But also, it’s possible to recover after you have done the DIY project. Just make sure it’s something you can fix or rebuild. Because no point in trying when it’s impossible to recover from it.
Believe me, I know the feeling of a craft getting ruined by a kid or someone. And I would like to share my experience with you guys. Sharing how to recover when a kid ruins your DIY craft. Things we do to get the craft back to what it was as long as doable.
A kid in the situation can be from 3 to 13 years old. And if he does it on purpose or by accident. Because if it’s on purpose, it would have to be a different process. You need to teach him how to stop doing it and let him avoid doing it in the future.
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If the damage to the DIY craft is not bad. You can follow easy steps to fix it. It depends on how bad damage is on your DIY craft. This post will be about when the kid ruins the DIY craft badly. Because of the easy one, you would fix it following easy steps.
1. Take a deep breath and remember everything will be ok
The first thing we would need to focus on before anything is our reaction to what happens. We don’t need to scare the kid or get mad about it. Well, if it’s still too young. It would be useless to get mad about anything.
At the moment you found about the ruined DIY craft, make sure to take a deep breath and relax. Don’t worry about anything else because your mental health is more important. For that, you need to remind yourself that everything will be ok.
The worth thing that could happen is to craft it again. And won’t be a big problem unless it’s a long craft. Then, you need to take another day to make it again. However, I’m sure it will be fun to do it again. And one thing on this list of how to recover when a kid ruins your DIY craft will help you in the future as well.
Maintain your anger. Either your kid ruined it during the process of crafting or even after. You can teach him not to do it again, but not with anger. Because I’m not sure if that will help you achieve that. He might be scared but will not learn. Most kids will not touch just because they are scared. It’s better to teach them in a good way.
2. Determine the damage on the DIY craft
Once you managed to maintain your anger. The first thing you need to do is to examine the craft. Find out what happened to the DIY project. I wouldn’t recommend rushing the process because you don’t just need to rebuild it. But also understand more about it.
This will help you do one of the things I also mentioned on this list of how to recover when a kid ruins your DIY craft. Keep reading to know more about the rest of the things you can do to recover when your kid ruins a DIY craft.
No matter what type of craft, spend some time examining the situation and what happened to your craft. This way, you can make a comeback plan. What did your kid do to ruin the DIY project? Even though you might think it’s not important but it will help you more to understand fixing it.
Well, this is what I first do when my little brother ruins my DIY craft. Some people might take another approach. For example, just a quick look and start doing whatever to fix it. And that’s not going to help if you are looking for how to recover when a kid ruins your DIY craft.
3. Find the possible ways to rebuild or fix the damage
Don’t rush to fix it yet. It’s a good idea to find different options to fix and you can do that by spending some time to find more ways. What other possible ways you can rebuild or fix it? I’m sure you can find more than one way possible.
It’s not just a way to fix it. Maybe things that you can do that will help you to build it again, but even better. Because you can find only one way in some situations. And you also need to think of other things that you can do to help while you fix and rebuild it.
How can you turn it the way it was. This will take you some time to plan it and that’s ok. As long as it’s possible to get it back. That would be so worth it. So, don’t blame yourself for taking some time to plan how to rebuild it or fix it.
Thinking about it, this will be the longest and it won’t take a lot of hours. Unless you have a complicated DIY craft. How to recover when a kid ruins your DIY craft for that will be different. But it would still be possible to get it fixed.
4. Plan the process of rebuilding it
Next, it would be your final step before you work on it again. And see the results of your effort. I wouldn’t recommend you work right away on it to fix or rebuild it. Because you will end up taking so much time. Trust me, I tried that way and it didn’t help me.
Instead, it’s time for you to plan the steps. Go through it step by step to know what you will do. Just like when you first craft it. You need to make sure that you have a clear process of rebuilding it and crafting it again.
This will help you that you don’t spend so much time on it. Even though it might seem like steps that will let you take so much time. But crafting can be tricky and a lot of mistakes could happen. That will make it longer than it should be. So, this way, it will help to make sure that everything goes smooth and quick.
Spending extra few minutes won’t hurt. Because you will save tons of hours spent on fixing it. If you didn’t plan it. Therefore, it’s good to put together a plan to rebuild it and no matter what type of craft. I’m sure you can put together a plan.
Step by step what you will do to rebuild it. And if it won’t take a long time. You can plan it on your head and start working on it. Because when you have done of planning. All you need to do is start working on your plan.
5. Ensure it’s stronger than before
As you are working on it to rebuild it. Make sure that you make it stronger than before. This way, kids can’t break it easily and it will last longer. The past steps will help you to understand more about how to do this. And that’s a very important step to make sure that the DIY craft last longer.
Also, I would recommend you go through your plan slowly. This way, you make sure that everything will be rebuilt better than before. Rushing to get it back as it was won’t help a lot in the long and the short run as well. It could be ruined again quickly.
You can consider this as you plan things. Because you can only follow the steps and you will include them while doing the steps. However, you still need to go through it slowly. Just in case something happens and you can adjust.
Conclusion of How to recover when a kid ruins your DIY craft
Well, I hope you guys find these helpful. Some of the tips to help with how to recover when a kid ruins your DIY craft. Things that I do when I kid ruin my DIY craft. And it’s not just to recover, but also to make sure that you avoid it.
Don’t forget to put it out of kids’ reach. This will also help you ensure that it lasts for a long time. How do you approach when a kid ruins your DIY craft? I’m curious what other ways you fix a DIY craft?
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Depending on the age of the child, you might want to craft in a room the child can’t access, to make sure they don’t harm themselves, to avoid stuff like this happening
Yeah, it depends on the age of the child. Thank you for reading!
This is a helpful post for anyone who crafts and have kids! If it takes a long time I imagine it would be so gutting. Thank you for sharing your suggestions.
Lauren – http://www.bournemouthgirl.com
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I love that you emphasize to take breaths, relax, and not respond with anger. I have a strong memory from when I was about 9 yrs old where my friend’s mom disapproved of my helping her daughter with colouring. (The mom was a professional artist, so she had high standards!) Her reaction has stuck with me as she certainly was not relaxed in her reaction.
Yeah, it’s very important to take breath and be in control of the situation.
Hello! Thank you for the refreshing approach, I appreciate you mentioning step one as staying calm and protecting one’s mental health. Although hard at times it’s very important and sometimes a reminder DIY can turn out even better!
Yeah, it’s important to stay clam in situation like these.
This is a good tip. I usually recover my DIY crafts every time my nephews and nicest broke them. And these are the things that I do to recover the craft. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for your feedback! Yeah, it’s important to know how to recover.
Oh dear, I bet it’s such a pain when this happens! Kids get their hands everywhere x
Yeah, it’s not good. Thank you for reading!
I remember, I did flower origamis and stars, I find them cute but then here comes my 6yo son, throwing his tantrums and played with my masterpieces 😂 Haha Thank you for sharing these tips. ❤️
Haha, I see, that’s an awesome moment. Thank you for sharing this
Recovering when a kid ruins your DIY craft is such an interesting topic. I was a preschool teacher for 9 years and I work with my 3-year-old at home. I’ve seen kids mess up crafts; usually, because it’s a mistake or accident. It depends on exactly what happened but usually what ends up happening is we paint over everything and start over again, or glue a new piece of paper over it to start over again. There always seems to be a way to fix it!
Yeah, it depends on what happened. Thank you for sharing your perspective on this topic. What you guys do.
These are great tips for when something unexpected and unfortunate happens to a DIY project!
Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts on it.
I remember when the kids were little and I would do DIY projects. I made sure to keep it well away from them! LOL
That’s awesome haha You won’t have to deal with it anymore.
I’ve learned over the years that it’s best to work on projects away from tiny hands. You can also allow them to help!
Yeah, that’s a good idea. Thank you for reading!
Yep, this kind of accident is unavoidable sometimes. You have to have a calm mind first, then think about your next step. There may be some kind of way to salvage the craft after all.
Yeah, it could happen and we need to be prepared for it.
When you have kids, you cannot avoid them ruining some of your DIY projects but don’t fret. Just keep calm and rebuild.
Yeah, they definitely will make their way to your craft.
I love your tips. My kids sometimes ruin my projects unintentionally and I don’t know what to do
I’m glad to know that. Thank you for reading!
OH MAN, this post is so needed. I remember when my kids were little and I would spend so much time trying to make the best craft station for them. AND then…… they strike with a mind of their own. FRUSTRATION.. I tell ya. Deep breathing got me through a lot of that.
I’m glad to know that. Taking deep breath is important.
Brilliant tips! It can be frustrating when the kids get hold of something you spent hours on, I’ll be referring back to this, thank you
Yeah, it’s not something that we need. Thank you for reading!
Fab tips! It can be frustrating when kids ruin your crafts, but I think it is really important to take a moment to compose yourself and contain your anger. Planning it back out sounds really helpful too! Thanks for sharing.
yeah, it’s not good to have. Thank you for reading and commenting!
Enjoyed the post. My crafts are typically done away from all humans – adults and kids lol
Well, that’s good to have it safe. Thank you for reading!
Helpful post! I’m sure I will be experiencing this very soon once my little one becomes mobile. I’ll definitely keep these tips in mind. Thank you for sharing!
That’s awesome, thank you for reading!
I really need to take a deep breath, or maybe like 3. It can be easy to react instead of realizing that it’s not that important in the grand scheme and teaching my kids through it is much more important.
Yeah, it’s important to keep calm. Thank you fo reading!
I related so much to this post! Take a deep breath and depending on how much damage was done, you might want to take 10 more breaths.
I always make a cup of coffee after destruction happens since I will need the energy to rebuild. Great post!
That”s a cool way to deal with it. Thank you for reading!
Omg I love this! I have 3 kids and I know crafting doesn’t always go as planned with them!
Yeah, it’s not going as planned. Thank you for reading!
Love your post. You are so right about taking a breath in the time of a disaster. Gets you out in all situations.
Yeah, thank you for reading and commenting!
I am not a big crafter but my kids are so little I wouldnt be able to around them!
Yeah, it’s not good. Thank you for reading!
Sometimes you need a “bang” to generate new ideas and to me, the kids do it. So yes, take a deep breath and reconfigure, sometimes that’s how innovation starts. 🙂 – Knycx Journeying
Yeah, taking breath is nice. Thank you for reading!
These are great tips because it is much better than getting upset at the children. In the end it is something that is inevitably going to happen
Yeah, it won’t help at all. Thank you for reading!
These are some practical tips. We certainly don’t have to scrap the whole things and start over.
Yeah, we don’t need to start all over again.
Great tips, especially for finding different ways to rebuild or fix the damage. We often want to rush to fix things, but taking the time to find other ways could be better for the craft. Thank you for sharing!
Yeah, it’s not good to rush. Thank you for commenting and reading!
You’ve shared some brill tips here. I know if a craft of mine gets ruined, I find myself in a state of panic and getting overwhelmed with stress so I’ll for sure be keeping these tips in mind and putting them to good use. Thank you so much for sharing this with us Xo
Elle – ellegracedeveson.com
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Oh well, patience is a virtue! Everytime kids would ruin it, then for me its expected, come on 🙂
Yeah, kids would ruin it but for everyone.