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[sistawendy]

Margaret Cho is slow-paced, but funny. She reminds me of alexiarnps. Does this mean I've lost my mind?

The Wendling has driven me to clench my teeth hard enough to chip for the second time in as many years. That was before I extracted the little plastic Chinese checker from the VCR just now. I've got to get that boy something non-destructive to do with his hands that he'll actually like.

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random suggestions

[vixyish.livejournal.com]

Play-doh or modeling clay, though that can get messy
dolls or paper dolls
Tubers & Zots-- those foam bendy things
musical instruments (you might still be grinding your teeth though)
latch-hook (I loved that as a kid)
felt boards

Re: random suggestions

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we've done Play-doh. He likes to rip it into crumbs and, of course, eat it.
Paper dolls -- hmm, could be good.
Tubers & Zots -- I'd forgotten about them! They might be good. He likes Tinkertoys.
I've tried musical instruments. To my horror, he's just not interested in playing them himself.
Felt boards -- Does he cut out his own shapes?

Re: random suggestions

[vixyish.livejournal.com]

No cutting that I know of. I was thinking of the kind I used to have as a kid-- a fuzzy black board, and then lots of little felt shapes. They have animals and plants and things, and they also have plain old shapes that you can use to make whatever you want. (My set also had flower parts-- stems, leaves and blossoms and centers of all different kinds-- to make your own flowers.) The felt sticks on the board just from friction, removes just as easily, make lots of pictures, no mess, less manual dexterity required than drawing.