I have no problem with
CBeebies at all. Hey, when I’m working from home or having to clean out the
oven, who else will sit my son for 30 minutes/an hour while I’m busy?
Octonauts keeps him amused
and teaches him about sea creatures I’ve never heard of.
Woolly and Tig is a bit
annoying, but I guess the programme does teach some life lessons. Via that awful know-all
blue cuddly spider.
Mr Tumble is awesome.
Although I’m not quite so keen on Aunt Polly. A bit needy.
As for Mr Bloom, well if Mr
Bloom’s Nursery is supposed to encourage children to LIKE vegetables, great. If
you think it’s going to make them EAT veggies, think again. My ‘tiddler’ is
vegetable-averse as it is. There’s literally no way he’s going to tuck into
Margaret the Cabbage or Sebastien the Singing Aubergine…
But the programme I dread
coming on the most is Mr (Bloody) Maker. It’s not just his annoying manner/voice,
or his well stocked ‘Doodle Drawers’.
Or the fact that the
‘Minute Make’ section is a lie, for sure.
Or the ‘I Am A Shape’ song
and dance, which frankly makes me stabby.
No, the biggest issue I
have with Mr Maker are my son’s subsequent demands to create the pieces of art
The Evil Maker has demonstrated with such ease. Have you ever tried making a
dinosaur out of pasta? Me neither, because I refuse to set myself up for
failure.
What’s wrong with finger
painting and sticking leaves onto a piece of card?
And where do you find foam
sheets and tiny clothes pegs to create a ‘washing line scene’? I’ve only just
discovered where the hell to buy the googly eyes Mr Maker is so fond of. Get
yourself down to Messages in Hertford. Next to the Rewards Charts you’ll find a
stash of cheap craft products that would fill Mr Maker’s Doodle Drawers.
And if, like me, you’re not
particularly fond of crafts (or the mess), Messages has a great range of
colouring books. And the Holy Grail of lazy crafters – magic paint books. Just
add water.
Take that, Mr Maker
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