Did you ever buy craft supplies hoping for them to eat up a half hour, only to find that your kids tire of them in less time than it took for you to reheat your coffee? Same here. Finally, here's a reference for how much time you can expect each of your carefully chosen or purchased activities to consume. Not that you're trying to hide from your kids or anything. Of course not. You just like to hang out in your closet alone.
- Arts and crafts. This depends. Coloring with the same old crayons will take up to 6 minutes, but if you break out the glue sticks and glitter, you may have up to 45. However, if you include cleanup, your net time gained will be negative one million minutes, so plan accordingly.
Till we meet again, I remain, The Blogapist Who Says, There's Also The "Water Birth" Version. For Real.
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