Gone are the days of sticky, indecipherable artworks brought home to adorn her kitchen. Pat McDermott laments the lost art of fridge decoration.
Hovering at the school gate on the last day of term a few years ago (okay, 25 years ago), I saw my five-year-old approaching. She was wearing a paper crown covered in silver stars and carrying a drippy painting. It looked like a house or maybe a turtle. I’d learned to wait for clues before saying, “What a lovely cat.”
“Do you know what Miss Fogarty calls painting and craft stuff?” she asked, placing it carefully on the car seat – paint-side down.
“No. What does she call it?” I asked. You could count on Miss Fogarty to say something nice.
“Pointless busy work.” Miss Fogarty made a good point about pointlessness, but fortunately, I’m a fan of school art and craft. Nothing says, “I love you”, like a teapot stand made from clothes pegs, red felt and superglue. Although the green clay house with “Dear Mun Hapy Chirstmas xxx fr Geoffrey” on the bottom runs a close second.
“Who’s Geoffrey?” asked the MOTH (the Man of the House). Our boys’ names are Patrick and Rowen, but if they know, they’re not telling.
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