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Forget Labubu, check out my daughter’s Legami pens
by Patrick Vogt
My daughter’s Trojan horse hides nothing but pencils and art supplies
5.1.2024
Translation: Katherine Martin
Our daughter’s crazy about painting and doing arts and crafts. That’s why we’ve repurposed a trolley so that she can easily grab her supplies. Plus, it keeps everything more organised.
In Homer’s epic, the Trojan horse ended a war lasting more than ten years. The gift from the Greeks proved to be the Trojans’ downfall; Greek soldiers smuggled themselves into the city of Troy, hidden inside the hollow belly of an oversized wooden horse. When night fell, the Greeks threw open the city gates to their awaiting army. Troy was lost.
The arts and crafts trolley our soon-to-be five-year-old daughter uses is a peacetime Trojan horse. The most significant difference between her version and the Greeks’? Our Trojan horse only hides good stuff. And it keeps things tidy. Okay fine, if you look at it from Greek mythology’s perspective, the original did too. Moving swiftly on...
Pens, paper, scissors
Zoe can find just about anything her creative heart desires in her art supply trolley. The drawers are stuffed with paper in various colours, colouring books, craft supplies such as glue sticks and tape, and a variety of sticker books and stamps. We’ve even labelled the drawers to show what goes where.
You can also make use of the top shelf of the trolley. Most of ours is taken up by a turntable filled with colouring pencils.
Art on wheels
Just one Trojan horse of many
We’re aware we’re not reinventing the wheel (or rather, the Trojan horse) with Zoe’s painting and craft trolley. My editorial colleague Natalie Hemengül, for example, had a very similar idea way before I did:
Zoe’s painting and craft trolley is a real asset to our home. This Trojan horse really has proved to be a trophy of victory. It’s put an end to the trail of destruction left by our daughter’s artistic endeavours. Well, almost. We’re still working on getting her to tidy up her arts and crafts herself.
How do you keep your painting and craft materials tidy? Which trolley or other nifty solution do you swear by? The Community and I look forward to your pro tips in the comments.
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