| Thinking back to your school days, wasn't it fun | | | | throughout the house. This might be the kitchen |
| to use white paste to stick together | | | | table, for instance, where you lay out newspapers |
| multi-dimensional pictures for the holidays? Little | | | | to cover the surface and let kids make things |
| construction paper pilgrims were pasted to a | | | | there. For larger-scale projects like building model |
| sky-blue backdrop with a separate paste-on of | | | | cars or airplanes, a garage workshop or floor is a |
| green hills or puffy clouds to make the picture | | | | great place to spread out the newspapers and |
| more interesting. Washing up afterwards was | | | | set up supplies. |
| messy, but fun, as you peeled off the white | | | | 2. Help kids dress for the part. While you can't |
| paste residue that had dried on your hands. | | | | necessarily dress them for school to work with |
| Nowadays kids still play with glue to make art | | | | glue, you can ask the teacher to provide coveralls |
| projects in school, church, and other community | | | | for the clothes, even if they are the paper |
| programs. But some of the glue products today | | | | disposable kind. If the school is unable to cover |
| are stronger than those of yesteryear, like Super | | | | this cost, ask for a letter to be sent home to |
| Glue, for example. Granted, kids should not be | | | | parents requesting kids to bring in an old adult |
| playing with this high-grade adhesive, but some | | | | shirt for art days. Keep one for use at home, too. |
| parents are not as careful as they should be | | | | 3. Teach kids to use art products with caution. |
| about things like this. | | | | Help them read the labels and follow directions. |
| If your children are clamoring to make art | | | | Often, children approach artwork spontaneously, |
| projects or to use glue and paste for building | | | | and they are less interested in the materials they |
| models or repairing book pages, and things of that | | | | use than in the final product. Help them |
| nature, teach them the right way to use adhesive | | | | understand the stickiness of glue and the need to |
| products. Kids who don't know how to use these | | | | handle it with care. Kids who assemble model cars |
| things correctly can cause problems by getting it | | | | or other objects should work with glue in a |
| on their clothes or school supplies, or having glue | | | | well-ventilated area to prevent the inhalation of |
| get in their hair or stuck to their skin. Using | | | | fumes. Deliberately sniffing strongly scented |
| solvents to break down the adhesive is not | | | | materials like glue can lead to a temporary |
| particularly fun or safe, either. Here are a few | | | | euphoric feeling that brings with it the risk of |
| guidelines to make adhesives' use safe for all: | | | | injury or death. Supervise your kids' use of glue |
| 1. Set up a contained work area. Whether you | | | | and related products to be sure they don't misuse |
| teach preschool, elementary grades, or any level | | | | them. |
| of student, or simply let your kids play with glue | | | | Children that learn how to use these materials |
| at home, make them keep the products in a | | | | correctly should be able to manage more serious |
| specified area to keep the glue from spilling | | | | materials in the future, with proper guidance. |