Collecting

   

I was very inspired by this Soulemama post, by the generous gifts of the hats that everyone has sent and by the stamp collection. It occured to me that I hadn't really introduced my daughter to the world of collecting things, especially the world of collecting things that cost nothing or very little - not that world that trys to market things to kids to spend lots of pocket money collecting their merchandise.

I had been saving stamps for a while to give to a local charity shop and thought we could go through what I had got and she could cut out all the different and unusual ones for a collecting book that I stitched together just for the job.

She hasn't got many yet, but it will be interesting when we receive post from other countries to look for them on her new blow up globe to see how far they have come and possibly we can use this to extend her learning by finding out about these countries i.e traditions, foods, climate etc.

As I thought about this project I looked around the house at other things that have been collected, some perhaps unintentionally.

This is Mr Thimbleina's childhood collection of football cards:

  

I used to collect postcards as a child - you know when grandparents and other relatives went on holiday they would send them and I would add to the collection - they are in the loft somewhere!

My sister used to collect erasers - as they come in all sorts of shapes and sizes.

On looking around the house I think one of my unintentional collections is of books:

  

    

This is just two shelves in two rooms, I think baring the rooms with toilets in their are books in every single room of the house. I do love good books!

Also a picture that really didn't turn out well I notice had a little knitting needle collection in it, these include mine and all the ones that my mum gave me as well, so I have a few of those as well.

What do you or your children collect and why?

 

Comments

[Kristine]

Nice collections! It was a fun little peak into your life.

I don't think i've ever actually admitted to having a collection but looking around my house i guess i have a few. Anything having a four leaf clover, globes, books i suppose and i'd like to start a collection of children. I need more than two to add to that last one!;)

[Joy]

What a great post on collections! I don't think much about it, but we've sort of intentionally started book collections for each of our kids (our office was converted into a library) and my daughter collects rocks. Collections are so much fun!

[maya]

We are hard-core pinecone collectors around here. And acorns. And books, magazines. Actually, we're drowning in collections. I dream of a lovely organizing system of baskets & shelves.

[dottycookie]

Love the Origami books in amongst the cookery books!

I collect books too. And dust bunnies ;-)

[Lori]

jack collects pins .. the small enameled ones you find at gift shops on vacation and random other ones he's come across or received as gifts. i think that's the only kid collection we have!

when i was his age i collected bottle caps. :^) i wish i still had that collection!