dh went with me to yard sales all morning because he knows i love them! i got a homeopathic remedies book, a really cute pair of stride rite sandals (for next summer maybe, but would fit juliebelle's jackson for now), a m&d wooden abc puzzle, and.....

a pottery barn kids art desk and chair!!!!

i have a train table in the garage from freecycle that i got to give to ds at some point and now i have a pbk art desk and chair. it's adorable! can't wait until he gets big enough to use it, but i surely couldn't leave it there for so cheap!

:hahaha: that's awesome!!! you need to buy a bigger house to store all your awesome finds! you can rent a room in our basement!

:hahaha: that's awesome!!! you need to buy a bigger house to store all your awesome finds! you can rent a room in our basement!

for real! right now, i'm storing that yard sale pbk desk and chair, the freecycle train table, the hand me down little people trucks and people, and the freecycle fisher price garage and old west town set. i LOVE having christmas and birthdays taken care of...lol!

for real! right now, i'm storing that yard sale pbk desk and chair, the freecycle train table, the hand me down little people trucks and people, and the freecycle fisher price garage and old west town set. i LOVE having christmas and birthdays taken care of...lol!
riiiiiiiiiiight....i would like to see you not buy any xmas....:lol:

riiiiiiiiiiight....i would like to see you not buy any xmas....:lol:

i didn't buy any christmas (except a book and some socks for his stocking) or birthday last year! give me some credit for that...lol! but yes...i know...it's just because he didn't know any difference. i really may not do much else for christmas besides the table and chair. oh...and i have a yard sale children's bible and a toy i got on clearance at tuesday morning put away for christmas too. i'm sure it will be really hard to not buy anything else though. i more meant that i had the one bigger thing taken care of.

shop the back to school sales for art supplies to go with it! It's so much cheaper now than waiting..

Awesome find! Enjoy!

Val

shop the back to school sales for art supplies to go with it! It's so much cheaper now than waiting..

oh wow! what a great idea! and then i really could be done with ds!

i can't wait to see the desk..i've never seen any toddler size desks at PBK...what color is it? where will you put it?

Stephanie, buy several pencil cases.. I think they were 50 cents at Target the other day? Buy Washable Markers to fill one up.. they've got bold, bright and classic colors, $1 each.. buy crayons for another (you'll want the fat ones for now, I'm sure, and those sometimes don't go on sale, it just depends.. if they do, buy several boxes).. colored pencils are much loved around here.. glue sticks.. we like the plain unruled index cards for "on the go" art (I'll take colored pencils and some unruled index cards to make little pictures at dr. apts, for example.. and you could put that stuff into another small box to make it even easier to carry it with you)..

then, when it's closer and you feel like you need to do more, make homemade playdough :) If you buy the child safety scissors, cutting playdough is super good practice. He's young for that now, but while I'm thinking of it, I figured it was worth mentionning. :)

Stephanie, buy several pencil cases.. I think they were 50 cents at Target the other day? Buy Washable Markers to fill one up.. they've got bold, bright and classic colors, $1 each.. buy crayons for another (you'll want the fat ones for now, I'm sure, and those sometimes don't go on sale, it just depends.. if they do, buy several boxes).. colored pencils are much loved around here.. glue sticks.. we like the plain unruled index cards for "on the go" art (I'll take colored pencils and some unruled index cards to make little pictures at dr. apts, for example.. and you could put that stuff into another small box to make it even easier to carry it with you)..

then, when it's closer and you feel like you need to do more, make homemade playdough :) If you buy the child safety scissors, cutting playdough is super good practice. He's young for that now, but while I'm thinking of it, I figured it was worth mentionning. :)
you're brave. noone gets markers around here until they are much older! nothing except magic wonder usually!

i can't wait to see the desk..i've never seen any toddler size desks at PBK...what color is it? where will you put it?

it's in the other room right now, but i'm thinking it's a walnut color. not sure where i'll put it yet. will figure it out after christmas. not sure if it's called "toddler desk"...probably not. but it's just a children's size...like the child size table you have. isaac can actually "fit" at it okay right now if i put him in the chair myself. he played at it while it was in the living room on sat for a little while. definitely going to do the desk at christmas and the train table for his 2nd birthday. everyone says they started doing sit at a table art stuff at 18 months old.

Stephanie, buy several pencil cases.. I think they were 50 cents at Target the other day? Buy Washable Markers to fill one up.. they've got bold, bright and classic colors, $1 each.. buy crayons for another (you'll want the fat ones for now, I'm sure, and those sometimes don't go on sale, it just depends.. if they do, buy several boxes).. colored pencils are much loved around here.. glue sticks.. we like the plain unruled index cards for "on the go" art (I'll take colored pencils and some unruled index cards to make little pictures at dr. apts, for example.. and you could put that stuff into another small box to make it even easier to carry it with you)..

then, when it's closer and you feel like you need to do more, make homemade playdough :) If you buy the child safety scissors, cutting playdough is super good practice. He's young for that now, but while I'm thinking of it, I figured it was worth mentionning. :)

i like the pencil case and crayon ideas. and i love the index card art for being out.

Julie, you can always use them to draw a simple outline for "coloring book" type pictures :)

it's in the other room right now, but i'm thinking it's a walnut color. not sure where i'll put it yet. will figure it out after christmas. not sure if it's called "toddler desk"...probably not. but it's just a children's size...like the child size table you have. isaac can actually "fit" at it okay right now if i put him in the chair myself. he played at it while it was in the living room on sat for a little while. definitely going to do the desk at christmas and the train table for his 2nd birthday. everyone says they started doing sit at a table art stuff at 18 months old.
yea..just meant i'd never seen any desks in their catalogues for anyone small...that's great. you'll have to get a second chair though...where will jackson sit? :lol: you know you have 2 children to think about ! :hahaha:

yea..just meant i'd never seen any desks in their catalogues for anyone small...that's great. you'll have to get a second chair though...where will jackson sit? :lol: you know you have 2 children to think about ! :hahaha:

so true...what *was* i thinking? :smirk: