I am so forgetful! I found my camera yesterday morning, took it to work, then forgot it there. So, I have no photos of the Peperkorns yet. I’ll have to post those later.
I can show you the work of their second-eldest daughter, though.
See, at the incredibly inspiring early childhood conference I went to a couple of weeks ago, our keynote speaker made mention that he had a manual paper shredder and there is nothing his kids liked more than shredding paper. They can use it for art, or just playing with. I thought that sounded like a splendid idea, but the manual paper shredders I found online looked like we would break them in a heartbeat.
However! Uncommon Goods had a hand-powered shredder that looked so interesting! It’s just a cylinder with a slot and two ends that move. You put the paper in, twist both ends and behold! Paper shreds! I liked the idea of using both arms to make it go – the children would use their whole arms and it could help with coordination. Just look at this thing!
Ok, I don’t know what is wrong with me, because I watched that video several times after I ordered mine, and for some reason I thought it was going to be big enough to stick a regular 8 1/2 inch piece of paper inside.
It is not.
It’s about as long as a Sharpie.
Don’t get me wrong – it works, but you have to modify your paper. The directions say to fold a piece of paper until it fits, but it only will take a double-fold. You can’t fold it in fourths – it’s too much paper and you can’t get started. But once we figured it out it was quite fun. I gave Isabella all our unwanted mail and told her she couldn’t leave our house until the basket was full of shreds.
She did me proud.
Gretchen says
I like the sound it makes! It seems like it should be used for food prep. I am trying to think of what food could be used in that thing. I suppose a fruit roll-up would gum it up a bit.
Lauren says
But oh, how fun those strips would be to eat….
Peggy says
How about pasta? Make the dough & then put it in that thing for some nice homemade spaghetti!
Brad says
It looks like it’s just the right size for shredding dollar bills, if you ever had a need for that.
Mark says
What the What???
But…If you don’t give to Lutheran Word Relief and Human Care every time you get one of our letters…………….
I lose my job!
Mark says
(If it worked for admissions recruiters, maybe it will work for fundraisers.)
Lauren says
Sigh. Where’s my tape…..