I use Pinterest almost daily to get inspiration for new meal ideas, kids activities and crafts and DIY projects around the house.
This particular craft I’ve seen floating around for about 2 years. Celery Heart Flowers. It’s supposed to be a simple but cute gift giving craft that just requires a couple supplies and a celery root/core.
I was breaking down the produce while Shae was in the kitchen and remembered to save the celery piece. Shae was excited. She knew who she was going to give her card to and what it was going to say and how many flowers she was going to fit on her paper.
The prep took seconds but it was an instant fail. The blob of paint on the paper looked nothing like a flower. Neither did any of the other attempts. Pinterest failed us. It hasn’t been the first time and it definitely won’t be the last.
Shae wasn’t going to let that stop her. She ended up painting the paper plate with the left over paint.
About Melinda
Aaw poor thing…I was actually going to try this because I saw it a few days ago well I guess not now lol
i definitely say skip it LOL
Pinterest- disappointing parents and children since 2011. LOL I love it still though don’t you? =)
i do love it LOLOL
I chuckled as I read this because I was going to have the boys do it, too! Thanks for saving me from a total fail! Maybe the celery needed to be manually separated in the middle? Who knows.
I tried to separate it and it just broke off. I read somewhere afterwards to try ink pads, mine aren’t big enough for that
Wow! I hadn’t seen that one, and now I know to avoid it. Thanks for being the guinea pig!
Shae was a trooper, she didn’t see it as a fail, it was an opportunity to use the paint for something else
It did look like a promising project, didn’t it? Thanks for letting me know now to bother.
Love the shots, though! 
it was fun and really easy up until she pulled up on that celery LOL
hahaha, oh boo. That is unfortunate but it happens. On to the next one!
oh and there are plenty of other projects in the works
I think they look nice. I would not classify that as a Pinterest Fail at all!
Oh boo, that sounds like a really fun project. Glad she found something to do after the fail though.
she’s good at making the best out of any situation
Oh look at that sad face, Melinda! Thanks for ‘pintesting’ it for us, I’ve seen the idea around forever and now I know to save my celery for soup and not art.
there have been other fails that I’ve been able to salvage this was one that went right into the trash though LOL
I tried this to make homemade wrapping paper at Christmas. It was a huge fail too! I am glad you admit to the pinfail. It’s probably more common than we think!!
LOL I usually wouldn’t waste my time to document something that didn’t go well but I thought it was particularly funny
That’s lame that it didn’t work out. I have seen that pin multiple times and thought how cool it looked. Clearly it was just luck for the person who did it.
Shae had a theory, she thinks the celery was too tight together
Cute idea…too bad it didn’t work out! How did our parents manage to survive without Pinterest?
I would so love for you to link this up on my linky Share and Tell…just because you didn’t let the “fail” get you down. Sure, there was no beautiful rose, BUT, you kept the activity going and let your adorable daughter keep painting and crafting. This is exactly the type of thing moms need to hear and see!
http://designeddecor.com/talkin-about-thursday-link-party4/
Awww… bummer! I know exactly what “pin” you are talking about, because I have it pinned to one of my boards and was planning on trying it with a certain book we will row for Five In A Row…. It looked fail-proof! Guess NOT! Thanks for sharing! I’ve had a many pinterest fails, too!
next time let it dry out a bit