I’m thinking of making a plush kitty for my 6-year-old sister as a Christmas gift, but since I put a lot of work into my crafts, I’m worried she’ll ruin it. What is the most destructive age for a little girl? Since she’s six, will she be more likely to annhilate it?
I think this is more of a IMHO question and in my HO most children of both sexes are not naturally destructive but simply have different levels of carelessness. What if your sister loves the kitty to death? If you give it in love and she drags it with her everywhere because she loves it and you, it is bound to get damaged. Is this so bad?
If it had been given to me when I was six, it might well have met a bad end. Maybe you could start by putting together a kit so she could make a craft herself, maybe make it with you so you could teach her. As a little girl I would have thought that was pretty cool.
Does she have ADHD, if not then get her the kitten.
Unless you are a unspayed female cat I think this might cause you some trouble, but good luck anyway 
The best loved toys often have the least stuffing. Even if she does destroy it, she’ll remember it fondly - one of my favorite toys from my childhood was a plush dolphin from my older brother. I’d say go for it - toys were meant to be played with!
The OP is probably better served in IMHO.
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By the way one of my friends girlfriend acted one year, 22?
Huh. I had a dolly at age 3, and when I returned to India after 14 years, they still had the dolly. IT was worse for wear, but I didn’t destroy it. It depends on how kids are raised…I was told not to destroy things or I wouldn’t get another. I had all my My Little Poniess until I was too old to play with them (Mom gave them to a garage sale, waa!)
Sounds like you’re making the kitty for yourself, not for her. If so, I’d suggest you make the kitty, put it in a glass case where you can admire it, then go out to a toy store and buy her one she can destroy if she wants to. You might also bear in mind that a toy is as apt to be ignored as damaged. Can you handle the rejection?
Girls, BTW, do not tend to be terribly destructive at any age, at least until they become a Prime Minister or a CEO.
If it is as sturdy as a standard plush animal, it should be okay. If it has a lot of fiddly bits attached, they might come off if she sleeps with it. In my experience, plush toys hold up pretty well, but delicate display type dolls are liable to get roughed up. My daughter was pretty gentle at that age, but she didn’t really get the idea of a toy you couldn’t play with, and who could blame her, really.
When you give a give, you have to let go of what will happen to it. (Destruction, lost, sold, traded, bartered…)
Once it is out of your hands, it is out of your hands.
I guess you’ve (frog~lady) never read The Velveteen Rabbit.
I would take loved to death as a compliment over left on the shelf because big sister said to not ruin when she gave it to me for Christmas…
I still have a few of my lovies from childhood–and all bear the trials of time and use. My kids all have their stuffed animals and all show signs of deep and earnest love.
Why are you making it for her, if you don’t want her to enjoy it?
If it bothers you that much, go to the store and buy her a plush kitty. I only received two “toys you can’t play with” as a child. Both were dolls, and I had no attachment to either one of them; they were donated to a children’s consignment shop.
With that introduction, I’m thinking the odds are decreasing for Frog-lady to come back to make post #2. At least, not in this thread.
I think it depends on the child. Some kids are just harder on their toys )and clothes, and shoes and furniture) than others. She’s your sister. You should know her well enough to know how she treats her toys. I say give it too her - she’ll love it, even if it doesn’t stay like new.
StG
Girls do the most damage in their late teens and early 20’s…
I think it’s in the 12-14 age range. It’s when Dad looks at her and realizes his little girl is growing up and becoming a woman. And he’s mostly proud…but his heart still breaks, because the little girl is now only a sweet memory.
For me, it was the look in her eyes when I told her that the little boy had drowned. She seemed especially affected when we told her that his spelling medal hadn’t been found.
35+, that’s when they can theoretically become President of the US and control the nuclear football.
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