A couple weeks ago my mom came to visit. Aside from a few gifts for the mancub, she also brought several bags of empty aluminum cans. You see, I collect cans to take to my Scout troop in order to raise money for outings. My mom was just helping. So before she headed home we decided to smash the cans and collect the pull tabs for her friend.
We were in the parking lot of my apartment complex smashing cans and pulling tabs when we caught the attention of the local kids. They came over, curious about what we were doing. We explained that we were smashing cans so that I can take them to recycle. One child asked if she could try smashing a can. I happily gave her one and before I or my mother realized we had about 5 or 6 kids grabbing cans by the armful and smashing them. They enjoyed it. They made games of it. Some smashed two at a time. One would run after a runaway can while other smashed.
It was awesome to see kids enjoy doing work and actually showing interest in something that doesn't require batteries.
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