knitted baubles

Just found this on Vouge knitting
www.vogueknitting.com/vkm/?q=node/86


Great for using up left overs, always something every knitter needs in my opinion.
So may i suggest that those of you who have kids of knitting age can now set them a new christmas decoration making challenge and see what you get. If i had i certainly would. whats wrong with this sort of child labour/fun.
Surely it has more interest than then licking(paper cuts on tongue)sticking(to the furniture as well as the paper) and looping of paper chain making that i was set to do by my parents in the 70's/early 80's 'to keep me out of mischeif'. And really was child labour rather than fun. Which of course never lasted for long, beacause

A. I was a quick little crafter even back then and so my parents barely had time to cook the mince pies before i was finished.

and

B. I was born for mischeif!