This drives me around the bend...

[DayHomeMama]

If I am reading correctly, you were cutting the wreath out in front of the kids - that requires waiting and obviously this child is not good at that from the sounds of it. If it was a craft - as much as possible should have been pre done as in the wreaths would have been cut out so once handed the wreath and the other figures most would start playing with the figures.

Think about what the child was doing before you started craft time as in was she engaged in an activity she was enjoying - if so time to rethink importance of craft time. Also was this at the end of a circletime and if so had it gone on too long and she was bored.

What she did was wrong and she would be sitting with her pile of bits until the first one went on the floor on purpose then they would be removed. She would not have gotten the other pieces because she had nothing to glue them to.

When I am doing a craft I have to cut then I give them paper and crayons to colour while waiting their turn to glue. Often I have them colour something and I gather them up and give them paper to be creative while I cut the pieces out and then one by one they glue their craft.

In this instance we had coloured the wreaths the day before, then I cut them out after hours and gave them back to the kids today, they wanted to colour them some more and then we were going to glue them onto coloured construction paper. She started ripping it 1 minute into colouring them (she also had paper to colour as well).

If I have a craft or art that is involved, I usually call them to the table one at a time, the rest are allowed free play in the playroom (which I can see). That seems to work really well

[AmandaKDT]

I have a new almost 4 yo dcg that is the same. I spend so much time trying to keep her busy during nap time. Quiet time is getting so exhausting!

I only allow TV during quiet time for those that don't nap, otherwise it is not really quiet time for me. My 4 year old daughter has to look at books or play quietly in her room for about 20 minutes, then she can watch cartoons the rest of the quiet time. I would get absolutely no down time otherwise.

[JennJubie]

In this instance we had coloured the wreaths the day before, then I cut them out after hours and gave them back to the kids today, they wanted to colour them some more and then we were going to glue them onto coloured construction paper. She started ripping it 1 minute into colouring them (she also had paper to colour as well).

If that is the case, then yes, craft is over for her.