AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) – Many children are automatically drawn to activities, like sports and music. For some children, it may take a bit more time to find a less common activity that sparks an interest.
Eleven-year-old Laken Carthel creates some impressive and beautiful jewelry, and has already been developing his craft for a couple of years.
Not having an interest in sports like his siblings, it took awhile to find this fifth grader’s niche.
“I always played with clay at my house and they thought it might be something like that. So I got started and I really liked it,” Laken Carthel said.
His mother explained how a simple conversation sparked an interest for her son.
“One night at dinner we were just sitting around the table and my husband suggested ‘would you like to make jewelry? Even with just beads, or is there some kind of jewelry you’d like to make?’ And he said ‘I think I’d like that,” Madison Carthel said.
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