2 years 4 months Here is A folding up face washers Here is a folded washer. And here is A running away with all the folded towels so that he can lie on them 😅
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2 years 4 months I saw this idea from Planting Peas, via Pinterest and thought A would like this one. Although he loves coloured hair bands, he’s not so keen on brushing his hair. He gets out his hair and container and likes playing with them. I keep all our cardboard rolls, for craft and for planting seeds, so this was really easy. Sorry not sorry for my crappy photos. I’m usually busy with the actual activity and just snapping a quick shot on my phone. You’ get real action shots from me 😅
Doesn’t this photo give you the impression that A loved this work? Putting pom poms into an ice cube tray - looks like a great idea. A didn’t think so. This was as far as he got before he got bored and just dumped a few more in anywhere and left the rest. I thought maybe he already knows how to do this or maybe it’s because he doesn’t like the feel of these pom poms - as we all know toddlers do have very strong preferences that change like pretty much instantly. So later in the day I put some bells into the bowl, and left tongs out. He loves tongs, I fact last night he wanted to go to bed with the BBQ tongs. He came back to the work but not for much longer then the first time. Anyway, this provided A with approximately 20 seconds of entertainment but I thought I would share an activity fail with you. We can’t all be perfect, all of the time.
In the meantime our cat has been eyeing off the pom poms. He loves to kick them around the house and crash into things in the wee hours of the morning. 2 years 3 months Sponging with some paint. At first A wasn’t into using the sponge because it was an unusual texture but he got used to it. To be honest he’s not into getting his hands messy, so that’s why I keep making him try. He’s getting better. I swear he likes clean up more then the activity sometimes. He was done before I could get a proper photo 😅
Stamping using a fruit or vegetable... everyone’s done that. But we’re ‘creeping’ up to Halloween 🎃 so I wanted to do some themed craft activities. I kept some apple halves that would normally go out to the compost. Luckily my husband didn’t have a fridge clean out on the weekend. We used orange acrylic paint, and two glitter paints - gold and red. A refused to wear the paint smock 😩 but luckily he is a pretty clean crafter. He didn’t get that from me.
2 years 2 months I stole this idea from my friend Ang, who also has a truck crazy kid. I used two long strips of bulsa wood. It was fairly thick - possibly 7mm. I used a pair of sharp but long scissors and cut the planks in half. I then used washi tape to makes lines and zebra crossings. A helped with some of these, The especially crooked ones. We then slapped some black acrylic paint on them. I used a hair dryer to speed up the drying time, and then we gave it a quick coat of Mod Podge. I used the dryer again. A actually used one of the roads before I got to dry it, so it has slid tracks on it. Adds to the realism 😆 I then used washi tape to makes lines and zebra crossings. A helped with some of these, The especially crooked ones. We then slapped some black acrylic paint on them. I used a hair dryer to speed up the drying time, and then we gave it a quick coat of Mod Podge. I used the dryer again. A actually used one of the roads before I got to dry it, so it has slid tracks on it. Adds to the realism 😆 This has been a really successful activity and is used several times a week. Although currently A lines them up so he has a very short 8 lane highway 😊 rather then a long road with corners like I would have done. 2 years 3 months
This printable came from The Measured Mom. When A saw it come out of the printer he was keen to colour in! Not much to say really, except I read the text to him, and he picked out the colours he wanted to use. I coloured in a helicopter and a tractor so I talked about the colours I wanted to use as well. 2 years 3 months
I know everyone knows about puzzles. I love wooden ones, but the ones I love tend to be expensive. I look for puzzles that have realistic images and or gives us plenty to talk about while we do it. I’m posting this though to talk to you about where to buy them. Most of my puzzles are actually second hand. Second hand shops and Op shops are a good source. I also get them from on Facebook Buy, Swap and Sell groups. Join a local community group or a focused toy group in your state or country. The above puzzle was from a Facebook group, I bought a few things to combine postage. The edges are a little worn but still in good condition. 2 years 3 months A really likes this activity. We squirted some paint out - naming the colours, opened up his art book, and used the car to paint with. We talked about how blue and yellow made green. We talked about the tracks the car made. We talked about the ‘farting’ noise the car made as it rolled along 😅 I saw this idea from Play to Learn Preschool. Click the link to go to the original post. The last step was ‘clean up’ which I feel most mummy bloggers don’t talk about 😊
2 years 3 months
A expressed an interesting us cutting paper. So while he used (real) scissors to cut into paper, I cut up shapes as well. He named the shapes (he got most of them but I had to remind him what a rectangle and a square was). We coated a page in his art book with glue and then he stuck the shapes down.
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AuthorHi, I'm Pamela. A nail crazy lady with green hair. I live in outback Queensland with my toddler and my husband. I love books, writing and crafting. For more info about me go to my 'About' page. Archives
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