New Play Dough

Our Dino Play Dough was getting very yucky. I forgot to add cream of tartar when I made it and well, it just looked and felt yucky. So I made a new batch, this time WITH cream of tartar. I added some coconut extract and vibrant blue food coloring. I gotta tell you it smells so good in here today. The smell reminds me of the pina coladas we had in cuba. Yummy!

Make A Light Table On The Cheap

Look Familiar? maybe something from your childhood?

I bet you guessed right??? Well if you guessed Light Brite you are 100% correct. I made my light table out of a vintage light brite that has changed hands many, many times. Very simple really.....well um if you are handy or your husband is. In my case my husband is handy and I am the one with the vision.
All you do is cut a piece of plexiglass to fit the top of the light brite. Just make sure it fits snuggly and there will be no need to glue it in place.


Next make a box with an open top and bottom. The bottom needs to be open so you can feed your power Cord under it. You need to make your box slightly smaller than the top of the light brite so the top will rest nicely on the box. (I still need to paint the box)


Then just place the light bright in the box and voila! a light table made super cheap!

I have no idea how I came up with this one. Must be the sinus medication I'm taking lol
Jada also has a very nasty cold this weeked and is getting her share of popcicles to sooth her sore throat. She thought the light table was pretty cool but she was just too tired to really enjoy it. I hope she gets better soon!

If you made a Light Table I would love to see it:)



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Confession Friday

Here is my confession.............................I'm tired of dinosaurs. Really tired of dinosaurs! I think 2 weeks of Dino mania would have been enough. Since there is 5 weeks in November I have decided to take the last week as a prep week for December. The children will help me get the activity materials together and we will discover lots of new things. For example I am working on making a Light table. Should have everything finished tonight and will be ready to post all the details tomorrow??? maybe.

In the mean time here is a peek at some of the materials that we will use with the new light table. And because I really don't like posts without pictures.


Tissue paper shapes laminated.

Here Kitty, Kitty

I made Jada a Kitty hat. When I was a little girl I had a yellow one that my mom knit me (I will spare you my pic). I wanted Jada to have one just like it so I set out to make her one. Please know that I am a beginner knitter. I tried to take a picture of the one I just knit Jada but for some reason my camera doesn't like taking pictures of white??? camera is on it's way out:( So I found some pictures from the spring of another white one I knit her. I hope to make a pink one soon....


I made the neck part a bit longer to keep her neck warm. I don't allow Jada to wear a scarf for choking reasons so making the hat longer in the neck was a good solution. I got the pattern off the wrapper the wool came in. This Kitty hat was quick, easy and cheap!


Best of all Jada keeps it on her head!

Goop

What is better than goop? How about dinosaur goop?

Jada not sure what to think of this strange stuff.

Goop is a solid when you pick it up but quickly turns to liquid and oozes through your fingers.

The boys really liked this activity and quickly learned how to make the ooze last longer by picking up larger handfuls of goop.

To make your own goop you put 1 cup to 2 cups of corn starch in a container and add 1.5 cups of water. I just kept adding water until I got the consistency that I wanted. Cheap and easy fun!

Volcano Fun

I made some clear gelatin and put it in a yogurt container. When it was set I gently squeezed it out. This is supposed to look like a volcano? anyway she injects the food coloring into the gelatin to look like lava.
WARNING: THIS IS NOT AN ACTIVITY YOU WANT TO TRY IF YOU ARE NOT O.K. WITH MESS!!!
The result of red food coloring is red hands! We did this yesterday and her hands are still pinkish.

Her determined face

She thought this was a lot of fun. However, the activity didn't last long as Jada is not the most gentle toddler and ripped the top off the volcano.

This is an activity I will do again when she is a bit older. I think the gelatin would be so cool to have in a sensory bin. Especially for toddlers who love to squish their fingers into messy stuff. Summer activity for sure!

Dino Excavation and shadow fun

It finally stopped raining long enough for us to do our Dino excavation activity. 2 long weeks of straight rain was enough for me! I don't know what the children liked better, getting outside or digging for bones. Either way it was a fun afternoon! And a bit warm too!


Carefully brushing the sand away from the bones

Jada found a bone but quickly decided she wanted to bury it again. She liked having her own little cup to bury her bone so she could have it all to herself lol

The children really worked as a team on this one. Lots of excitement, shouts and smiles.

Shadow Fun!

One of the older children said she was stepping on my Shadow and then they all started stepping on each others shadows. We decided it would be cool to take our picture in Shadow form