Upgraded PlayDough Play!

Upgraded PlayDoh Play!After a long day in the sun, sometimes you need some air conditioned fun… To keep littles’ boredom at bay, try our Upgraded PlayDough Play!

 

1. Work with a plastic fork and knife to practice cutting skills.

2. Take your leggos and plastic blocks to make different imprints in the dough. We like using a comb and rubber band too.

3. Rediscover your plastic animals and make fossil prints!

4. Roll tiny dough balls and practice counting, addition, and subtraction.

5. Roll long lines of dough and use them to make the letters of the alphabet or spell out your name.

6. Bust out some pipe cleaners, beads, and googly eyes to create your own creepy creature.

7. Add some essential oils or glitter for even more magical, Upgraded PlayDough Play!

 

Nature Scavenger Hunt

Nature Scavenger Hunt

A trip to the park takes on a new sense of adventure when you create a NATURE SCAVENGER HUNT together!

First, make a list of things you want to seek. Littles will love to find different colors and shapes. But don’t forget to play with finding different textures too! We searched for things that were: fuzzy, smooth, rough, soft, and round.

Bigger kids can explore searching for manmade versus nature-made things. And everyone will get a kick out of finding something beautiful and finding something funny looking!

You can even include your other senses on your journey! Can you find something that smells wonderful or makes sound?

One of the best things we can teach our littles is to pay attention to detail. So get ready to see your local play spot with a fresh set of eyes. Your little explorer will learn and grow each step of the journey!

KIDDO KAZOO!

IMG_4997We all know that the things that keep kids entertained the longest are the noisiest! So instead of fighting the commotion, we decided to embrace the hullabaloo with our KIDDO KAZOO!

 

1. Add glue to a recycled toilet paper core. We painted ours on with a paintbrush, then decided to just roll it in the liquid goo for messier fun.

2. Start collaging different pieces of paper to your core. This is a great time to review colors and shapes – Even textures if you have a variety of papers. Play with overlapping collage pieces for a more layered look.

3. Top with a small square of wax paper & a rubber band. Then let the kazoo cacophony play out!!

Easy Breezy Octopus

Easy Octopus

We’ve been obsessed with everything Ocean related since our Labor Day trip to the beach. If it swims, we want to explore it! After counting octopus tentacles for the umpteenth time, we decided to make our very own Easy Breezy Octopus!

1. Cut a paper plate in half and decorate the front to be your sea creature’s face. You can even talk about how octopus change colors to camouflage themselves with the color of their surroundings!

2. Count 8 leftover crepe paper party streamers together. What could you do if you had 8 hands?! Glue them to the back as silky tentacles.

3. Watch as your ocean critter floats around the house, tickling with her tentacles anything in her path!