Pom-Pom Caterpillar

So I saw Pom-Poms at the store the other day and I just knew they would be great for the boys to play with. It wasn't till I got home that I came up with just what to do with them tho.

Pom-Pom Caterpillars are so easy to make and cheap too. 

What you will need.

A leaf print out ( Just google till you find one you like.

Pom-Poms 

Glue

Googly eyes

Marker, color pencil, crayon, just something to color with

What to do.

Once you have got the leaf you wanted and printed it out

have the kids color them. Both Eli and Ray used markers.

Then I had the boys choose what pom-poms they wanted to use.

After we got 6 big pom-poms out I put glue on the paper and let the

boys put the pom-poms on top in the order they wanted. After we got the

big pom-poms on we took 4 little ones and made antennas with them. Then 

comes the eyes and mouth.. That's it :) The one Eli and I made we sent to 

Joshua in a care package so he could see it. :)

Sorry I don't remember what site I got mine from.

This is Eli's leaf. 

Yes he tried eating it.

This is Ray :)

He wanted a smile and nose

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How to make homemade colored sand

This is so much cheaper then buying already colored sand but it does take some work.

What you will need
Play Sand ( I got a 50lb bag at Lowe's for under $4.00
Food Coloring
Water
Spoon
Bowl
Plastic Baggy

                                                                         What to do.

I wanted the same amount of sand in each color. 

1. Put the amount of sand you wish to dye the first color into a bowl.

2. Wet the sand but not enough to soak it just make it damp all around.

3. Put some food coloring onto the sand.

4. Mix it in. you will want to kind of push down with the spoon and drag it to really get the color mixed in.

5. Add more food coloring if you want a brighter shade. When this dries it's a lot lighter so make it dark.

6. Bag it up and let it dry.

All done.

You use colored sand for so many things.

1. Sensory Bins
2.. Sand Art
and many more things you can get a lot of ideas by looking it up online. I'll be sharing what we use ours for..



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Rainbow Colored Flowers Experiment

Mom came up with this one.

I'll keep updating on how the flower look day to day.

Just in case no one has heard of this before I don't want to share what happen at the top of the post.

I did mine in rainbow but you can do this in one color or two. You can do that to match a wedding or party. I would start it about a week before tho so it has plenty of time to work.

What you will need.

Jars , vase , cups, ( I used all 3 )

food coloring ( I used about 10 drops of each color. I wanted it strong )

Water

White Flowers

What to do.

1.Fill the jars up with water.

2. Put in the food coloring..                

3 Cut off the flowers and make sure to slant them.

4. Put them into the jars and just leave them there till you get the color you want. 

I didn't use all of my flowers but the rest I am going to plant outside.

Day 1

Day 3 you can see how the flower is starting to change colors.

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Rainbow Fizzy Fun

If anyone loves the way Vinegar and Baking Soda mix You really need to try this.
It's super easy and cheap and SO MUCH FUN.

What you will need.
Baking Soda
Kool Aid
Vinegar
Pan
bowl
Med dropper

1. Take some baking soda 

and mix with the kool aid.. ( 1 color at a time please

I did grape first then lemon and last cherry

Then I put some vinegar in a cup and gave then droppers to the kids.

Let have some fun.

Eli ( 14 months) didn't want to use the dropper but he loved to put his hand into it.

Look at those colors

Ray (10 years) wanted to mix it together

What we ended up with.

This smelled AMAZING. Even my sister Nita ( 13 years) was on the floor playing with it.


If you try this let me know how it worked for you.









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cooked Noodle Sensory Bag

Today we worked on colors and squishy.

Eli loved stepping on these. He also loved to throw them out of the bin and throwing them back into it. 

When he started to get a little bored with it I gave him a old bucket that was once used for cotton candy. He then started stacking the bags on top of each other and throwing the bags into the bucket.

What I used.

noodles ( I got mine form Dollar Tree but you an get them even cheaper with coupons )

food coloring 

plastic bags 

duct tape.

Step to making this awesome bag.

1. Cook the noodles like you would any other time. Make sure to put a little oil in it so they don't get sticky.
2. Put equal amounts of noodles into your bags ( 1 bag for each color )

3. Put the food coloring in.
4  Close and get out as much air as you can

5. Duct tape the tops to keep the bags from opening.

6. Give to the kids to mix the color in :)

What we ended up with.

This is how I duct taped the tops

Sorry for the mess in the back ground. We haven't cleaned up yet from playing today.

Squishy

Putting them into the bucket

Now he's dumping the bucket back out

Sorry for the bad pis it's super hard to get a good pic of Eli (14 months) due to him moving so much.

After all that playing he was ready for a healthy snack

 playcreateexplore did some noodle play also but hers is a little different. If you would like to see what she did  here is the link


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Rainbow Rice

It's so pretty

 I wanted something that was okay for Eli ( 14 month) to be able to play with that felt hard but was also safe for him if he put it into his mouth. So we made Rainbow rice it's a great way for us to go over stuff that's hard and to be able to go over his colors.










                                                                What you will need.

Rubbing Alcohol or vinegar ( I used vinegar)

Uncooked white rice 

Food coloring

Plastic baggies or just a bowl ( I used plastic baggies )

So for the first step I got everything together.

I used 1/4 cup for rice and 1 TSP for Vinegar

We added 1 TSP of Vinegar and then added some food coloring to it about 5-6 drops 

After that we put in 1/4 cup of rice and make sure to get all of the air out of the bag and close it. Then Mix it

So I had pics of Eli mixing it put for some reason my cam deleted it :( I'm upset about it too.

To mix it just move the rice around the bag really shake it up till all the rice looks colored

And now we wait and let it sit and soak up the color for a few hours . (I left mine over night )

Then lay the rice out on a cookie sheet or glass plate to dry for a few hours.. I had mine in the sun fr around 2 hrs and it was dry.

All done.

I'll be using the rice in a Sensory Bin for Eli to play in.

I post with everything we use to rice for.

This is a super easy , cheap , and fun thing to do with kids of any age.

If you've ever made colored rice let me know how you did it and how it turned out. :)

Have a wonderful day

You can see where I got the idea from here
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