Blueberry smoothie

For blue week I've also been trying to get blue things for the boy to eat so we made blueberry smoothies

What we used.

Frozen Blueberries ( You can use fresh )

Plain fat free yogurt ( You can also use vanilla )

2% milk 

ice

sugar ( We only used alittle bit)

Then you just blend it up

:) Healthy and super yummy

Okay so it's not really blue but you get the point.

You can see what else we've done for blue week here


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Inside Blue sensory bin

I'm still learning to do sensory bins so this one isn't the best I've done. Eli ( 14 months )

still had a lot of fun with it.

What I used.

Blue rice ( You an see how I made it  Here )

Aqua beads ( I got mine from Dollar Tree )

Plastic toys

Cookie cutters 

Sponges

Rubber ducks

plastic ball

This is a Aqua bead they are clear when you buy them but you can let them soak in  water  mixed with food coloring to  color them like I did.

Also if you get the rice wet the coloring will come off and stain.

You can see what else we've done for Blue week here

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Blue water sensory bin

I took Eli (14 months ) and Ray ( 10 years ) out to play on Tuesday the 19th because it was a very nice day out and I wanted them to get some sun instead of being stuck inside all day. 

I made this pretty cool Blue water sensory bin for them to play with and they loved it.

What I used.

Water dyed blue with food coloring

Blue plastic toys

Blue fish tank rocks ( I got mine from Dollar Tree )

Cookie cutters ( from the $1 part of Target )

Blocks 

sponges

The boys spent over 30mins playing with this and yes Eli had to get in the water haha it was okay. 

They used the sponges to make water marks on the side walk. We also took out some bubbles and played with those about another 30mins. 

We did this before they got dressed for the day so yes they are in night clothes

You can see what else we've done for Blue week here

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Hot/Cold Sensory Bins

I came up with these Sensory bins last min but Eli (14 months ) Loved it. I am wanting to teach him hot and cold so that very soon I can teach him that hot can hurt you so he'll be more careful around hot stuff.


What you will need.

Bins
cold water
warm water
food coloring  ( didn't use any this time )

The one one the right is the Hot one and the one on the left is old. I just used plain water but next time I will be adding red    food coloring for hot and blue for cold. 

These are re-freezable ice cubes I got mine at Target for $1 and it came with a lot of different colors. 

Yep he had to get into the bin haha

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Color Weeks. Blue week

This week is blue week in our house. I got together a cool blue sensory bin for Eli (14month) which I will take a pic of later once he is done breast feeding. We also had a really awesome blue bath tonight and we even went over some shaped I drew on he wall in blue bath paint. Eli even said Circle and Triangle and Blue which sounded like glue haha.

I ran the water then added some blue food coloring. I also added as many blue bath tub  safe toys I could find
within a couple mins.

See the shaped? I was so proud of him for saying the shapes name with me . He even pointed to the circle.

He was rubbing the stuff on the walls.

He was all smiles the whole bath.

It's so hard to get clear pics with this boy. He jut loves to move around

 That's all I have for now but I will keep updating till this week is over...
3/17/2013

Blue Sensory bin

Yummy Blueberry smoothie 

Blue water and outside play sensory bin

Bath tub shaving cream paint 

Blue bath

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Fluffy Stuff

I was on playcreateexplore's blog and I saw this fun looking stuff I wanted to try with the boys but mine didn't turn out like hers. Oh well maybe next time. If you want to see her post click here > playcreateexplore.com

 This is what I ended up with tho. It was still fun to play with and really neat to watch the boys play with it.

Ray(10 years old) got out a plastic knife and fork and was cutting it up.

What you will need ...

CORNSTARCH
SHAVING CREAM
Food coloring if you want

So I didn't keep track of how much I used of each and I think that's where I went wrong but I didn't have alot of cornstarch

I would much rather have everyone go to the website I give you and see what she did because her's is way better then ours I hope to try this again very soon once I get more cornstarch and I will do a update post on it then.

Have a wonderful day everyone









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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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