If I've learned one thing with little (and bigger) boys it's that they like to pick things up and carry them around. From rocks and sticks to coins and small toys. I never know what I fill find in their pockets. So I knew that Littlest would absolutely love this simple upcycled plastic bottle zipper container. We were able to do this mainly with items we already had at home. Two plastic … [Read more...]
You are my Sunshine
Yellow ducks. Yellow brick roads. Yellow submarines. We are all about the cheerful color yellow this week. Culminating in creating a yellow "You are my Sunshine" basket to take to a friend who could use some cheering up. Of course Littlest needed to test the pinwheel before it went into the basket. We mainly focused on yellow packaging, rather than if the items inside were … [Read more...]
Treasure Map: X Marks the Spot
I remember loving a good scavenger hunt/treasure map search as a kid. But as a parent sometimes creating the map is the hardest part. Not any more. I started by using Google Maps to find a satellite photo of the park near our apartment building. I took a screen shot of the park and then put it into a photo editing program where I changed it to black and white and lightened it. Print it on some … [Read more...]
Straw Weaving
For the kids first adventure with weaving I thought I would have us try straw weaving. I was able to use things I already had around the house. Straws (I had bendy straws so I just them them cut off) Yarn scraps (for the base of the loom and for weaving) Scissors Tape Tapestry needle (optional) To start with you will need equal pieces of yarn to go through each straw. These … [Read more...]
Family Tree
Lately Littlest has been very interested in talking about how everyone in our family is connected. While we were working on the letter 'T' this week I took the opportunity to print out a family tree for him. I really loved this one with the twisted trunk. We talked about how Mommy and Daddy, our names are on the trunk, combined to form our family. It was also handy that the tree has three major … [Read more...]