Easter Egg Sticker Activity

 This simple activity was a big hit with Jude! I used it as a listening and following directions exercise by telling him what letter to put the sticker on.

We worked on this for over an hour, there will be many more sticker activities in our future!

xo 

Lizzie

Bath Tub Art Studio Easter Egg Painting

I set up the bath tub art studio again! This time Jude painted eggs and he LOVED it! 

We used Crayola's washable neon paints, Alex Toy funky paint brushes and the non-slip colorful dot mat is from Muchkin!

I put washi tape on a few eggs so that I could remove it when he was done painting and have striped eggs! 

I am absolutely obsessed with how these turned out! He did such a great job and I am really loving the neon colors that pop through!

Happy Easter crafting!

xo Lizzie

Tie Dye Snow Sensory Fun

We are getting hit with another big snow storm tomorrow! Perfect time to share this sensory activity that is perfect for days where snow has your kiddos stuck inside... Tie Dye Snow!

This kept my one and a half year old happily busy for almost 2 hours! I actually had to go outside a few times to get more snow for him!

 All you need is a bin or a tub for the snow, little bottles, and water mixed with food coloring! I also put out measuring cups so he could dig and scoop.

These bottles are perfect for little hands and I didn't have to refill them. They were large enough to last the entire 2 hours!

Click here for the bottles we used!

Have fun 

and 

fingers crossed that this is the last snow storm this winter!

xo Lizzie

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

To celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss, I made a tablecloth out of coloring pages and made Jude a green "egg". The egg was actually pudding with a Nilla wafer in the center.

This was super easy and Jude really loved coloring the tablecloth and eating the pudding. This is something we will do again next year!

xo Lizzie

Year Of The Dog

Our town is having a parade to celebrate Chinese New Year! I thought it would be fun to make something to wave while we watch the parade, and I came up with this easy dog maraca!

We just made it out of 2 bowls, with a paper towel roll for a handle and pasta inside to shake and make noise. 

 I let Jude paint the pieces and then I assembled it with a hot glue gun. He ate his lunch in his high chair and watched me put it together. I thought it was important for him to see it go together so that he understood better that we made it. He was very excited with the finished product and had to show his dad when he came home!

Can't wait to take him to the parade! Happy New Year!!!

xo Lizzie

An Indoor Beach Party For Elmo's Birthday

Elmo's Birthday is February 3rd and we decided to throw him an indoor beach party to celebrate!

 Jude and I decorated a plain cake from Wegmans (our favorite grocery store). We used blue frosting, gummy candies, graham cracker crumbs (for the sand) and a few bath toys (they were clean!).

This adorable tote is from The Land of Nod.

Vintage sand toys.

Our indoor beach party! Jude LOVED this and played for hours! We will be setting up the indoor beach again, it was a big hit and such a great way to kick those winter blues!

Kinetic sand is less messy for indoor play and still a great sensory activity!

 Vintage Sesame Street toys.

Happy Birthday Elmo! Jude loves you!

xo

Jude's Mama

Christmas Red Truck Footprint Craft

Just wanted to share the Christmas footprint craft I made with Jude. Our holiday card photos were taken in a red truck so I thought this twist on the Christmas tree footprint was perfect!

xo Lizzie

Little Blue Truck Halloween Costume

My son's favorite book is Little Blue Truck  written by Alice Schertle  and illustrated by Jill McElmurry. He asks us to read it to him every day and it's a book that I never get sick of because it's well written and has a great message.

Since he loves the book so much, I decided he needed to be the Big Green Toad driving the Little Blue Truck for Halloween this year!

I first got to work on the Toad costume. I found green basics at Primary. I purchased sweatpants and a hooded sweatshirt. I used adhesive backed felt to create the belly and bumps on the toad. Using adhesive backed felt means that I can remove them and he can wear the pants and sweatshirt again after Halloween! The eyes of the toad are 3 inch white styrofoam balls attached to the hoodie. To attach them I cut a 2 inch circle of the adhesive backed green felt and super glued the styrofoam to the circle. Once the eye was stuck to the felt, I removed the paper backing on the felt and just stuck the circle to the hood.

With the Toad costume completed, I moved on to creating the Little Blue Truck!

My husband found this Little Tikes Cozy Truck listed very cheap on Craigslist and I thought it was perfect for what I wanted to do!

For the truck makeover, I stripped all of the sticker decals off of the entire truck and gave it a good bath. Once it was dry I covered the wheels and steering wheel with plastic bags and spray painted the entire truck blue.

I let the blue paint dry for 2 days, then I taped off the bumper and sprayed it silver.

I cut the shape of the front grill/hood ornament piece out of cardboard. I glued several layers of the cutout cardboard together so that it would be thicker and stronger. I sprayed it sliver and painted black lines on it for the grill. I attached it to the truck with 3M adhesive strips.

The truck eyes or headlights actually work! They are 2 touch activated battery operated LED lights mounted to the truck.

And the last little detail... that has nothing to do with the book... I added a new personalized license plate decal to back of the truck!

The Little Blue Truck's book cover has all of the animals piled in the back of the truck. To get that look, I tied 4 animal shaped balloons to the back handle of the truck. The balloons can be found HERE.

This was fun to make and was so happy I could do this for my son! 

xo Lizzie