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

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

Pumpkin Painting

My son Jude is a year old. He knows what a pumpkin is and even knows the stem is called a stem. He gets pretty excited about them! I think that maybe it is because they look like a ball or a balloon and he can beat on it like drum (he's been banging on all of our pumpkins in the house). But whatever the case, he's very into pumpkins! 

He's done sensory activities and a few have involved painting. So I knew he could handle painting his own pumpkin this year. 

I made vinyl letters to spell out his name and stuck them to the pumpkin. After he covered the pumpkin in paint, I removed them  so that the orange of the pumpkin would show through!

I pre-dipped every brush in a different paint color, so that he could just grab them and get to work! 

He had so much fun!!!

His finished masterpiece! 

I love it!!!

Happy Halloween!

Lizzie

Sensory Sunday Funday: Little Blue Truck

My son LOVES the book, Little Blue Truck. So this weekend's Sensory Sunday Funday was Little Blue Truck themed!

The "mud" was actually oobleck! Oobleck is both a liquid and a solid. And it's just cornstarch and water! I used 2, 16 oz boxes of cornstarch and a little over 2 cups of water. You can play around, adding water until you get it the consistency you like. I added a little bit of cocoa powder to make it look more like mud.

This was a really fun activity for Jude! He loved pulling the animals out of the mud and "washing" them off in the little bucket of water. He did stick his feet in the "mud" and even sat in it. We had a great time!

xo Lizzie

Sensory Sunday Funday: Paint Camp

I set up a "paint camp" for Jude's latest Sensory Sunday Funday activity.

I purchased non toxic Eco finger paints. They use fruits and veggies to dye their paints!

I also bought large paint brushes that would be easy for Jude to use. He loved these Alex Toy Little Hand Funky Brushes! 

He had so much fun and I was amazed that he instantly knew what to do with both the paint and the brushes (he's only 13 months old!). I just put some paint on the paper and he spread it around with his finger and smushed it with the paint brushes.

Working on his masterpiece!

This was a great activity for him and it was well worth taking a few minutes to set it up nice for him!

xo Lizzie

Sensory Sunday Funday: The Refreshing Rainbow Spaghetti Dig

I have started doing sensory activites with my son, who is now 1 year old. This one was hugely sucessful! He LOVED it! We played for over an hour and he was really into it.

For this, all I did was cook 3 pounds of spaghetti (3 boxes)... let it cool, and then divide it into ziplock bags. Once I had the pasta in the bags I added a few drops of food coloring to each bag. I shook the bags until the color was mixed in well.

After they were mixed, I placed them on cookie sheets and let them sit for about 30 mins,to let the dye dry and absorb into the pasta. This way it doesn't stain baby's hands!

Then I put the spaghetti back in the bags and into the fridge. We were playing outside and I wanted the spaghetti to be nice and cold for him to play with.

Once the spaghetti was cold, I put it in a shallow plastic drawer/container. I wanted him to be able to sit and play.

 I hid a few of his favorite small toys in the spaghetti and gave him differnt spoons and kitchens tools to play and dig in the spaghetti.

When he was done playing, I bagged the spaghetti and put it the fridge. We will get at least one more playtime with it!

This was such a wonderful activity for him, I am so glad I did it!

xo Lizzie