I think I can now be certified as a
civil engineer.
What?
Experience would be needed?
Experience:
and the latest :
Box Flap Bridges
I had a ton of box flaps that I cut off from a previous road project.
(ha, more experience!)
This time I thought some bridges would be fun to add in the mix.
I used clothespins to hold the flaps together.
[I chose clothespins because I thought Henry would like to help build the roads this time,
but he wasn't into it yet. Maybe next time now that he's seen how its done.]
Henry stood up boxes so they were about as high as our play table.
Together we constructed a network of roads and bridges!
Henry tried out his vehicles on his new bridges,
and Dad even joined in for awhile.
and Dad even joined in for awhile.
Caution: Weight limit on bridges.
My engineering may need work.
Maybe I’ll stick with being just the toy road expert.
The bridges were used as a [roofless] fort too.
Henry played as much in the roads as he did on them.
Funny Faces!
[Idea from the Toddler Busy Book
]
I cut lots of eyes, noses and mouths out of a couple magazines
to make funny faces!
I actually didn’t get any pictures of Henry doing this.
[the above pictures are faces I made before he started to show him what to do]
Henry only wanted to sort the facial features.
Henry also thought it was fun to tell me
which lips were mine and which eyes were Dad’s.
He kept having me hold them up to my face to decide if they were mine or not.
Ivory Soap Explosion!
I saw this great Ivory Soap Experiment over at Housing a Forest.
[Be sure to check out that post because it includes a video of the entire experiment.]
Henry may be in love with the microwave [just a little].
So this was sure to get his attention.
Here goes!
Put a bar of Ivory Soap in the microwave.
[I'm not sure if other kinds work or not]
2 minutes on High Power
Watch…. Watch… Watch…
About 20 seconds in,
it’ll start growing!
Our soap didn’t explode nearly as much as it did at Housing the Forest,
but it was still nifty to see.
but it was still nifty to see.
We then decided to stick the soap explosion under water.
The soap becomes very light and airy,
so the water broke through and made holes right away.
[at one point, we stuck it back in the microwave to see what would happen now that its wet...
... nothing.]
Henry may have enjoyed the water part more than the microwave part!
He may have a little fascination with water, too.
Or the kitchen sink.
)
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okay, that face thing is right up my alley! I hope Tobin will like that!!! And the soap thing… I wanna do that too… but then there's that part of me that's like, "what? waste a whole bar of soap?!" haha I'll have to get over that. actually, maybe we'll do that at Grandma'a!! problem solved.
I love your cardboard box bridges! Lots of great, open-ended play experiences
Totally in love with the box bridges and the funny faces
popping over from ABS and 123 – thanks for sharing these wonderful ideas!
My E would love the box bridges! Her Daddy would probably like it even more! Thanks for sharing it!
Kerri
Hi. Stopping by from BlogFrog community and following you via Google Connect.
Love all your creativity!
That cardboard box creation is truly fantastic. I love to see kids use their imagination. Wonderful.
I found your links on Blog Frog and decided to come by for a visit. Love what I see so I am now your newest follower.
Tami
http://www.thethingswefindinside.com/
Thank you for sharing your road building! I love how you used clothes pins to pin it all together. Very creative! The experiment was fun to see too. May have to give that one a try!
Those cardboard bridges are fantastic! We love an activity which involves recycling & imaginative play!
I love that your little man enjoyed exploding soap as much as our family. There has already been 3 bars sacrificed at our house:)
http://www.housingaforst.com
that soap experiment is great, but I can just see where it would lead with my six year old! HAHA!!
lots of fun and creative play. we have to give that soap explosion a go! Looked great!
Thanks for sharing. I popped over from Nurturstore!
LOVE the funny faces! My kids would find that hilarious!
I love the box flap bridge, and we are absolutely going to try the soap thing! Awesome week.
I love the faces! I think my daughter would love it!
I love that soap experiment. In fact, I love it so much I'd like to an entire feature post on it and your blog. If you are interested you can read this post of mine and find out how to get in touch:
http://www.mydeliciousambiguity.com/2011/03/want-to-be-featured-on-my-delicious.html
Thanks!
You have a lot of fun at your house!
Love the faces and must try that soap experiment!
Featuring this post on this week's High paw! Thanks for participation and hope to see you there this week too!
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Collin would totally love the bridges and I love the faces. You have so many great ideas so glad I have found you I need to make a list lol. Thanks for sharing.
Amber
http://livingatthewhiteheadszoo.blogspot.com
First that bridge, AWESOME.
And the soap experiment is a lot of fun!
Thanks for linking up at Science Sunday!