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Sponge Art Painting for Valentine’s Day

After a round of cookie cutter painting, George was still going strong and was in the mood to paint, so we moved onto sponge art for Valentine’s Day!

So simple to do too! Sponge art is

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Sensory Activity with Corn Meal to Explore

A simple sensory activity that all kids will enjoy. Corn meal is a wonderful sensory material for kids to explore!

 

 

Keeping George busy and entertained while Henry is at school each morning has become interesting. It’s amazing to see how much he has

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Salt Paint for Toddlers: An Icy Winter Scene

Toddlers will love to make an icy painting scene using salt paint! This sensory activity came about after an epic “Craft Fail” of trying to frost my windows with Epsom Salt. I had an entire box of it leftover and wasn’t sure what

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Best Toddler Activities from 2012

2012 was a great year for toddler activities it seemed, we’ll see what 2013 brings!

Welcome to 2013!

This week, over a hundred of kid-related bloggers have joined together to showcase their best work of 2012. Which means the best kids activities, whether they’re

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Christmas Sparkle Cloud Dough

Cloud dough is awesome! I can’t believe its taken me this long to make it with the boys!

If you have not made cloud dough yet, it’s a lot like the texture of brown sugar. Crumbly and loose, but can be compacted together

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Shaving Cream Puffy Paint Ghost & Spider Web

Henry and I found something to do with the shaving cream puffy paint papers that George made!

We extended it into ghosts and spider webs to display for Halloween!

 

Of course, after Henry heard that

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Halloween Shaving Cream Sensory Activity

A little sensory activity for George while Henry was at school!

Simply just shaving cream on a baking sheet.

I added food coloring in orange, red and yellow to add some color for Halloween!

 

 

George was very hesitant to

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Happy Birthday Sensory Bin

It was George’s Birthday over the weekend! George turned 2!

This Happy Birthday Sensory Bin, that No Twiddle Twaddle is sharing today, would have been a perfect activity during the party, and may

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6 Toddler Sensory Activities on It’s Playtime!

When I think of sensory activities, I can’t help but think of ooey, gooey, slimy stuff to put through your fingers. But there’s more to the senses then just touch. Sight, smell, taste, touch and sound.

While most sensory activities I see are

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Toddler Sensory Activity: Treasure Box

A quick treasure box made for George with recycled material and real coins.

I received a package and absolutely love this crinkle paper stuff so I had to use it and knew George would love feeling it.

I threw in some real coins and

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Tackle Diaper Rash: Bathtime Activities

This post is sponsored by Boudreaux’s Butt Paste®, the effective diaper rash cream that treats and prevents diaper rash with every change. Let’s kick some rash!

I’ve been using Boudreaux’s Butt Paste® for four years now [maybe

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Mud Prints: Animals, Feet and Handprints

The boys have been loving their dirt patch. Henry keeps talking about making mud and turning it to dirt and the other way around, not fully understanding it I don’t think.

So I thought, what better way

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Play Dough with Tees, Straws & Pipe Cleaners

 

A simple play prompt.

Play dough. Tees. Straws. And pipe cleaners added later.

The boys and I made play dough and I simply added these items to it.

It was a great sensory activity because the play dough was still even warm from making

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Toddler Bubbles Sensory Activity

Plain and simple. George likes bubbles.

The perfect activity for him [a toddler]? Bubbles.

Water and dish soap on a perfect day to be outside. George had a blast!

 

I have this bucket that I actually got out of my great-grandma’s basement

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Busy Play: Play Dough Construction Site

Henry’s on another play dough kick since his birthday.

He got all these little construction machines, and cones and people as a gift and it turned out to be a great addition to play dough that entertained them for hours.

Yes, them. George

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Toddler Sensory Activity: Soapy Jars

I call this a Toddler Sensory Activity because I made it for George [who's 18 months].

But don’t limit it to your toddlers. Babies and even preschoolers will enjoy this as well.

I filled up some old peanut butter jars halfway with water.

Sand Sensory Art: 100th Day of Preschool

Henry had his first homework assignment for preschool.
To create the number 100 out of something.
[Not 100 of something, but to make the numbers themselves.]

We discussed it together to decide what to make.
[Henry told me his teacher made one out of corn!]

We decided