December 1, 2009

in November

I felt very uninspired this month, but we have tried a few things.  Here’s our highlights …
we melted our broken crayons and used the new rainbow crayons to make leaf rubbings, instructions are at Mumblers.  Ours took less than 5 minutes to melt, so SquiggleMum is not joking about keeping an eye on them.
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these chicks are a new addition to our flock
we made some activities from 1+1+1=1’s Dinosaur Tot Book
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we got this awesome bowling set from our toy library
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I made squishy bags and a clothespin poke from Trish Kuffner’s Toddler Busy Book.  I hope it is obvious from the photo how the clothespin poke works.  The squishy bag is made by mixing 4 tbsp cornflour with a small amount of water.  Add this to 3 cups of boiling water.  Cook and stir until thick.  Add food colouring and allow to cool.  Put in a ziploc bag.   This stuff is very sticky, which I guess is why it goes in a bag.
we made spice pictures, found via The Crafty Crow

3 comments:

•´.¸¸.•¨¯`♥.Trish.♥´¯¨•.¸¸.´• said...

the crafty crow is a wonderful site, thanks for these ideas ...got to try more activities to keep my busy mischievous boys out of trouble.

SquiggleMum said...

Glad you had fun melting and recycling your crayons!!

Melitsa said...

You've been busy :) I like the clothespin poke.