Category: 1.5-2 Years
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Pumpkin Prints
Painting using non-standard painting objects is a lot of fun – give it a try. When you think boredom has struck, pull out the paints but no paint brushes then look around for random things that won’t be ruined by paint and have a blast! Pumpkin Prints Paper Paint Mini-pumpkins Imagination We used some of…
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Pumpkin Craft
I don’t quite know what to call this pumpkin creation. It’s really like the starched snowflake Christmas tree ornaments, but not with starch. Sort of like paper mache, but not paper. I think I’ve used up the last of my creative juice for today, so pumpkin craft it is… maybe pumpkin mache? This is messy and…
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Leaf Creation Rubbings
If you live in an area where the leaves are starting to change colors talk a walk and gather several of those leaves. Spend this time to talk about the seasons and how some trees look different in different times of the year. The boys and I walked down our road to Bidwell Park, it’s…
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Cotton Balls and Shaving Cream
The other day we were practicing shearing a sheep. Part of the fun little activity involved shaving cream. If you’ve never sprayed your table with shaving cream and let your child explore you should. It’s hours of fun. Since the table was covered in shaving cream from the sheep shearing anyway, I figured we’d end…
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Finger Painting Pigs
I was trying to think of farm related art projects for each animal – though there are a lot of ideas out there, they either didn’t involve a lot of process from a child in the making of the project, or they were just pain weird. Then the idea came to me of mud and…
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Cardboard Coloring
Want a way to keep a preschooler or toddler busy for a while? Want to have fun with them while fostering imagination? Cardboard …and markers and some tape sometimes, but really cardboard. Riley’s new car seat box is a nice big one. Last night Landon was getting antsy – it was too hot to go…
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Baked Cotton Balls
I came across this post on pinterest from Play Create Explore – I think it’s a super great idea, not only as a sensory activity, cooking activity and color practice, but a great way to get out a little aggression and pent up energy. As you may figure out by now we have allergy considerations due…
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Water Beads
If you have never tried these – they are SUPER awesome. They are something I’ve seen on pinterest and thought – that would be cool, but that was like 6 months ago and we’ve never explored them. Some places call them Water Gems, and I got mine at Micheals. You can get them in a…
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Edible Finger Paints {Allergy Friendly!}
I love the art projects that you can eat. Seriously the look on Landon’s face when I tell him he CAN put something random in his mouth is priceless. There have been some posts going around about edible finger paints and they look like tons of fun – except if you’re allergic to wheat or…
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Corn Meal Sensory Play
One great sensory play that’s safe for pretty much any age is cornmeal (unless you have a corn allergy!). Since it’s etible, it’s safe for any age of child that’s had corn introduced already. They may take handfuls and put it in their mouths – but that’s one way that babies explore the world around…