Category: Messy Activities

  • Styrofoam Construction

    Styrofoam Construction

    We had a large fish tank at the old house – it was nice to have and now that Landon is allergic to both cats and dogs, these are some pets he can have in the house that won’t make him break out in hives or irritate his eczema. We bought a new fish tank…

  • Glittery Snowflakes

    Glittery Snowflakes

    This is a simple, but fun project that we did on the spur of the moment. Landon’s idea was the glitter. Honestly I hate glitter. I mean I love how it’s sparkly and makes things pretty – but it is so messy. We do everything we can to keep the mess down by doing it in a…

  • Puffy Hand Print Santa Craft

    Puffy Hand Print Santa Craft

    This is a fun variation on the hand print Santa using one of my favorite mediums of “paint” Puffy Hand Print Santa Craft Brown or Tan construction paper Red construction paper Glue Shaving Cream Googly Eyes Cotton balls (optional) Mix equal parts of shaving cream and glue. Once well combined, liberally paint your child’s hand…

  • Painting with Corn

    Painting with Corn

    We had a great sensory and art experience using corn to paint. This is a great fall time activity as corn is fully in season. We started by talking about how corn grows and how to shuck corn. Shucking corn provides many different sensory experiences as well as a life skill lesson. The different textures…

  • Pumpkin Seed Pumpkin

    Pumpkin Seed Pumpkin

    Pumpkins come from pumpkin seeds. Pumpkins have seeds in them… why not make a pumpkin from pumpkin seeds?! Pumpkin Seed Pumpkin Pumpkin Seeds (washed and dried) Orange and green paint Pumpkin Outline (I reused the one from doing the pumpkin “mache” craft) Glue Paint a large handful of pumpkin seeds orange (enough to cover the…

  • Decorating Pumpkins

    Decorating Pumpkins

    A great way to celebrate the fall season with out carving pumpkins (ya know 3 year olds and sharp knives don’t jive well) is to simply decorate them with craft supplies. Pull out the glue bottle, paint, beads, stickers, feathers, etc…. and let them use their imagination! The mini pumpkins were less than a dollar…

  • Pumpkin Prints

    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…

  • Pumpkin Craft

    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…

  • Cotton Balls and Shaving Cream

    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…

  • How To Shear a Sheep

    How To Shear a Sheep

    In talking with Landon about the different farm animals and how we use products from each of the different ones we moved the discussion on to sheep. We talked about how clothes are made – how material is made – and that some material comes from sheep. He looked at me kind of funny at…