tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44161701710592669252024-03-17T21:07:54.218-04:00Playing HouseAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01059807760639991059noreply@blogger.comBlogger375125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416170171059266925.post-18310292127322692342013-03-04T09:13:00.001-05:002013-03-04T09:13:23.714-05:00Painting with Water Beads<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
My two kiddos love to play with water beads. I'm not a big fan because it seems like I chase those little beads around the house the whole time they are playing with them. They are quite bouncy.....</div>
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So one afternoon I decided we would try to paint with them instead of just pouring, scooping, etc. </div>
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And it turned out super fun.</div>
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It's kinda like marble painting, but better because the water beads bounce all around the paper. They seem to move a little easier when covered in paint than the marbles do.</div>
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Anna really enjoyed it....and Drew enjoyed making a mess, so it was a win-win for us!!</div>
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You don't need much paint at all....just a few squirts. The water from the beads makes the paint the perfect consistency.</div>
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I put paper in these shallow plastic containers and they were great for little hands to hold.</div>
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See....Drew enjoys just squishing the water beads and making a mess.</div>
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It was fun....and a new way to enjoy water beads!!</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01059807760639991059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416170171059266925.post-78383102750590409522013-02-01T06:00:00.000-05:002013-02-01T06:00:15.087-05:00Watercolor Resist & Reading: Heart Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We have been working on reading some simple words recently so this little watercolor resist activity was a lot of fun for my little lady!! </div>
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Super simple, super easy.</div>
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And we're still loving hearts at our house...just fyi!!</div>
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I started by cutting out some hearts from cardstock and then wrote some words, names, numbers and phrases on the cardstock with a white crayon.</div>
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Then I gave her the hearts and water colors and told her to find the hidden word/message.</div>
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I did encourage to try to use one color per heart because it makes it much easier to see the letters and word.</div>
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Fun, fast, easy and educational! My kind of activity!</div>
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Anna is all about Valentine's day this year. She asks me almost every day if it's Valentine's yet....or if tomorrow will be Valentine's. I'm not really sure why...we don't really do anything special. Right now, she is obsessed with this heart punch I have. She punches hearts all day, draws pictures on them, writes "I love u" on them, colors them, gives them to us.....</div>
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So today, I thought we would do a little "heart learning". I punched out enough hearts for both uppercase/lowercase letters, as well as numbers 1-5.</div>
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We played a matching/memory game with our letters..</div>
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We sorted them out by upper/lower case and then matched up the "baby" (lowercase) with the "momma" (uppercase) letters.</div>
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It was fun...she was learning...and I'm sure we will do this again soon!</div>
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We are really big into color sorting at our house right now. Drew really loves to play with these little transportation counters we have and loves to sort them by color. He even tries to "trick" us by putting a color in the wrong cup and waits to see if we will notice. Then he laughs hysterically...which is adorable.</div>
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We have several different cups floating around our house and I also made the cups on the right side of the picture using leftover Tupperware and some paint. </div>
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And you don't have to have any particular type of object or counter to make this work for you. Just gather up some of your little ones toys in the corresponding colors.</div>
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Nothing new here....just staying busy with the kids....trying to unwind from the schedule of the holidays....and trying to enjoy the little moments.</div>
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Oh...and I started a new blog. It's more about my addiction to <a href="http://playinghouseinmaryland.blogspot.com/2012/11/december-daily-2012.html" target="_blank">paper crafts</a> and <a href="http://playinghouseinmaryland.blogspot.com/search/label/Project%20Life" target="_blank">Project Life</a> and isn't so very "kid-craft-related" but check it out here if you are interested <a href="http://stephaniemakes.blogspot.com/">http://stephaniemakes.blogspot.com</a>.</div>
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This little fun snowman craft came about because we got the slightest little bit of snow last week and my kids are craving more! They really want to build a huge snowman, but we figured a pretend one was all we would be able to make on a 60 degree winter day.</div>
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We started out with some buttons, googly eyes, stickers and pipe cleaners to make our snowman.</div>
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Then we used white paint on blue paper to "stamp" circles as the shape of the snowman. As you can see, Drew is a little more artistic with his interpretation of a snowman. He was having fun, so we just roll with it!! :)</div>
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I meant to do this last year, but never really got around to it. I thought I would give it a go this year! Here are the top 5 most popular posts on this silly little blog. Thanks so much to everyone who follows along with our family!</div>
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I searched and searched for what Anna and I could make her little friends for Christmas and I finally found the perfect gift....thanks to <a href="http://www.ucreatewithkids.com/2012/11/diy-i-spy-christmas-ornaments.html" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>!</div>
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I found all of the little goodies in the Christmas section of the craft store. The store is kind of picked over right now, but they do have everything 60% off so you might just get lucky!!</div>
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I used a funnel to pour in filling beads into each ornament. The filling beads are actually the same little beads they use in stuffed animals and other sewing projects. They are with the batting and stuffing at the craft store.</div>
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And then Anna called out all the little goodies inside the ornament and I typed up a little list to attach to each ornament!</div>
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We made a couple extra to keep her and some to give to our neighbors!! It's a perfect gift for a preschooler!!</div>
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We are in the full swing of Christmas here! I'm busy working on my <a href="http://playinghouseinmaryland.blogspot.com/2012/11/december-daily-2012.html" target="_blank">December Daily album</a> and we are jet-setting up and down the east coast to visit friends and family. Lots going on and so little time! We've managed to fit in some fun Christmas crafts and activities but I haven't found the time to upload the pictures yet. Hopefully soon. In the meantime, here are some crafts from last year to tide you over! (You know...for the all two of you who read my blog!) Links are after each picture.</div>
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One of our <a href="http://playinghouseinmaryland.blogspot.com/2012/11/our-christmas-advent-calendar.html" target="_blank">Christmas advent activities</a> was to play Christmas bingo. I found these <a href="http://bnute.blogspot.com/2010/12/free-printable-christmas-bingo-cards.html" target="_blank">cute printables</a> on Pinterest and thought we could incorporate our Christmas books with our bingo game. </div>
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Each person got a bingo card and then either Daddy or myself read one of our Christmas books. After we went over all the pictures on the bingo card together, we listened for the words in our stories. Just like in regular bingo, we used little counters to cover the words we heard while listening. </div>
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It was so much fun to sit around the table, read books and play a game that my 3 1/2 and 2 year old can actually "play". Anna "got" it much more than Drew, but he stuck right with us playing with his counters and listening to the stories! </div>
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We're totally in the holiday spirit at our house! Our tree is up and decorated, our lights are up outside and even our little dollhouse is all Christmas-y! No wrapped presents under the tree, though. I don't trust Drew! He will have those open in no time flat!</div>
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Anyway....Anna and I made these cute little button trees today using green felt trees and some buttons I had around the house.</div>
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I always love homemade gifts. I love making them and I love receiving them! Right now I'm busy working on a special little gift for a special little two year old. </div>
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Here are some of my favorite homemade gifts. Links to each gift is below the picture. You have plenty enough time to make something homemade for Christmas!! Get crafty!!</div>
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I can't believe December is literally days away!! December is my most favorite time of the year. It truly is magical feeling to me. There's just something about it. Maybe it's the feeling of being a kid again, or maybe it's making others happy. Regardless, I love it. Every.Single.Minute.</div>
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And I love documenting the days leading up to Christmas!! I'm so excited to start my <a href="http://aliedwards.com/2009/12/december-daily-compilation.html" target="_blank">December Daily </a>album this year. You can click <a href="http://playinghouseinmaryland.blogspot.com/search/label/December%20Daily" target="_blank">here</a> to see my December Daily from last year.</div>
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Below are a few peeks of my album. I decided to keep it pretty simple by using a lighter patterned paper, a doily and a glitter star. It turned out a little more "muted" than I had originally hoped, but I know it will work.</div>
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For the inside this year, I've decided to just create several different pages that could be used for any day of December. Last year I followed <a href="http://aliedwards.com/2009/12/december-daily-compilation.html" target="_blank">Ali Edwards' </a>lead and had each date ready to go by December 1st. I'm sure it will be a little more work this year, but I'm looking forward to playing around with all my supplies!</div>
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Here are some of the pages I've made so far. My sewing machine is probably my favorite crafting tool for making mini albums!!</div>
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Lots of gold and white this year!! Bring on the twinkle!!</div>
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Anyone else doing a December Daily? I know a few joined in with me last year!!!</div>
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I've decided to do something new and fun for our advent this Christmas. Last year we put small toys and a piece of candy in our advent calendar, but I thought it would be fun to make little packages for the kids to open each day of December. We'll still have a piece or two of candy in our advent calendar house, but these little treat bags will hold an activity and some Christmas goodies.</div>
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The bags were so easy to make using some large paper bags that I receive from <a href="http://www.studiocalico.com/" target="_blank">Studio Calico</a> each month. I was able to get six bags from each paper bag. You could always use just a regular old brown paper lunch sack, which are really inexpensive and available at most any grocery store.</div>
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Each bag will contain an activity for us to do as a family. Most of them are things that we do anyway during December.</div>
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After cutting out my bags, I used my sewing machine to stitch all around with red thread. Then I stamped the numbers 1-25 on the corners of the bag.</div>
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And then the fun part came.....</div>
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I stuffed the bags full of goodies....our activity of the day, Christmas erasers (from the dollar store), Christmas stickers (I just cut several strips from a pack of stickers, some confetti, a few small ornaments and some Christmas jokes).</div>
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Anna helped me sew up the bags "without peeking", she said, and she's so excited for December to come!! We all are!!</div>
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Our "Sunday Funday" consisted of lots of arts and crafts! This was one of the super cute things we made! They are proudly being hung in our house (and even sometimes worn as necklaces!!). Thanks again to <a href="http://www.thecraftycrow.net/2011/11/handprint-turkey-keepsake.html" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> for the awesome idea!! </div>
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While we waited for the cardboard to dry (it doesn't take long if you do a thin coat), we made our hand print turkeys. Lots of laughing from the tickling of the paint brush!!</div>
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And while everything was drying, Anna helped me finish up the little "Happy Thanksgiving" cards and lace the pasta on our strings.</div>
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When all the paint was dry, I attached the pasta laced string to the cardboard and glued down our turkey hand print, added nose, eyes and legs and little label. I love them so much!</div>
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This is such a simple little craft but my 3 1/2 year old really enjoying making it so I thought I would share! </div>
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This little guy is hanging proudly on our refrigerator right now and keeps getting moved around by some little tiny hands!! </div>
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After your paint has dried, add the feathers to the back of the larger disc. We are all out of liquid glue...akkkk..so we used washi tape. It worked great!</div>
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I'm sure it's no surprise that Anna loves to paint and do crafts. She would do them all day long....picture after picture, craft after craft. Sometimes, though, I don't run out of ideas (like after the 10th activity of the morning) or either I just don't feel like getting all the stuff needed together.</div>
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Thankfully, I found <a href="http://learn.create.love/">Learn.Create.Love</a>. It's an amazing site with awesome painting printables. Anna actually asks to browse the site by name to see what she feels like painting. Below are just a few of our recent creations. You just have to check out the site! It's a go-to when I need something quick, easy and relatively mess free for my preschooler!!</div>
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This week we decided to make leaves. Shaving cream is always fun! Anna squealed when I got out the cans! </div>
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Click <a href="http://playinghouseinmaryland.blogspot.com/2011/06/toddler-art-marble-painting-with.html" target="_blank">here</a> for more directions and see how we do shaving cream art!!</div>
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I count down the days until December 1st starting January 1st. Shh...don't tell my husband!</div>
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I have my Christmas shopping mostly done, Christmas music on my Pandora station and I'm dreaming of my <a href="http://playinghouseinmaryland.blogspot.com/2011/11/december-daily-cover-and-foundation.html" target="_blank">December Daily album</a>. Although I document our everyday with <a href="http://www.beckyhiggins.com/products/" target="_blank">Project Life</a>, I love love love the December album. It truly is magical....just like the season.</div>
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I'm trying to get everything in order for this year since we have a super busy December coming up full of trips to Disney World, 2nd birthdays, a girls trip to NYC, cookie parties and preschool Christmas shows. </div>
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Anna is really into storytelling right now and is starting to make up her own stories. Most of her stories closely follow other stories that we have read or she has heard....and most of them are about Dora, the Snow Princess or Mariana the Mermaid (all from Dora books).</div>
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I want to continue to encourage her storytelling so I put together these little mini books following this simple tutorial from <a href="http://playfullearning.net/making-mini-storybooks/" target="_blank">Playful Learning</a>. </div>
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