Quiet Time Activity - Making Cookies

We have done this little activity many times.  It's a hit every. single. time.

I keep the supplies in this stacking container I found in the jewelry section at the craft store.  When our "toppings" and "sprinkles" are getting low, I cut out some more shapes and refill the containers.  I keep the "toppings" and the "cookies" in the cabinet in our kitchen so it's always easily accessible!  It's been super great as a quiet activity when I need to get dinner fixed....

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Happy pretend baking!

Sparkling Butterflies

If you follow along with us, I'm sure you know by now how much my little girl loves some glitter.  Seriously....she pretty much requests it with any craft or painting we do.

Today I'm sharing a fun sparkly butterfly craft we did....and it includes lots of glitter.

Supplies needed:

foam

paint

glitter

paper plate

Start by cutting out a butterfly shape from your foam.

Then paint all over your butterfly shape.

Then press your painted butterfly right into your big ole pile of glitter. 

Let them dry and then help them fly!!

Happy crafting!

Bubble Wrap Painting and Prints

Bubble wrap all by itself provides loads of entertainment.   Add paint you and you have a whole new activity!

I set this activity out for my two kids and they both really enjoyed playing with the paints and bubble wrap!

Little Man enjoyed popping the little bubbles the most, I think.

Anna painted her bubble wrap all different colors...

And then we pressed a piece of card stock on top of the bubble wrap to make a cool print.

An easy painting activity for almost any day!!

DIY Sea Shell Matching and Memory Game

This is a super simple activity to put together for preschoolers.

We used some of our beach shells we collected and some colored star stickers to make a matching and memory game.

So easy and so fun!!  Makes we want to sink my toes in the sand right now!

Team USA Cookies

Nothing too fancy, but definitely yummy!!

The kids and I made sugar cookies and decorated them with red, white and blue sprinkles to help cheer on Team USA!

These were supposed to be for after dinner, but these two little cuties just couldn't wait to get their paws on them!  Even Daddy had one (or two).

Water Beads: Olympic Style

In keeping with the Olympic theme, we pulled out our water beads and made our own "Olympic rings".

Water beads are just cool.  Plain and simple.

If you've never played around with them, you should totally give them a try.  You can find them in any craft store in the floral section.  They come in little tiny bags and start out as little tiny beads.  As they absorb water, they expand, and make super fun and bouncy play toys. 

Once our water beads had absorbed all of the water, we put them into an empty egg carton to play with.  We tried to put the beads side by side to make the Olympic rings, but they just kept rolling away.  Lots of giggles though!!

Anna loves to run her fingers through them, sort them and just play around with them.

Drew....well...he loves to throw them and watch them bounce.  And he gets such a kick out of them that I just don't have the heart to take them away.  He's just too cute.

Pretend Play: The Olympics

I found these super cute Olympic Playmobil people for only $2 a pop so I just had to pick them up for the kids.  They have been great to play with as we watch the Olympics.  Anna is just like me and loves the gymnastics so she has claimed those little people as her own.

The Playmobil people are so darn cute!

Happy playing and happy Olympics!!