Snow Painting

Classic.

Just add some food color and water to a squirt bottle.

We finally had a warm enough day to do this. West had a blast!

Treat trick for Lula

I found a slightly narrow mouthed container and just added some puffs to it. This is a great problem solving activity.

She couldn't quite reach inside...

Dumping works to get them out, she quickly discovered.

Lula enjoyed putting them back in the container and dumping them back out.

Food color and droppers

I saved the little food coloring droppers so West could play with them. I just added a little food coloring and water and let him squeeze out drops over some tissue paper. He really liked adding drops to a bowl of water so he could see the it change color too.

ice in the sensory table

Our fridge has an ice maker and it stores it a ton of ice in the freezer so all I had to do was dump it into the sensory table and add some toys. We did this in the shower stall to make clean up easier. All the ice melted and ran down the drain when we were done.

West enjoyed making me all kinds of tasty ice treats.

My DIY sensory table

I had a few options when it came to bases around my house (this stool, an old night stand, an old lego table.). It came down to what size bin I could find.  This old stool would be the perfect height. My husband cut a hole in the top so the bin rests in it perfectly. The bin is just sitting there so it can be removed and cleaned.

There it is.

Very simple and very cheap because my only cost was the bin. I really didn't like the stool as a stool, it was very uncomfortable.

The kids just love this, it's the perfect height for them to play in. We will be getting a lot of use out of this item.

More light box fun with tissue paper

I thought tissue paper would be fun on the light box too. But I used contact paper instead of the self laminating sheets. The tissue paper is just sandwitched between the contact paper then I cut out squares. The way they over lap and create new colors is really fun.

Oobleck and slime

Slime is 1 cup white glue and 1.5 cups liquid laundry starch.

Combine and mix then drain off excess liquid. You can add food color too.

Oobleck is equal parts corn starch and water. Add food color if you'd like.

It flows but it breaks too. A really weird substance.

Oobleck does get a bit messy. The water evaporates and the corn starch powder is left all over.

Light box fun with vellum paper and stickers

I bought some self laminating sheets (thicker and more sturdy than contact paper), some vellum paper and used some stickers I already had. Just stick the stickers or paper in between the laminating sheets and cut them out. The stickers I used are vellum or semi translucent so that the light can more easily shine through.

The scrapbooking section has a lot of cool items that would be cool on the light table as well. They just tend to be more costly.