Playdough mini beasts (bugs)

The Fairy loves hunting for mini beasts (bugs). The other day when it was too rainy to go outside and hunt, she wanted to make some playdough mini beasts.

We took a rainbow full of dough

We rolled

pressed

and created some fabulous mini beasts (with the addition of some pipe cleaner decoration).

Amazingly pretty much as soon as we finished the mini beasts making, the sun came out. So we popped over to Grandmas garden for a bug hunt. Look what we found...

a caterpillar sunbathing on a sundial,

a worm on a leaf

a butterfly visiting a flower

a buzzy bee

a 'stripy worm'.

What's your favourite thing to make out of playdough? Do you like hunting for mini beasts (bugs)?

Kids Co op

 

This week I want to feature some fab dinosaur playdough from the fantastic Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dogs Tails - who can say no to mocha playdoh. Can't wait to try this with The Fairy (and The Frog as soon as he stops eating everything the can lay his hands on!)

How have you been playing this week. Don't forget to add your ideas....

Welcome to The Kid's Co-op! Each week we get together we'll ask YOU to share your favorite kid's activities. We'd love to see a plethora of ideas geared for toddlers to pre-teens. We are looking for activities that are family oriented, fun, unique and educational. Please share your favorite project or blog post below. We will be sharing our favorite post from our own blogs too! {Co-hosted by: The Kid's Co-op Group & Let's Lasso the Moon} PS: By linking up you agree that your post and photos are Pinterest friendly. We will be showcasing ideas on our group Pinterest Board. Are following the Kid's Co-op on Facebook? Let's connect!

1. Tin Can Drums	2. Jingle Bell Bracelets	3. Cloud Dough: A little kid's dream	4. Fun Ideas with Muffin Tins!
5. Maths: Length with Superheroes and Villains; LLJournal	6. Play Dough: Microwave Recipe	7. Dot to Dot for Toddlers	8. Magical Adventures with a Perfect Square
9. Prompt Bookmarks- exploring emotions in books	10. Summer vs. Winter Olympic Activity	11. 6 Things You're Already Doing to Help Your Child Become a Better Reader	12. Dissolving Rocks
13. Ice Cream Sandwich Sharks	14. Lego Rescue Game	15. 10 Easy ways to make a lunch box lunch fun and cute	16. Montessori-Inspired Olympic Unit
17. Natural Ice Cream in a Bag with Free Recipe Page	18. How to Help Your Child Get the Most Out of the Olympics	19. 62 Books From Around the World	20. Sight Word Soccer
21. Easy Carrot Spice Muffins	22. Pretend Play Camping in the Family Room	23. Fine Motor Fun: Open & Close Basket	24. Wooden Letter Collage
25. Heidi (DearlyLovedMist) Art Project	26. Games for math, language, imagination, fine motor skills	27. Honey and strawberry popsicles	28. Connect with your child - build self confidence
29. Summertime God's Girls Club #2	30. Sandbox Scavenger Hunt	31. Book Log	32. 16 mo. Old's Favorite Reads
33. Toddler Texture Box	34. Contact Paper Art	35. Visual Memory Tray Game	36. Squirt the Letter Game
37. Scooping and Pouring	38. Simple Storytelling Board w/Thai Lullaby	39. 3 Ingredient, No-Bake Cookies	40. feeding babies, nourishing toddlers and raising healthy children
41. Briana Cisna	42. DIY Light Table	43. Lemon scented ice cubes in the tub	44. Quick DIY Fishing Game
45. The Secret Box	46. 45 Ways to Awaken Your Child's Senses Outdoors	47. How to make a handprint cake card	48. Window Painting
49. Loose parts pipe cleaner play	50. 3 ways to A-Maze! (+ Bible Lesson)	51. Green and Pleasant Land	52. Canvas Painting
53. Birthday Time Capsule	54. Cooking Pancit	55. 10 Books Kids Love	56. Fit For A Fairy Lunch :)
57. Letter A Week	58. Cloth Diapers {A Cost Analysis}	59. discipline with natural consequences	60. helping my child make friends
61. updating our train table into a safari	62. monster truck bowling and more activities	63. Aquadoodle Bath Art	64. Gourmet Scent Shop
65. Raising Curious Kids	66. Paint my Wings - Paper Plate Butterfly	67. Why Every Home Needs a Map	68. 5 Ideas for Kid-friendly Homes
69. Imagination Bowls	70. picklebums - water colours	71. Science for Kids. Water Bottle Fountain	72. Make a Cereal Bracelet
73. Alphabet Cherry Picking	74. Take-out Container Stamps	75. Colorful Milk	76. Very Clumsy Click Beetle Math
77. Sink or Float - Exploring w/Toys	78. Roll a sandcastle game	79. GMA Liz Pryor: Teaching Responsibility, A Must-Read!	80. Measurement Activity
81. Puppy Shower	82. What's in the Babba Box?	83. Olympic Color Sorting	84. Olympic Symbols Snack
85. Olympic Torch Painting	86. Olympic Fruit Filled Rings	87. Olympic Values- Respect	88. Making a Felt Laurel Wreath
89. 15 Tips for Summer Learning from Mom Like YOU!	90. Early Learning Activity Round Up	91. 13 Children's Book Display Ideas	92. Parenting Tips from Rebekah of The Golden Gleam
93. Baby Teething Tips plus a Giveaway!	94. Sight Words on Word Walls	95. Play Bandages	96. British Flag Activities
97. Toddler Shopping List {with FREE printable}	98. Child led art and story	99. Waldorf playgroup	100. Whoopie pies
101. Monkey Bites	102. Collage Snakes	103. F is for flower	104. Pretend Play The Museum
105. Olympic Cheering Masks	106. Sensory Japanese Garden for Kids	107. The Monko	108. Top PInterest Boards About the World
109. 10 Ways to Travel the World with Kids	110. Rainbow Bubble Sink Play	111. Sensory Alphabet Letter Hunt	112. Beach Party Ideas
113. Dino Dig Sensory Bin	114. Dino Rice Krispies	115. Clouds and Rain Activities	116. Easiest Ice Cream Recipe Ever
117. DIY Personalized Silly Face Plates	118. Backyard Olympics:9 challenges, craft, treat	119. 28 Things Ur Family Needs to Hear You Say	120. Scrap Paper Dolls
121. Creative Learning- Edible Ink	122. olympic adjustable Bracelet	123. 100 different ways to paint without a brush	124. Family Reunion Prep
125. Fine Motor for Children w Special Needs	126. Child with Sp. Needs in Classroom?	127. Aprille	128. 7 Ways We Keep In Touch
129. DIY iPad Activities	130. Raising Boys	131. Montessori Rough & Smooth Board	132. Olympics & Teaching Kids About Money
133. Sight Ball: Early Literacy Game	134. Water Bead Activities #4 more cool activites!	135. Star binoculars	136. Color Spectrum Preschool Fun!
137. Vacay Part 2	138. Camp Mom: Olympics Activities	139. Crafty Abacus	140. Herbal Playdough
141. 5 things to investigate in your paddling pool	142. 10 fun things to do with DUPLO	143. Olympic Pack Extra	144. olympic cupcakes and more!
145. Learning about animals	146. Babies first painting	147. Hello Kitty Party Ideas	148. Cookbooks for Kids
149. Colorlicious Color Game	150. Dinosaur sensory volcano fun	151. Art/Craft cupboard Organisation	152. Easy lemon ice cream
153. Printing With Negative Spaces	154. The Shapes Drawing Game	155. A Quick Sight Words Game	156. A Creative Writing Game
157. Noisy Egg Shakers	158. Handmade train	159. Creating Comfy Reading Spaces: Reading in Bed	160. Building a Treehouse

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How to make a handprint birthday card

There's nothing better at receiving a hand made card. After having lots of fun with our hand print dragon we thought we'd have ago with another, this time making cards (NB as we are not very organised this card was meant for a birthday in April, when we first started making it but as you can see by today's date we didn't get round to finishing it - fortunately we have very patient family and friends who don't mind *very* late cards).

First of all we painted The Fairy's hand to look like a cake and candles (missing out the thumb to make it easier to print).

We then printed the hand and added separate yellow finger prints for flames.

When the picture was dry (well 3 months later !) I mounted it and made it into a finished card

Loose parts play: pipe cleaners

I love activities that are spontaneous. The Fairy loves activities that involve loose parts (for those not familiar with this term - it literally means loose parts - bits that a child can manipulate/ create / collect / transport with). This morning as I was getting The Frog ready to go out the Fairy was getting creative with some pipe cleaners. I came back to find some impressive sculptures. She called them balloons as she was creating (I think this maybe linked to several parties we have been to recently have had balloon modellers)

Later in the day we had another go

twisting

and squashing

she called this one a swishy

and this one is a dinosaur. How does your child play with pipe cleaners? Do they like loose parts play? 

Kids Co-op

It's that time of the week again - its The Kids Co-op Linky. This week I'm featuring a beautiful post from Learn with Play at Home. Inspired by the book 'Doors in the Air' they created their own door - its exquisite. The perfect spark for imagination - a door like that could go ....well anywhere (I for one want to find out where it goes!)

Don't forget to join in this week and link up your ideas I can't wait to see them!

Welcome to The Kid's Co-op! Each week we get together we'll ask YOU to share your favorite kid's activities. We'd love to see a plethora of ideas geared for toddlers to pre-teens. We are looking for activities that are family oriented, fun, unique and educational. Please share your favorite project or blog post below. We will be sharing our favorite post from our own blogs too! {Co-hosted by: The Kid's Co-op Group & Let's Lasso the Moon} PS: By linking up you agree that your post and photos are Pinterest friendly. We will be showcasing ideas on our group Pinterest Board. Are following the Kid's Co-op on Facebook? Let's connect!

1. Colorful Celery	2. Sorting Activity. Recycling	3. Montessori-Inspired Moon Unit	4. Montessori-Inspired Olympic Math Activities
5. STORY SKITTLES- 10 Scared Fish	6. Boy Mama Teacher Mama	7. Messy Play Ideas for Toddlers!	8. Rock monsters
9. We love lego	10. Cultural swap ~ Australia	11. Choc chip cherry muffins	12. Construction world sensory play
13. Magic Beans	14. Scissors Practice	15. Ice Cream Play Dough	16. Ice Cream Literacy & Math
17. Dino Land with mocha glitter playdough	18. Digging and dumping with COFFEE	19. In doors bug hunt	20. Alexander Calder Artist Appreciation Lesson Plan for early elementary
21. It's Party (Tub) Time!	22. Need a pick-me-up? Try some coffee sand!	23. Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms and Chore Incentive	24. Zoomer Book Package
25. Make your own 'working' lawn mower	26. Little Mouse, Red Strawberry, and Big Bear	27. 5 Days of Summer	28. Puzzle Maps Geography Fun
29. 5 Ways to Play With Old Maid Cards	30. Magic Wand	31. Experiment - Air: LLJournal	32. Art for Kids: Wet Paint LLJournal
33. Art: Drawing Faces LLJournal	34. Our Week Outdoors	35. 3 craft stick busy bags	36. Shaving foam, fizz fun & dens!
37. Toddler Shopping List {with FREE printable}	38. Ooblek and ice prints	39. Under the Sea Food ideas	40. Backyard Water Party!
41. YAR Pirate Photo op!	42. Water Beads and Babies	43. Water Beads in the Play Pool	44. Making a Space Helmet and Moon Unit Study
45. Teaching Coin Values with GLOWING Fun	46. making ART OUTDOORS!	47. Preschool Learning Activities	48. Dress-up Toy
49. Making a fairy house	50. Mosaic snails (inspired by Gaudi)	51. Edible Olympic torch	52. 150 Summer Play Ideas
53. Giant Volcanic Eruptions in the Bath	54. Make Your Own Glowing Chalk	55. Magnetic Letter Painting	56. Crazy Animal House
57. Gyoza inspired pockets	58. Vocabulary Jar	59. 10 Experiences in the Kitchen for Children	60. Gender Identity & More
61. Art Studio 2nd Birthday	62. A mini beach can teach	63. Painting Sticks	64. Make Slushies in your Ice Cream Maker
65. Chocolate Ice Cream so Easy a Preschooler Can Make It	66. Vinegar Ice Experiment	67. Screaming Balloons	68. Exploring realism vs abstraction
69. Ten Little Fish Exploration	70. PIg Pen	71. Planning a Nature Observation Walk	72. Outdoor Play: Water 30+ Ideas
73. Taking Time to Play: Sand Play	74. Fruit Filled Olympic Rings	75. Chipper the Squirrel	76. Free Phonics Activity
77. Kool-Aid Playdough and More...	78. Vinegar and Baking Soda Play	79. Brave!	80. 24 Tips to Teach Kids to Clean Up Toys
81. Fun with Color Tubes	82. Princesses Don't Wear Socks	83. Art Playdate	84. An Alphabet Adventure
85. Choo Choo Train Counting	86. Toddler Fish Pond	87. Mama Tips & Favorite Toys, Books, Products, from Krissy	88. 7 Ways Kids Can Play with a Baby Sibling plus a Toy Giveaway!
89. Edible Finger Paints	90. Symmetry Butterflies	91. Water Games for Kids	92. Self-Esteem Building Tips
93. Painting like Jackson Pollock	94. Sequencing Bottle Caps	95. What Writing Pactice Looks Like in Preschool	96. Scooping and Pouring
97. K Bars	98. Make Your Own Coloring Pages	99. Benefits of Board Games	100. Starry Night with Magic Milk Paint
101. Alphabet Rescue Fire Truck Craft	102. Pretend Play Garden Center	103. Taking Time to Enjoy the Little Moments	104. Homemade Puffy Paint
105. Lemon Blueberry Pancakes and Lemon Juice Invisible Ink	106. Funnels, Tubes and Water	107. Napping House activities	108. 10 Teacher Appreciation Gifts
109. Block Printing with Kids	110. Alphabet Fun with the Woods	111. Toddler Pool Party!	112. Butterfly Bites & Free Printable
113. Balance Toy	114. Panda Pita Pepperoni Pizza	115. Strawberry Shortcake Shortcakes	116. Teaching Kids about Nature & Recycling
117. Torn Paper Collage	118. Cook-A-doodle-doo-Reading Fun	119. Still have a bedwetter?	120. When Kids Recycle, Animals are Saved
121. An Everyday Story: Shake Painting	122. Homemade Slime--GAK	123. All Things Fancy Nancy	124. Personalized ABC Books
125. Teaching Children How to Be Green	126. Addie's Apps	127. Free 1 to 15 Number Activities!	128. Kids Outdoor Birdseed Wreath
129. How to Organize Kids Toys!	130. Shared Room idea: Monogram Letters!	131. DIY Dry Erase Name Writing Board!	132. Scavenger Hunting!
133. How to Organize Kids Books!	134. céline	135. Portable Sensory Bins	136. Rainbow Spaghetti Sensory Play
137. 5 Chanchitos (5 little pigs)	138. Why Your Baby Should Get Messy Eating	139. Summer Nature Walk	140. Kindergarten Round Up
141. Coombemill	142. Celery Capillary Action Experiment	143. Ten Things To Teach Girls	144. Magical Gnome Garden
145. Teaching Kids about Being Green	146. Montessori Birthday Celebration of Life	147. Finger Painting in the Tub	148. Take a Walk in London {Kids & Money}
149. Toddler Color Matching Bottles	150. Straight Stitch Sewing Project- 2 1/2- 6	151. Paper Mache Models	152. music = following directions
153. Easy Homemade Play Dough	154. Importance of Creativity and How to Foster It	155. Science for Kids. Water Bottle Fountain	156. Super Simple Pudding Paint
157. X marks the spot- buried treasure in the yard	158. Being a Conscious Parent	159. Our happy camper life size man	160. Being a nurturing, positive, loving parent : my aim
161. Ideas for Book and Activity Exchange	162. Learning About London: Hands On	163. Freedom thru Art	164. A Day at the Beach
165. Sassy & Sweet 16	166. How to Survive a Flight Alone with a Toddler	167. Picks, Jewels, and Play Dough	168. 2 yr old and a camera
169. Driveway Learning	170. Chalk Color game	171. Balloon Ball

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DIY Fairy House

You know your  blogging habit is getting serious when you see things in charity shops and instantly think of how they can be incorporated into a craft for a blog post. The instant I saw this cup I thought of a way to recycle it into a fairy house. As you maybe able to guess from our blog title fairies are more than popular in our house. There are loads of variations of fairy house/ gardens on the blogsphere/pintrest so I have been mulling over ways to make one (as I know it will get alot of use!)  I recently saw this fab idea of personalising mugs using permanent markers (an American brand of permanent marker) and then cooking them to make the image stick.

Take a cup and some markers (if you want to stock up on some like the ones we used click on our affilate link in blue for the pens).

Add a fairy sized door, window and a sign (just in case the fairies forgot where they lived). Don't forget a climbing rose.

Add a butterfly.

Then all you need are some fairies to move in. A perfect set up for outdoor play.

And indoor play too.

EDIT: Our design has faded with time so its not totally permanent but its still visible (and playable)

Gaudi Snails

Today were taking part in another fab 'Kids Get Arty' link up over at Red Ted Art. For the last link up we we got all Kandinsky. This time we decided to be inspired by a Spanish artist (The Fairy and The Frog's Papa is Spanish so we try and do activities that will hopefully mean they feel part of Spanish and English culture) . I've previously visited the Parc Guell in Barcelona and thought The Fairy would be attracted to the bight colour of the mosaics there - and I was correct (can't wait to take her there for real). She especially liked the lizard.

We talked about the colours in the mosaics and the shapes. We set to work ripping up bits of paper- recycling an old magazine.

She chose to make a snail (I was rather glad as my drawing isn't that great and not sure how lizard-like my drawing of a lizard would have looked!)

The Fairy's finished snail

Edible Olympic torch

After seeing the official Olympic torch we decided to eat the torch, well not the real one. Admittedly our efforts we not as impressive as this one made by a hotel in York, but we still had fun creating our own edible torch.

You will need

Cover the breadstick in melted white chocolate

And sprinkle

Voila torches for tea (or any other time you fancy - *just in-case you were wondering we ate nutritious sensible food first and had the torch as a pudding*)

And here is a picture of The Frog getting to grips with the real thing. Not sure that it was designed for sensory play but it does feel great to touch!

Kids Co op

There were 200+ fantastic play ideas featured this week on Kids Co-op. Lots of fun things too choose from. I loved this post from Jackie at My Little Book Case about when they invited Charlie and Lola for tea....

They came, fortunately they had some pink milk and lovely things to eat,

I love how they have used symbols to support literacy - very fun and functional

'The Fairy' is a massive Charlie and Lola fan - can't wait to try this with her. Don't forget to link up your ideas this week 

Welcome to The Kid's Co-op! Each week we get together we'll ask YOU to share your favorite kid's activities. We'd love to see a plethora of ideas geared for toddlers to pre-teens. We are looking for activities that are family oriented, fun, unique and educational. Please share your favorite project or blog post below. We will be sharing our favorite post from our own blogs too! {Co-hosted by: The Kid's Co-op Group & Let's Lasso the Moon} PS: By linking up you agree that your post and photos are Pinterest friendly. We will be showcasing ideas on our group Pinterest Board. Are following the Kid's Co-op on Facebook? Let's connect!

1. Rainbow Spaghetti Sensory Play	2. The Little Engine That Could-Reading Fun	3. Portable Sensory Bins	4. Dried Playdough and Water Experiment
5. Building with Plastic Plates, bowls & cups	6. Picklebums - exploring with tape	7. Pancakes Recipe - LLJournal	8. Toddler Feather Painting!
9. Kylie @ Octavia and Vicky	10. DIY Squirt Bottle Painting!	11. Boy Mama Teacher Mama	12. Make a Magic Door! Learn with Play
13. Natural Ice Boats	14. Alphabet Hunt & Match	15. Paper late Pirate PortholeP	16. Homemade Volcano!
17. Fun with Ice Balloons!	18. Montessori-Inspired Food Art	19. Montessori-Inspired Teddy Bear Activities	20. Simple toddler play - pouring and scooping
21. Week 4 - simple ways to connect with your child	22. Make a toy crane	23. Kipper Puppet	24. Zoo-Ology and Animal Sorting
25. Team Umizoomi Dinosaur Adventure	26. Scrabble your letters	27. Outdoor summer science game,	28. Have a Blueberry Picking Breakfast Picnic
29. fish printing	30. Hunting Night Crawlers	31. Humpty Dumpty: Value of Nursery Rhymes!	32. 10 Sand Play Ideas & DIY Sandboxes
33. Water Sensory Bin for Babies	34. Child's Play 101 - Things that GLOW!	35. Making GLOWING Aliens	36. Tot Preschool - Mm is for Moon
37. Fun Thinking Games for Kids	38. Outdoor Spray Painting	39. Baby Play Treasure Box	40. Melon Bash Fizz
41. Bread Baking with Your Toddler	42. Our week outdoors	43. Color Scavenger Hunt	44. DIY Emotions Board Book
45. Coloring Sand with Beet Juice	46. 25 Ideas for a Day Out with the Family	47. Hotwheels and Paint	48. Dollar store bubbles- classic fun
49. Hand Print Dolphin	50. Sweet Sushi Rolls	51. Colored Ice Cube Play	52. 10 Inexpensive Ways To Beat The Summer HEAT
53. Why you should always keep a bathing suit in the car!	54. outdoor race track (chalk fun)	55. Taco Hummus and Lettuce Tacos	56. Colored Ice Sensory Play {Plus Soap & Water Play}
57. Paint by Number with Sidewalk Chalk Paint	58. Julie	59. Wooly,Soapy Fun!	60. Three Little Pigs Wood Craft
61. Maggie's Kinder Corner	62. Replacing the rubber duck with... {winks}	63. Is Raising a Creative Child Important in Today’s World?	64. Fireflies Books and Crafts
65. Celebrate Christmas in July	66. On the Farm	67. maker painted t-shirts	68. No Cook Playdough
69. DIY Mermaid Lagoon	70. A Daily Invitation to Draw	71. Summer ideas part 1 - beach collage	72. Storytelling 101: 10 Tips
73. Rice crisp squares	74. Waterbeads and dinosaurs {and a secret}	75. Simple Ways to Encourage Imagination	76. Spark Creativity!!
77. Emotion Words Matching Game w. Printable	78. Being a Conscious Parent-18mths Beach	79. 15 Tips to Keep Kids Safe While On The Go	80. Peanut Butter Cup Brownies with Easy PB Frosting
81. Japanese milk carton lanterns	82. Story Elements Storytelling Box	83. Exploring Japan: Haiku	84. Pirate Play
85. Teddy Bear's Picnic Day Celebration	86. Frying Eggs on the Driveway	87. 6 New Ways to Sort Bottle Caps	88. Easy Fine Motor Activity for Baby
89. Letter Sticks	90. DIY Shrinky Dink Flag Bracelets	91. PVC Marshmallow Guns +4 more!	92. diy basket organizer from cereal box
93. Tons of Activities for Spoon: Love Books Exchange	94. Art Space and Smock	95. Onset Rime Booklets	96. Clean Up Ideas for your kids
97. corn dog muffin pops	98. Make A Difference Bags Of Joy	99. Cardboard Letter Magnets	100. Sticky Note Story Board
101. Joy of Summertime Booklist	102. Immerse your kids in learning!	103. Magnetic Alphabet Board Tutorial	104. capital & lower case letters
105. Blueberry Picking and Planting	106. Make Lemonade	107. science at the beach	108. Keitha's Story Themed Lunches
109. DIY: Colorful Dot Wrapping Paper	110. We Are Alike...We Are All Different	111. No-Cook Kid-Made Strawberry Soup	112. Creative Pirate Ship
113. Jelly Messy Play	114. amazing meatless tacos	115. Free Letter A Practice Sheet	116. Olympic ring threading
117. Geography iPad Apps	118. 30 Map Activities for Kids	119. Scrambled States Game	120. PlayDrMom's Favorite Books about Feeling
121. Chalkboard Tree	122. Wagon Racers	123. DIY Anemometer	124. Lots of New ABC Printables!
125. Homemade Parking Garage from Boy Mama Teacher Mama	126. Number Counting Activity Box	127. Easy Flowers & Herbs Bath	128. Glow-in-the-dark puffy paint and moon craft
129. Exploring Tide Pools	130. Toddler Flower Arranging	131. Elephants & Messy Play	132. Summer Stargazing 2012! Get OUT and Look UP!
133. Storytelling & Imagination (FREE Printable)	134. Teaching Peace (Stillness)	135. Mini Clothesline Fine Motor Skills Activity	136. Sparkly Paper Plate Angel
137. Adele Connally	138. Pinwheel	139. Ceramic Tile Magnets	140. Ocean In A Bottle
141. Playing In Soapy Water	142. Glow Stick Bath	143. Make Your Own Oz Story-Game	144. Pig Pen!
145. DIY Bird Bath	146. Chalk Art Experiments and Outside Fun!	147. Summer Book Box Exchange	148. Paper Mache Jellyfish
149. Summer Snowball Fight	150. cardboard loom weaving	151. Totetude Interpersonal Questions (IQs)	152. Ultimate List of Sensory Bins
153. Build a simple cardboard house	154. Books by Celebrities	155. A Game of Mouse	156. Water Blob Tutorial
157. Teaching Emotions	158. GIANT Sensory Lagoon!	159. Toddler Ocean Activities	160. Make your own PB and bird seed feeder
161. Toddler Sensory Fingerpainting	162. Super Simple DIY Light Table	163. Textured Paint made with household ingredients	164. Toddler Book Showcase
165. Corrugated Card Road	166. 5 MInute Finger Pupets	167. Funnels, Tubes and Water	168. Napping House activities
169. S'mores by the fire	170. Olympic medals	171. Exploring Rousseau	172. Slimy pasta
173. Make a River in your backyard!	174. Taking Care of Mom	175. Little Guys in Ties

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Olympic rings

Well Olympic fever has finally hit 'casa  The Fairy and The Frog'. We're not really sporty people and haven't got any tickets for the events but I felt like maybe we should do somehing to join in with the celebrations, especially as a family member is going to be one of the torch relay runners (does that count as a 'stealth boast'? I hope not!)

The Fairy is very into threading and hole punching. This Olympic ring decoration combines the two. We used paper plates and pipe cleaners.

We cut out the middle of the plates and punched holes around the outside.

The resulting plate can then be used as a 'rubber ring' to spin round your arm (cue action shot)

or it can be used to thread pipe cleaners through.

Thread one with each of the Olympic colours and then you can use them to make the Olympic rings (after checking Wikipedia as to which way round the colours should go!).  Did you know the rings symbolise the 'Olympic Movement is international and welcomes all to join'- another handy Wikipedia fact

I think the rings would make a great decoration for an Olympic themed party. All that threading is also great for developing fine motor skills and concentration - its a win win situation.