Autumn activities: waxed leaves
Two things triggered this activity: the 4yo’s obsession with collecting things and the 7yo asking if he could make a Fall decoration for the porch!
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Autumn activities: Halloween is coming!
It’s two weeks to Halloween! Halloween is big in the US… They really know how to do it properly! We’ve been getting ready. The decorations are up. Costumes have been chosen. The kids are excited :) Last year we got
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Messy Play: glitter glue plane
The 4yo often asks if he can do an art activity when we get home from school. He loves to paint and draw and colour in. He is a big fan of glitter glue pens :) He likes that they
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Messy Play: colour mixing
This week the 4yo has been asking what colours he can make if he mixes other colours together. After guiding him through the primary colour mixes, he wanted to know what colours he could make mixing 3/4/5 colours together. Each
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Mess: gloop!
One rainy morning last week the 4yo asked to do some messy play. So, we made gloop. Inspired by Susanne at Ghostwritermummy we mixed corn starch and water, to a gloopy consistency (fairly runny, think yogurt!), and added food colouring.
Summer holidays: rainy day activities
The weather is hot and humid – the threat of a thunder storm never far away! We were trapped inside by sudden downpours a couple of times last week, so out came the art supplies. For the first time, the
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Mess: bubbles and shaving foam
The 4yo’s request this week was for ‘water messy play’ – which tied in very nicely to the theme of water play for Messy Play for Matilda Mae – so I decided to make some shaving foam paint and fill
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Mess: Mark Making
The theme for this weeks Messy Play for Matilda Mae is mark making. I wanted to find an activity that the 6yo would join in with too. It’s trickier to find something that will hold his attention.
Mess: moon sand in the tuff spot
I’ve been meaning to try making moon sand/cloud dough for ages, having seen it on Jennie’s blog (Edspire) and then via her tuff spot play Pinterest board. The 4yo has become so keen on messy play that he asks almost
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Mess: pink and purple sensory play
The theme for this week’s Messy Play for Matilda Mae is ‘pink and purple’. I had recently made pink and purple spaghetti, so I wanted to try something different this week. We had played with moon sand at the end
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