Last weekend one of our favorite blogs, Teach Preschool, posted a fun activity she did with her class where they tie dyed pipe cleaner stars. As soon as I saw it I knew we had to make them. We were intrigued by the fact that the stars that she hung up on the door turned white again. Instead of just dying our own pipe cleaners we decided to do a little experiment to see if the sun had anything to do with the color change. The kids made a bunch of … [Read more...]
Paper Bag Playground (for Batman!)
We had a blast participating in Tinkerlab's Paper Bag Creative Challenge! I talked up the Paper Bag Challenge all morning and then gave my 3 1/2 and 2 year old each a leftover red paper bag. They picked out some art supplies and I left them alone to see what they would come up with... And a playground for Batman is what the 3 1/2 year old eventually created! And while I was seriously impressed with his construction skills, what was even more … [Read more...]
