Footprint Frankenstein

Today's kids activity is super cute for the little ones. It's a great way to save their small footprint :) Thank you Child Care Soup for this super cute idea.

It's real simple and Landon thought it was a blast to paint his foot and not get in trouble for it!

For this we just painted his foot and then press a piece of paper onto his wet foot. Once dried we glued on eyes and draw on the rest of the Frankenstein details. 

Simple and super cute!

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Marshmallow Shooter

This get up and moving activity is perfect for the whole family. When I was looking on Pinterest for fun activities I came across a marshmallow shooter which brought back so many childhood memories when our family would have marshmallow wars. So there was no doubt that we were going to make these.

Thank you Real Simple for this great activity. You will be running around which is the best exercise for the whole family. 

If you don't want marshmallows all over the place you can replace them for the pom poms that you can find at craft stores. The activity called for a plastic cup but I didn't have any so I replaced it was a piece of the pool noodle that I had cut up for the quite block activity that I posted a while back. You can do what ever you want.

What you will need 

Cup or pool noodle

Marshmallows or pom poms

Balloon 

Duct tape

Scissors

What to do:

1.) Cut 1/2 inch off the top of the balloon. 

2.) Stretch the balloon over the cup/pool noodle. Once in place Tie a knot on the other end of the balloon.

3.) Tape the bottom of the balloon.

4.) Load the marshmallow or pom pom into holder once in pull back aim and shoot. 

Have fun!

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Apple Juice Painting

Wow I'm sitting done writing out Pinterest experience, I'm noticing we do a lot of painting in our house.

This next painting craft is a fun one. It's snack time and art all in one. Apple juice paint on Graham crackers. Ireland said she was scared to eat it at first but after trying she said it tastes really good Mommy. So I joined in on the painting fun and it really wasn't bad.

We have done this 2 times already and every time I forget you don't need a lot of apple juice. I waste more then we use. So before I forget to say it a little juice goes a long way.

What you need:

• Apple juice
• Food color
• Small bowls one for each color
• Graham crackers
• Paint brushes

What to do:
Start by pouring your small amount of apple juice into your bowls.Add 3 drops of food color to each bowl.

If you want brighter colors add more food color.

Mix and your ready to paint on the grahams.

Hope you guys enjoy. Don't forget to share pictures on Instagram of your creations.

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DIY Suncatchers

Are you ever looking for a sit down craft to do with older kids? This is a great one, my 5 year old enjoyed it. I'm not sure if it was the Mommy and me time or the craft she enjoyed more. I know for myself it was the one on one time with her. Because with two little ones I definitely don't get this a lot.

When looking on Pinterest you can find many different ideas for these melted bead sun catchers. Some people were using the muffin tins, circle cake pans or even flat cookie sheets. I decided to make it easier and not so frustrating for Ireland we would stick with something small like the muffin pan. However, when looking on Pinterest with so many ideas you find that there are different times and temperatures for the project as well. In this post I will share with you what we did to make this craft work for us.

Now you are probably thinking won't melted beads ruin my pan why would I want to do this. I was thinking the same thing when I was reading the different post but everyone was saying it was simple and no mess. And now I'm going to be another person saying it don't worry you wont be messing up your pan there will be no evidence of melted beads in your pan :)

What you will need:

• Muffin tin pan
• Translucent Pony Beads
• Oven
• Ribbon or string
• Drill
  
  

Steps:

• Arrange the beads however you want. You want to make sure that they are flat so when they're in the oven they melt all the way with no bubbles. This step can take some time it took about 30 minutes for each of us to finish a pan.
  
• When you are ready to melt the beads preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Once preheated melt your beads for 25 minutes. *Warning with this step you might want to make sure that you have windows open because it will fill your house with the smell of melted plastic.

• After they are melted let cool for 10 minutes. As they are cooling you will hear a little cracking sound don't worry they are not breaking they loosening up from the pan to make removal easy.

• Once they are cool turn over and tap and the sun catchers should just pop out with no mess on the pan. 

• Then when ready drill a small hole into the top to place the ribbon or sting into the hole.
  

We hope you guys enjoy this fun craft and don't forget to share your photos on Instagram can't wait to see all the different sun catchers.

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Foam Dough

I know as a mom to two little ones when I find new recipes or ideas for play dough like stuff, it always seems like a good idea. So when I found foam dough I was thinking to myself oh this could be easy to make and the kids will have a lot of fun playing with this. Oh I got one part right the kids did love it. The easy to make not so much it took two times trying before it finally turned out. If it wasn't for the patiently waiting 2 year old at the table I probably would have said, "you know what never mind" but I couldn't give up or there would have been a major melt down.

Take 1 (My Pinterst fail!)

For the first try I thought it would be easy to mix the ingredients on plate. One simple words sums this up MESSY! And just not sticking together.

Take 2:

This time I went with a bowl that worked great till the end then I ditched and finish mixing with my hands over the sink. Finally the silky soft dough was ready to play with

Now that I have found the perfect way to make this here is what you will need:

1/2 cup Corn Starch

1/2 cup shave cream

Opitional you can add food coloring (I haven't tried it yet so I don't know how well it well it works.)

• Add the corn starch to the bowl then the shave cream.  If you choose to add food color add it now.

• Start by mixing with a spoon then move over to the sink and finish mixing in your hands to form a ball. If you find that dough is to crumby add more shave cream small amounts at a time.
  
• After you have form the perfect mixture it's time to let your kids imagination run wild and free.
  

*If you are making this for more then one kid  you might want to make a ball for each kid. This recipe is the perfect amount for one kid.

* After playing with this I put it in a bag to try to save it however it didn't work for us it just turned into crumbs. For now on we will be throwing ours away when done. If you find something that works to save it I would love to hear what you did!

Hope you and kids enjoy this silky soft dough. We would love to see your guys creation