Alec’s little friend Rebecka recently turned two. When we asked what she would like for her birthday, her mum told us that she likes crafting. So we decided to make Rebecka a playdough gift box. First we made a gift box for the set. I found fabric and wax cloth in a sweet green with [...]
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DIY Playdough Gift Box
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DIY Playdough Recipe
Little A is crazy about playdough right now. Cannot get enough. He asks to play with it several times a day and it keeps him busy for ages. The set we are using right now is a batch I made a few weeks ago. I had been wanting to make our own play dough for [...]
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DIY Cloud Dough
My husband was right. I was wrong. Cloud dough: I had visions of Alec sitting with his hands in the bin exploring the texture of the cloud dough we made and building little sand castles. My husband said we would have cloud dough all over the flat. To be fair, it wasn’t all over the [...]
Posted in Alec, DIY, Kiddos, Mum & Baby Activities, Sensory Play, Sensory Play Also tagged Alec, cloud dough, cloud dough recipe, cloud dough tutorial, diy cloud dough, diy sensory tub, indoor activity, learning activity, moon sand, olive oil cloud dough, pinterest, sensory exploration, toddler activity Leave a comment
DIY Colored Pasta Play
After a not-so-fantastic summer here in Sweden, it seems that autumn has arrived. The last few days have been mostly grey and chilly and wet and fall is in the air. After his first three days of “schooling in” at nursery school, Little A came home with his first nursery school cold and had to [...]
Posted in Alec, Arts & Crafts, DIY, Kiddos, Mum & Baby Activities, Sensory Play, Toddlers Also tagged americolor, arts, colored pasta, crafting for toddlers, food coloring, food colors, indoor activities, Pasta, pasta art, threading pasta, toddler activities, toddler crafts 1 Comment
Mini Veg – Making Butter in a Baby Food Jar
Here is a great activity to try with kids – homemade butter! All you need is clean empty baby food jars, clean marbles and heavy cream at room temperature. Get the details here on How We Montessori!
Baking as Sensory Play
Sensory play is so important for little children and baking is a great way to get started. Little A spends quite a bit of time with me in the kitchen. Usually he plays on the floor while I prepare our meals, but if he is having trouble entertaining himself, I often pull up a high [...]
Posted in Alec, Baby, DIY, Education & Learning, Food, Kiddos, Mum & Baby Activities, Parenting, Toys Also tagged activities for children, antilop high chair, baby's first baking, Baking, baking as sensory play, baking oat cakes, baking with babies, baking with baby, baking with children, baking with toddler, ikea antilop, ikea high chair, oat cakes, senses, sensory baking, stokke, stokke tripp trapp, toddler, toddler activities, tripp trap, unbelievabowl 2 Comments
