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Colouring w/Crayola Colour Wonder
Colour Wonder inks are clear, and colours appear only on the special Color Wonder paper. We explored the colours appearing on the paper. Derek is still very much into scribbling still so nothing he makes looks like anything but the stories he tells me about […]
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Light Table
We had some letters and numbers that happened to be for a light table but don’t actually own a light table. Thank you daddy for making the awesome light table. Made from an old take out container, laminate sheets and some LED lights. LED’s Available […]
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Alphabet Stamp Painting
I started out by putting foam alphabet stickers on a toilet paper roll. Then I had Derek roll it into paint and then onto the paper. The roll got very goopy with paint and when we tried to roll it just made a big glob […]
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Homemade Paint
Making homemade paint. Shout out to MNS Earlyon for the activity. This homemade paint worked for them but our paint didn’t really turn out all that well. It was quite lumpy. Since the recipe required boiling water and cooking it on the stove Derek wasn’t […]
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Marker Cars
Today’s activity. Drawing with markers taped to cars. Derek wanted to draw using the marker and kept asking for the marker to come off. After showing him a few times how to do it he sort of got the hang of it. He still preferred […]
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Dabber Dots
Do a dot lines. Last time I tried to do an activity like this without do a dot markers it didn’t go over so well. I found a DIY for do a dot markers witch actually worked out pretty well. You fill a bottle with […]
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Squishy Bags
I filled a ziplock bag with a few squirts of paint and then taped them closed. I gave Derek a q-tip so he could scribble and draw pictures. This wasn’t not very exciting to Derek and only kept his attention for like two minutes then […]
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Butterfly Symmetry Painting
I helped Derek squeeze blobs of paint onto one side of a large piece of paper. Then I folded it in half and had Derek press down on the paper and spread the paint around. When we opened it up it made a really neat […]
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Egg Carton Caterpillar
Painted an egg carton and turned it into a caterpillar. We got to use some recycled stuff and Derek enjoyed the different material to paint on today. He also loves the hungry caterpillar book. Happy Earth Day.
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Tracing Shapes – Water Mat
We used Derek’s water mat today. It came with foam shapes and a stencil that we tried to trace. This was very advanced and challenging for Derek. We then just drew happy faces and other pictures on the mat. Overall this is a great mat […]