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Sound Bells
Sweet Pea is 26 months old. From: I saw this on The Wonder Years blog. Materials: 10 Closed jingle bell-style 1″ bells. (I got a small bag from Micheal’s for about $3.00) A butter knife. 3 Baskets or...
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Clean Paint
Shannon’s Note: This is a guest post from my friend Lori, who worked as a preschool teacher for 3 years and now enjoys staying home with her daughter. E.G. is 18 months old. Materials: 2 Sheets Glad...
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Sound Eggs or “A Descent into Hysteria” – Part 2
Sweet Pea is 35 months old. From: This activity is based on the Montessori sound cylinders work. It is a great way to use some of those plastic eggs that are laying around after Easter and I’ve seen...
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Scratch-and-Sniff Painting
Sweet Pea is 40 months old. From: I found this at The Picky Apple and another version (featured on the fabulous Crafty Crow website) at Paint Cut Paste . Material: 3 or 4 packets of Kool-Aid in...
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Homemade Fingerpaint
Sweet Pea is 43 months old. From: I found this homemade fingerpaint recipe at Not Just Cute. Material: Printer friendly version of this fingerpaint recipe. (This is a .pdf file and requires Foxit or...
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Colored Salt (or “How I Didn’t Make Homemade Glitter”)
Sweet Pea is 4 years old. From: When I saw this “Do-It-Yourself Glitter” recipe all over pinterest (originally from this Sprinkles and Sequins tumbler page) I couldn’t wait to try it. I thought,...
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Glow Sticks in the Tub
Sweet Pea is 5 years old. From: I have seen variations on this in a few places: The Chocolate Muffin Tree, Play At Home Mom and Meaningful Mama. Material: Glow Sticks. (I found a tube of 15...
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Exploding Ivory (Bonus: “How to Make PlaySnot® – A New Sensory Material”).
Sweet Pea is 6 years old. From: This quick little activity is from Our Best Bites. Material: A brand spanking new bar of Ivory soap. A plate. A microwave. Procedure: Put the bar of Ivory soap on...
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Bubble Dough
Sweet Pea is 6 years old. From: I saw this very cool and super easy Bubble Dough recipe from Creative Playhouse and couldn’t wait to try it! Material: Mixing bowl. 1 cup Cornstarch. 1/4-1/2 cup...
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Cloud Dough
Sweet Pea was 5 years old. From: Many people have blogged about Cloud Dough, but I first read about it at Tinkerlab. Cloud Dough is a mixture of flour and oil that creates a really interesting...
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