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We tried a new method of dying our Easter Eggs last weekend. Have you seen this? Easter eggs dyed using shaving cream & food coloring. I saw this video come across my Facebook feed the other day and i...
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I have been wanting to do this forever. Put together a cute, classy, & simple sensory bin. I've walked by these little wooden storage boxes at Michaels a bazillion times but never bought one...until f...
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Bug activities are still going strong at our house. In fact our bug box is still out and getting used by the boys almost every day. I have to admit I'm amazed. I don't think they've ever stuck with a ...
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It's unofficially "Bug Week" around these parts. What does that really mean? It means we've got bugs on the brain! The boys (ages three & four) have an interest in bugs right now so we are rolling wit...
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My kids love... no... make that L O V E playing with ball pit balls. They are hands down one of the best investments we've made in the toy department. If I had to downsize the toys, these would stay. ...
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Glitter, food coloring & water in a ziplock freezer bag. Pretty basic. (Affiliate links provided for your convenience. Full disclosure policy here) You know what? I debated about posting this activity...
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I honestly love making homemade gifts when it seems like a good fit. I find it's a lot easier to do when the kiddos are younger than when they are older so I try to take advantage while I can. Recentl...
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Earlier this week I shared with you that I was taking part in the 6 Days of Sensory Play for Kids blog hop. Well we are down to the last couple of days and today I'm back to share with you on the topi...
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My (now almost 3yr old) Mr. C was so taken with making imprints and star shapes in the play dough from our red white & blue play dough last week that I thought I would capitalize on his interests for ...
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Yay! Memorial Day weekend is upon us. The official kick off to summer if you will. (I hope our weather forecast agrees)! C has been asking me to make "all kinds of colors" of play dough lately. I'm no...
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I forgot how much I love making sensory bins for the kids. I actually haven't done one in quite some time. I saw a couple of adorable bins come through my instagram feed the other day and felt compell...
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My two little guys (13 months & 2.5 yrs) are starting to interact more. I will often catch them playing side by side. I can tell they are trying. Little E tries his best to follow C around the house. ...
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I always seem to get all my best ideas for holiday activities about a week before the actual holiday. Not necessarily ideal for my line of work as a blogger when folks tend to look for activities earl...
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You've probably noticed there is really not a lot of messy play on this blog. The truth is I hate messy play. I mean I loathe it. The idea of my two year old wielding a glitter shaker makes me cringe....
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I have a confession to make. I love sensory bins. Mr. C however, can often take them or leave them. Sometimes what I think is sure to be a great hit, he will look at briefly, play with for 5 seconds a...
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Cornstarch and water (aka: Oobleck) is always a popular substance around this house. It's something that both my two year old and my nine year old can enjoying playing with together. Although I don't ...
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C loves play dough. It's one material that he will play with for extensive amounts of time. I try to incorporate it into our play invitations whenever I can. Today's invitation is simple but captivati...
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We have had apples on the brain around here. I knew that we'd be going to pick apples this past weekend so in preparation Mister C and I did a few apple activities throughout the week. We continued to...
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With the unseasonably warm hot and humid days we had here in New England last week, I was trying to come up with something new and fun in the water play department. Given the season "witches brew" cam...
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School is back in session and I am putting forth an honest effort to try to reorganize our days after a very lazy & lax summer. In doing so I have been trying to incorporate some kind of invitation to...
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I love when my diaper shipments arrive! For more than one reason. First I have the assurance of the stocked changing tables, but secondly C has a whole new toy to play with. That HUGE diapers.com box....
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Want to know what we've playing lately? Ok... I will tell you this... it rocks. hehe. Alright enough cheeky puns. I just couldn't resist. I'm sure there are at least a billion ways to play with rocks....
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You may have seen in a previous post that I've been focusing on a color of the week with our little Mr. C who is 20 months old. As we start out every color week, we go on a little scavenger hunt aroun...
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I have to say I am pretty excited about this one. (Not to mention these colorful little fake fruits were fun to photograph). I just think you can't beat a two dollar color sorting activity. Which is e...
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Have you ever used oatmeal as a sensory medium? We have used it in small amounts in the past but I have admittedly been a bit hesitant to let the little mister go wild with with it inside. It does how...
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If there was one toy that I would recommend over and over again it would be a bag of ball pit balls...or two...or three. These balls are one of our favorite things to play with. I can't believe we nev...
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I could easily write this post on how we did our colored salt activity, show you a few beautiful pictures of my toddler happily playing, scooping and pouring and you would be none the wiser. You would...
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I have stumbled onto a little life saver that I just have to share with you! You see, timing has become a little trickier now that I've got two little ones. The worst being mealtime. Of course it seem...
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So what have we been up to lately...play-wise that is? Well Mr. C is now just about seventeen months old. He's been walking for a couple of months and has a new curiosity about everything. I've tried ...
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Alrighty, so I am trying to get into the spirit for you all, or get the blog in the spirit as the case may be. We are actually very much in the spirit at our house. I was buying my fall candles in Aug...
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I have been really wanting to do some fall themed sensory play with little guy. Although he's getting better at not putting things in his mouth, I still feel somewhat limited by the amount of mess I w...
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I'm thinking that this new little one we will be welcoming in Feb may be very creative as he or she has been sucking the creativity right out of me. It's been awhile since I've done much like this wit...
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I am still trying to regroup from our vacation last week. Thankfully some posts need few words.... this is one of them! I don't think they knew what was more fun. Going down.... Or trying to get back ...
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I'm often inspired by the everyday simple things when it comes to thinking up activities for the babe. This time I was inspired by how much fun the munchkin man was having sticking his fingers in his ...
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Well this Plain Vanilla Mom is proud of herself once again. I set up another sensory bin for the babycakes! BALLS. Yes balls. We know he loves them. You see, I got to thinking about how much he loves ...
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My little guy LOVES his sensory bottles. I started making them for him one day when I realized how much he was enjoying playing with my half-full water bottle. Sensory bottles don't need to be anythin...
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I have been very anxious to get to making sensory bins with the babe. I know he's not quite old enough for the elaborate sensory bins I am envisioning but I am trying my hardest to find ways to be cre...
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My love of the dollar store has been revived as of late. Did you know it's a wealth of goodies and treasures just waiting to be discovered? Until I started blogging I was paying good money for a lot o...
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What does a 7 year old do with measuring cups and colored rice? Fill them up and let Mom take pictures ;) In all seriousness. Shame on me for thinking that Mr. A was too old for a sensory bin. He had ...
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At some point you will probably figure out that I just LOVE colored rice! I think I'm regressing because I never had colored rice as a child. (I know...so deprived right?) Anyhow, I am more than getti...
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It's always fun to have new toys, but what's even more fun is something that will keep baby occupied and interested for a long time. I find over and over again that it's rarely the store bought toys t...
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Something so simple turned into such a great activity for the babes I had to share it. The weather has turned a little warm here, and while the big kids are into their water balloons, I was trying to ...
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Sometimes it's hard to come up with sensory play for babies, but I am so excited about this project!! I saw this post for sensory bags quite awhile ago and so wanted to do it. I just couldn't quite th...
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One batch of rice and two three different projects for two very different ages AND everyone is a happy camper! (including Mom) I had so much fun with this! It was so pretty and colorful I couldn't res...
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Today I decided to try something a little different with the munckin man. I wandered around Babies R Us this morning looking for a new toy, but nothing quite fit the bill so when we got home I decided...
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Here's a fun activity that never gets old. Cornstarch & water. Have you ever tried it? I don't actually know what the concoction is officially called, and I have to credit hubby with introducing me to...
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