As the months grow colder it becomes even harder to find things to keep kids busy. This past week my hubster and I were sick and so I hunted for fun indoor activities! This is a Halloween craft board we made together.. We got supplies together at Dollar Tree and then assembled the individual parts to hang on our front door. The Painted Pumpkins- are an annual craft we started last year with K. It's a favorite as I painted pumpkins with my family growing up. I have them paint Dollar Store plastic pumpkins so we can save them and create a collection. This year we invited our neighbors to join in on our fun! It was a great way to get to know them as they have recently moved to the building. This day was so fun! We made homemade play dough food colored our bathwater, and used pots and pans as a drum set. Of these the pots and pans were J's favorite! He loves banging on walls and objects to being allowed to hit things with a kitchen utensil was heaven for him! I was pleasantly surprised by the food coloring bath! We added a few drops of food coloring and let J watch them mix together. It was fun and surprisingly didn't stain our tub (I'd had a few worried about that). This is and probably will remain my favorite homemade play dough!! It's two parts cornstarch, one part hair conditioner. We added food coloring to ours! This was so fun! It's really very soft, I would say it's drawbacks are that it doesn't store long (I used air sealed zip locks) and it's very very messy! K was bringing it all over the house and while I didn't notice any stains, it was a pain to clean up. Keep it to a wipe-able surface! Also- not edible. Busy Bottles! Instead of a "Time-out" bottle- this is for play. I filled it with glitter and "shiny's" then sealed it with glue and taped the top. J loved rolled it and watching everything swirl! *Please excuse the lack of pants- we're in a naked phase and have learned how to remove those! These are a few of the fun crafts and activities we've been up too lately! I've been searching for fun crafts for J that will be safe and age appropriate! Have you done any fun things with your toddler's that you'd like to share?
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