Homemade glossy paint

I was cleaning out the pantry the other day and had some condensed milk that was expired so, I opened it up and put food coloring in it to make some glossy paint for the kids. I didn't want to waste it. 

Wasn't too sure how it was going to work cause it was thick and a little sticky. Well have to say it was a success and the painting we did turned out so pretty and the texture it had when it dried was too cool.

If you never used condensed milk to paint with I will say it is a MUST try. Sticky but fun.

This also is great to use with toddlers, cause if it goes in their mouth its not going to harm them.

If you are looking for some other fun Easter crafts to do with your kids be sure to check out the link below.

Hand and foot print crafts

Egg Crystal

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3 Egg science experiments

After doing our Egg-citing exploration experiment the other day and Jake being all into it, I decided to do a couple other experiments with him. Below you will see.

How an egg shell disappears?

When I saw this over at Science Sparks several weeks ago, I knew Jake would love to do this experiment.

Materials:

Raw egg

White vinegar

Container

Place the raw egg in the container, then cover with vinegar. You will notice almost right away the egg starts to bubble(that is the chemical reaction that is happening)

We left it in the vinegar for 2 days and then took it out and washed it off, it was clear. Then we used it for another experiment(see below).

What Jake noticed on this experiment was the egg bubbled, was firm, it bounced on the counter, and got bigger.

How to shrink an egg?

Materials:

Light karo-syrup

Shell-less egg (experiment above will get you a shell-less egg)

We took the shell-less egg from above experiment and used it for this next experiment.

Place egg in container and pour karo-syrup all over the egg. Leave it in there for 12 hours. You will notice after a couple hours it starting to shrink.

When an egg is placed in the syrup the water moves out and cause a decrease in mass. This is a result of osmosis occurring.

You can see in the picture that Jake is amazed at how the egg shell is gone. Also, you can see that the egg is firm not squishy like the picture above.

What Jake gathered from the shrinking egg was it was a brighter yellow, squishy to the touch, and smaller.

How to make an egg erupt?

Materials:

Water and food coloring if you want the egg to be colored

Shrunken egg (from above experiment)

Toothpick

Take your shrunken egg and place in water, we used colored water to give it a twist for the end result. Then wait several hours.

Your egg will reabsorb the water and grow again, but will also turn colored if you made the water colored.

Then Jake took it out of the water and I had him poke a hole in the top of the egg with the toothpick.  Water squirted from it making a volcano.

Jake gathered from this experiment was that the egg turned blue from the food coloring, was firm like it was before we shrunk it and grew in size.

We had a lot of fun doing these egg experiments over a couple days. Also, talking about how egg looked and felt different with each experiment. The part that amazed me the most was that you could do all 3 experiments using one egg.

If you would like to do more egg experiments be sure to check out Science Sparks 10 egg experiments great science for kids.

If you like to explore and try new experiments be sure to visit our Science board.

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Volcano Egg Science

We have had fun doing different egg science with Easter around the corner, that we added our favorite volcano making to eggs.

This is very simple, all you have to do is crack the top of the egg a little and peel the shell off, then wash the inside of the egg with warm water.

Next fill the egg with some kool-aid and baking soda. Then add the vinegar and you have your egg volcano.

To hold the eggs we used our egg carton cut in half.

After you are done you can wash the eggs out and can reuse it for the kids to do it again later.

Be sure to check back cause we have one last egg experiment and you don't want to miss this one. Below are a couple other fun Easter science experiments we did.

Egg exploring

              

Crystal Egg

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Easter egg number learning puzzle

We are working on number recognition and counting in order. So I put together this fun Easter egg puzzle bath. Very simple to do. You can buy the foam eggs from a local craft store or you can make them using foam sheets like I did.

All you need to do is write your number and dots on the egg and then cut it in half so the kids can match the pieces together.

You can also do this with alphabets like we did in our alphabet bath.

Fun way to add learning to the bath, center time or even a great busy bag.

Cate is learning number recognition, so Jake helped her out some. She is also working on colors so she would match the colors up to see if the puzzle fit. This is a great fine motor skill for little ones along with learning numbers or letters.

You can also check out our bathtime link for other fun bath time learning games and activities.

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Egg-citing Exploration

We were making hard boiled eggs the other day to color and Jake was asking all these questions. So after we were done boiling the eggs, I decide to do an experiment with him about the difference between a raw egg and a hard boiled egg.

I got a pan and had him crack both eggs open, didn't tell him which egg was raw or cooked. After exploring the difference we talked about them.

We compared the shell, yolk and albumen.

What Jake had to say about each.

                          Raw:                                                             Cooked:

Shell:    Smooth and white                                                      Smooth and white

Yolk:  Orange, gooy, and liquid                                                Yellow, crumbly, solid

Albumen: Feels like slime, clear                                              Feels like rubber and white

This was a very simple experiment and Jake was so excited to brake the eggs open.  He asked if he could do it again. You can tell braking the raw egg open was his favorite. (Be sure to have kids wash their hands right away after doing this).

If you like to fun experiments be sure to check out our Science board for all the fun experiments we have done.

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10 hand and foot print crafts for Easter

I am always doing hand and foot prints of my kids cause I want them to stay small forever, they grow too fast. So I put this list together of some fun and easy crafts for Easter that you can use your kids hand/foot prints to cherish forever.

The link is below each picture of where the picture came from and where you can find out more info about how to make it.

Momma's Fun World

Clean & Scentsible

Long wait for Isabella

The Iowa Farmer's Wife

Handprint and footprint art

Prayer glow

Ramblings of a crazy woman

Meet the Dubiens

Handprint and footprint Art

How to do it

Below are a couple other fun things for Easter to do with the kids.

Themed Egg Hunts

Egg Hunt Bubble Bath

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Flower pot carrot dirt dessert

I first saw this idea in the Disney Family Fun Magazine, but they made it with hummus last year and my kids will not eat hummus. I was going to make this treat last year and time past too fast.

So today Jake and I made brownies for daddy and took some of it for the dirt for our flower pot treat. Then to make the carrots I bought circus peanuts and sour punch straws from Walgreen's. Both cost less than a dollar. Picture below.

What you need to make the carrots.

1. Cut the licorice up in to 3 sections, then cut the top 3 quarters.

2. Use to toothpick and put a hole in the top of the peanuts

3. Put licorice in the hole and you will have a carrot.

These are super easy to make and great for a kid party or yummy treat.

Be sure to check out some of our other fun things for Easter as well.

Egg hunt bubble bath

Dollar items for Easter basket

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Jello Egg Science

Jake loved it  when we made the Fizzing Shamrock that I decide to make some Easter Egg shaped science. We tried jello this time in the mix instead of kool-aid, cause I love all the pastel colors jello has.

Well it was a hit and again he loved it. We had the silicone mold from last year, but you can get it at any craft store and use a 40% or 50% off coupon. That is what I did last year.

To make these eggs all you need is baking soda, jello mix and a little water(mix til it is a paste like feel). Then I placed it in the mold and froze them. They came out hard like a rock. 

Place in a tray and add vinegar/water mixture in a spray bottle and let the kids do a little fizzing science. The little flowers are table toppers from Dollar Tree and then added a little glitter for it to sparkle. 

Not only is it science related, but also great way to build fine motor skills.

We love adding a science twist to holiday thing, be sure to check out our Science link of all the fun things we have done.

If you have tried any of our fun science experiments would love to here how it went.

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Easter egg hunt bubble bath

The kids love themed baths during the holidays, cause I go all out. We took out our eggs from last year and I filled them with small toys around the house . Then I filled the tub with bubbles and colored them green like grass. Decorated around the tub with the window clings from Dollar Tree(they stick great to the tub and bath wall when wet)

Then had the kids come in and gave them their baskets and they hunted for eggs under the bubbles.

No joke we have done this bath 3 times now since I set it up last week. Jake is into it more then Cate, but they both loves doing it. 

Super fun and great memories to make with your little ones.

We did this in the bath tub, but you can do it in a sensory bin like we did our firework bubbles.

If you like to do fun and creative things for you kids at  bath time be sure to check out our other baths and our Pinterest bath board

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Homemade scented bath paints

We love bath time it is one of our favorite times together. We are always doing something fun and creative. While playing the other night I mixed some kool-aid in with the kids Johnson and Johnson's bath soap and it worked well for paint and colored bubble bath.

We use to paint with our shaving cream bath paints, but Cate has sensitive skin and so we had to stop using it. The bath soap and kool-aid worked great  cause it is for sensitive skin and it's also great cause it is tear free for their eyes.

Note: You can use the Target brand as well it works just like the Johnson and Johnson's baby bath.

We used our bath paints to paint Easter eggs. We also did a Peter Cotton Tail Bunny that we decorated like our Frosty the snowman bath we did at Christmas.

To do this bath all you need is craft foam and cut the shapes you need. Craft foam acts like stickers in the tub when it is wet. They stick to the wall and the bath.

The nice thing about these paints is that you can paint on craft foam over and over again and  it washes right off. So you can use the foam eggs for multiple fun baths. Jake even painted on the plastic eggs as well.

Then we sang the song in the bath while putting Peter Rabbit together.

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