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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

5+ things you can do with salt for sensory play

Salt is so inexpensive you can get 26 oz for $.040 at the grocery store, so that makes for alot of cheap play and experimenting not spending alot of money.

Below are some of the fun experiments we have done and had fun using salt.

1. You can make pretty ice art pouring salt on the frozen ice and then adding food coloring turns out so pretty and there is alot of things you can do with food coloring.

2. You can make your own scented glitter ....this is fun for art projects.

3. Make your own colored sand using chalk.

4. Practice writing in salt great fine motor skill for kids.

5. Make your own scented sand just using kool-aid. You can also use Duncan Hines Frosting packets

6. Make your own glowing sand now this is fun play, "J" LOVED this.

7. Then make your own Scented puff paint.

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Thursday, December 20, 2012

15+ fun and easy Christmas ornaments for kids

We have had fun this holiday season making crafts and doing some fun learning tied to Christmas, below you will find a picture and the links to each fun thing we have done.

Hope you have as much fun making them as we did and cherish the memories that will be made.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Glad you stopped by.

DIY....princess ornaments

Recycled light bulb snowman ornament

Christmas tree ornament

Christmas glow lantern

DIY...scented glitter

Scented sensory play

Finger print keepsake picture frame

Reindeer family ornaments with scented paint

Candy cane picture frame ornament

Reindeer handprint keepsake

DIY....memo/photo holders

Scented salt dough ornaments

Thumb print snowman keepsake ornament

Baby Jesus footprint keepsake

DIY....pirate ornaments

DIY...scented playdough

Build Frosty sensory fun

Candy cane ornament with poem

Scented puff paint craft

Snowman tree ornament

Scented reindeer ornament

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Friday, December 14, 2012

10 things to do with Peppermint extract

This time of the year there are so many things you can do to bring the smell of Christmas to the air, well we have been doing alot of fun things with Peppermint this holiday season. So I gathered our list of fun things and wanted to share all in one place.

Below you will fine some pictures and a link listed below, click on the link and it will tell you all about each craft, sensory play or food making we did.

#1
Add to shaving cream to make a fun sensory play or fun time themed bath

Scented gingerbread sensory

#2
Add to your art work or paint

Scented snowflake ornament

#3
When making salt dough ornaments

Scented salt dough ornaments

#4
Homemade salt glitter

DIY...scented glitter

#5
Cloud dough sensory play

Scented cloud dough

#6
Homemade play dough or store bought play-doh

Scented play dough

#7
Add to cool whip and make your own Peppermint Ice cream sandwiches

DIY...ice cream sandwiches

#8
You can add it to slime like we did with Kool-Aid to make Christmas slime.

Scented slime

#9
Make your own scented puff paint. I didn't do a post on this but the recipe we used can be found here at Mama Miss and all you need to do is add 1tsp peppermint extract.

Check out Mama Miss fun puff paint picture and how to make.

#10
Add it to rice for a fun Christams sensory play. We love Kool-aid rice.

Be sure to check out Mama Miss to see how to make fun Kool-aid rice.

If you have never added scent to play or crafts, you should really try it kids love it and it is fun.

Be sure to check out all the fun things you can do with Kool-aid and Food coloring as well. They are inexpensive and so much fun to add to play.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Scented Salt dough garland

Make your own scented salt dough garland. We have made salt dough ornaments for several years, this is how I have done my kids handprint keepsakes when they were both born.

This year I have loved all the fun things we have done with Kool-Aid over the summer and couldn't wait for the holiday season to get here to start using all the Christmas scents. So the other night I was making the salt dough recipe to make our yearly ornaments and added Peppermint extract.

WOW, the smell is great. Then we painted them with peppermint paint for them to have a stronger smell. (Just add alittle dab of peppermint extract to the tempera paint and you have a fun scented paint)

Materials:
3 cups of flour
3 cups of salt
2 cups of water
2tsp of peppermint extract or you can add extra for a stronger smell
Paint(whatever colors you want)
Pipe cleaner....we used Craft products sold in Wal-Mart

*This mix above will make 20 or more ornaments depending on how thick you make them*

Once it is mixed together you want it to be like play dough, so sometimes you have to just mix more water or flour. Depends if it is dry or wet when you first mix it.

Then roll out, cut your shapes out with cookie cutter, then you can bake, air dry or place in the microwave.

Make sure you use a straw or something to put a hole in the top for you to hang them or you can always make magnets out of them as well.

We tried the microwave method I saw over at Rainy Day Mum and it worked great!! You could paint after they dried.

I use to air dry them cause I didn't like baking them and having to wait several hours and not always turning out right.

"J" loved painting the snowman and snowflakes, then stringing them.

Be sure to check out the other fun things we have been doing this holiday season with great scents.
Scented cloud dough baking, Scented play dough and DIY...scented glitter.

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Saturday, November 24, 2012

DIY Scented glitter for crafts

One of the best things about Christmas is the smell of Cinnamon and Peppermint so what better way to make crafts then with Scented Glitter.

Materials:
Epson Salt.....can get at Dollar Tree
Cinnamon spice......can get at Dollar Tree
Peppermint extract....local grocery store
Green food coloring.....get at Dollar Tree

This is a very inexpensive to make. The Peppermint is $4.97 but you can use this for many other things.

To make Cinnamon Glitter mix Epson salt and Cinnamon spice til you have the smell, then add a small dab of water to make the color for vibrant.

To make Peppermint Glitter mix Epson salt and peppermint extract together with a small dab of green food coloring.

Be sure to check back cause we have some fun crafts planned using our fun Christmas Scented Glitter.

Monday, September 10, 2012

15+ things you can do with Kool-Aid

Food coloring can get expensive using a lot of it, so I started using kool-aid in its place. Well it has worked great and has brought a lot of fun to our play.

There are so many ways you can use kool-aid. I have gathered a list of things we have done and over time there will be more to add, so be sure to check back.

Also, kool-aid is $.20. What better way to have fun then to add a little scent to your play.

1. Make your own kool-aid play dough