Activity 1️⃣: POTIONS LAB -food coloring -shaving cream OR dish soap + mixer -assortment of bottles, bowls, etc to hold water -assortment of tools (funnels, eye droppers, measuring cups and spoons, etc) Let your little one play mad scientist! The shaving cream (pictured) or soap bubbles floating on top of the main bowl reminds us of a bubbling cauldron of potion! You can play this in a sink or even in a dry bathtub. You can make this a color mixing activity if desired. Activity 2️⃣: SHAVING CREAM WEB -shaving cream -optional: plastic spiders, bugs, or beads! Your friendly house spider just caught some fun things in its web! Let your little line items up on the line (great fine motor!) or just let them scoop and smear. Pro tip: this might seem messy but your table gets super clean when the fun is done. 😉 Activity 3️⃣: NINJA WEBS - string/yarn/rope We don’t know about you, but we are ALWAYS looking for fun energy-expending activities to do inside when the weather gets bad. Your little can pretend to be a ninja (or spider) when you string yarn around your room. Climb over and under! For an extra challenge for older kids, challenge them to not touch the yarn! For younger kids, a few strings will do. ❤️ Need more play ideas?
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💥🇺🇸July 4th Fun💥🇺🇸
We want to give you some quick and easy ways to celebrate this weekend. 💧 Red and Blue Water Play- All you need is some buckets or bins and red and blue food coloring. You can add scoops, measuring cups, and other fun water toys. 🍉Frozen Watermelon Fun- Cut up watermelon and freeze for a couple hours. Get it out and your little one can play. Bonus is it make delicious treat. 🚗 Toy Car or Bike Wash with a Twist- Get our sponges, dish soap, spray bottles, wash rags, and provide red and blue water. 🚲 Parade- Decorate strollers, bikes, or scooters and walk around your neighborhood 🧊 Red and Blue Ice+ Shaving Cream- Freeze red and blue water (food coloring makes the water colored) in different containers (ice trays, muffin tins, etc.) The ice needs to freeze over night. Get the ice out and put in bin and add shaving cream. Kids can build and play. 🎨 Red, White, and Blue Art- Find all your art supplies that are red, White, and blue and let your kids create. 💥 Firework Paintings- Grab toilet paper rolls and cut the ends. (Should flare like a flower) This will make a firework stamp that kids can paint fireworks with. 👀 Red, White and Blue Scavenger Hunt- Look for all the colors indoors and outdoors. Can collect, make lists, or point out. 🥛 Red and Blue Milk Experiment- You need a tray or 9 by 13 pan. Pour a thin layer of milk. Grab cotton swabs and dish soap. You add drops of red and blue food coloring into the milk. Have your kids dip the cotton swabs into dish soap and then touch the food coloring in the milk. How are you celebrating tomorrow? Kansas Day is a fun way to introduce your toddler or preschooler to what state they live in. I have always loved sunflowers, so wanted to do a sensory bin that incorporated the beloved flower. This set up was easy, and kept my three kids (ages 4 and 2) entertained for an hour. Can do indoors or outdoors.
The following are items that you need for the sensory bin:
18 Frozen 2 Activity Ideas
We have had frozen fever around our house and cannot resist themed activities. Below are a list of activities you can do at home:
We're going to cover a lot of ~ground~ in these posts. Make sure you hit up all 3 parts!:
Friends, lets talk about my FAVORITE x 1,000 kid-related word (besides “phase”…ha!). The R-Word. RECIPROCITY. R-E-C-I-P-R-O-C-I-T-Y. Reciprocity.
What is this magic thing, you ask? Well, if you have a membership/season pass to many of our fine KC kid-related institutions, you probably already have access to this fine benefit. Reciprocity is when institutions (zoos, science museums, children’s museums, arboretums, etc) form a network. If you have membership at one within the network, then you get FREEEEEEEE access to any of the others in that same network! Each kind of institution has its own network, so you might belong to one or more. EXAMPLES: Have a SCIENCE CITY/UNION STATION membership? Use it at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. We JUST used this over spring break, and we saved $70 for our family of four (2 adults, 2 kids). The whole membership only costs $95, so it was a DEAL. Have a KC ZOO pass? Planning your summer vacation? You can get in HALF-PRICE at the world-class zoo in Omaha! (Save $38 for a family of 4…admission is $38 instead of $76). What about WONDERSCOPE? Check out the DELIGHTFUL museum in Topeka’s Gage Park (where you can also get half priced admission with your zoo pass at the Topeka Zoo next door). If you have a $150 membership level or higher, you get in free there too! Overland Park ARBORETUM members? (If you’re not, you should be! We LOOOVE the hikes, train display, and nature playgrounds, and it’s very affordable). Visit the excellent Missouri Botanical Gardens this summer! Are you planning a bigger trip this summer? Check the museums in the city/state you’re headed to, or consider a leg-stretch at a location along your road trip route! No offense, McDonalds, but running around an amazing science center for a hour ABSOLUTELY beats your PlayPlace. (Sorry-not-sorry). Don’t have a pass, but planning a trip? Check what your ticket prices would be at any of the museums/zoos you’re planning on hitting up. Are they within the reciprocal network? Does the cost offset the price of the KC-based pass? We actually bought the Union Station/Science City pass this year because we knew we were visiting Chicago and San Francisco within the calendar year. The pass gets us well over $100 worth of admissions (just for the two days of visits to the museums we’re planning to visit in those cities) PLUS we get access to all the great stuff here in KC! Here are some of our favorite FREE/reduced price places within a few hours of KC (and PLEASE drop your favorites in the comments if we missed some...which I know we did!): SCIENCE CITY/UNION STATION ($95 for family of 4) gets you into: The List: https://www.astc.org/members/pdf/PassPub05_14.pdf The Standouts:
The Standouts:
WONDERSCOPE (must be the $150+ pass level to gain access to the ACM reciprocity program) The List: http://childrensmuseums.org/images/Reciprocal_Brochure_3419.pdf The Standouts:
The OP ARBORETUM ($50 or $75, depending on age of your kids) gives you free access to: The List: https://www.ahsgardening.org/uploads/pdfs/2019_RAP_Members.pdf The Standouts:
TIPS on USING RECIPROCITY:
I am so excited to share with you something fun that we did to prepare our hearts and get excited for Christmas this year. Our family is Christian, and so it was fun to celebrate our love of Jesus and sensory play with these activities. It was amazing to see how much our kids learned (4 Year Old Twins & 2 Year Old). Their focus was much better when participating in sensory play while we discussed the Birth of Jesus. During the sensory play we had discussions, sung songs, read our favorite Christmas books, and read from Luke 2.
Note on the Bins: For most of the bins I used stuff that I had laying around the house. My goal was to make it fun, quick, and inexpensive. All of the bins I prepared in less than 5 minutes and my girls enjoyed helping me put them together. Day 1: Angel Sensory Bin Contents: Marshmallows, tin foil, and cotton balls Discussion: Angels are God's messengers and the news that angels told Mary, Joseph, and the shepherds in the Bible. Day 2: Travel and Census Bin Contents: People Figurines, Coins, Plane, Train, Car Base: Noodles Discussion: We counted people (basic concept of census), found coins in the sensory bin (represented taxes and reason for the census), and discussed Mary and Joseph traveling to Bethlehem and how it was a long journey because they did not travel by plane, car, or train. Day 3: No Room In Inn (Knock, Knock Sound Bin) Base: Popcorn (awesome crunchy sound) Contents: Bells, Pots and Pans, Spoons **You could do anything that you have around the house that makes noise Discussion: We talked about how there was no house or hotel that Mary and Joseph could stay in. I had the kids "knock" the different items together and I would say there was no room in the inn. Day 4: Manger Scene (Where the Animals Live is Where Jesus was Born) Base: Oats Contents: Animals, Person Figurine to be baby Jesus, Yellow Ribbon to be Straw, Lego Block to be the manger, tissue paper to swaddle baby Jesus, popsicle sticks and Lincoln logs to build fences or mangers. Discussion: We did a lot of singing "Away in a Manger" and "Silent Night." We talked about how baby Jesus was born where animals lived. Day 5: Baby Washing (Could substitute with Baby Swaddling if you do not have a baby doll you can "wash") Contents: Water, sponges, spray bottle, and soap Discussion: We talked about baby Jesus being born. We washed the baby and then swaddled the baby. We talked about what a gift babies are. Day 6: Shepherds Sensory Bin Base: Marshmallows Contents: Candy Canes, bells, and Cotton Balls Discussion: We talked about shepherds and how their job was to watch sheep. We also talked about how candy canes are shaped similar to the staffs that shepherds used. We discussed angels appearing and telling the shepherds the good news. We also talked about how exciting it was that the shepherds got to visit baby Jesus. Day 7: Star in the Sky Base: Shaving Cream Content: Foam Stars Discussion: We talked about how there was a bright star in the sky the night Jesus was born. I introduced the Wise Men and talked about how they would follow the star to find Jesus. Day 8: Bright Star Base: Yellow Jello Content: Foam Stars Discussion: I used this day as kind of a fun review day and went over everything we had discussed. We also talked more about the special star and Wise Men. Day 9: Perfect Gifts (Our Perfect Gift) Base: Heart Noodles Content: Baby Jesus Discussion: I wrapped up a cardboard box filled with heart noodles and Baby Jesus. The kids unwrapped it and we talked about how at Christmas time we receive gifts. I then discussed how Jesus is our greatest gift. We talked about Jesus being God’s Son. I also talked about the gifts the Wise Men brought Jesus. Day 10: Birthday Party for Jesus Sensory Bin Base: Rice Content: Candles, Cupcake Tins, Cupcake Liners, Sprinkle Bottles (Anything Birthday Related) Discussion: We talked about how Christmas is the celebration of Jesus’s birthday. We sung happy birthday to Jesus and talked about how fun it is to celebrate birthdays. We are excited to announce our new venture called Purpose Play LLC. We (Amy, Maureen, and Molly) are thrilled to offer unique activities for kids. Stay tuned for more updates on events and all things Purpose Play. Thanks for joining us on this journey.
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