The past few days have been snowy and cold here. Well, snowy for Oklahoma. I'm not opposed to going out. Except that apparently our town has not heard of this magical thing called putting salt or sand down on icy roads, and most people here either drive ridiculously fast for the conditions or drive absurdly slow while taking up two lanes.
Okay, end rant.
Anyway, we are all getting a serious case of cabin fever. I had exhausted all my usual activities when I happened across an idea for shaving cream fun in Parents magazine.
Here's what you need:
-Shaving cream
-Food coloring
-A baking sheet
-Crazy toddler
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| Yep, that's seriously all you need |
I plopped bits of shaving cream onto the baking sheet and added a few drops of food coloring to each. Ella then stirred them in.
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| It's very serious business |
Then I let her go to town. She played with it for at least an hour.
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| The bigger the mess, the bigger the smiles |
If you are really ambitious you can talk about what happens when you mix different colors together.
If you are like me, you will take advantage of the time to have a few moments of peace and consider it learning by osmosis.
That looks like a great idea! However, given Liesl's tendency to consider everything edible, we'll probably have to do it with whipped cream and food coloring.
ReplyDeleteWhich sounds like more fun to me, anyway...