The first thing I had to come up with was new bath toys. Daddyman and Noodleman have a shower together every night while I clean up dinner. This is a little relax time for me (about 10-20 minutes), however lately Noodleman is bored with the selection of toys in the shower, so he is signing all-done after about 5 minutes. This doesn't fly well with me as I like having a couple minutes alone before bedtime, and Daddyman isn't getting the time to soap up. So after racking my brain for what we could buy him for "Christmas"(but he would get before the day), I thought about my days working in daycare and the water play toys we had. We were on a budget and had to be creative with our budget. I went to the dollar store and bought 4 sheets of fun foam for $1.25. When I got home (and Noodleman was sleeping), I used my Cricut paper cut outs, to draw and cut out some shapes for the bath. That night I got them wet and stuck them on the bath wall to see how Noodleman reacted. He loved them! He put them up and took them down. He put them on the floor and stomped on them. We used squirters to shoot them off the wall! I made some dinosaurs and fishies, so we used them like felt board stories and sang songs with them. The best part is, if he rips them apart (they are quite thin), I can make a ton more!
Now onto our play-space!
I am home all day with my little Noodleman and another little LO, that we hang out with. They are only 3 weeks apart, so have a lot of the same interests...and are cheeky in similar ways! Lately both have been into zippers, buttons, string, belt buckles, clips, and everything else that opens and closes. I wanted to make Noodleman something really fun to use/practice all these skills with, without having him cart one of my sweaters all over the house! So I was going to make him a pillow, but as my fabulously creative brain got started with all the things I wanted on it, the pillow became HUGE in my brain. So I thought about it for a while and decided to make him a block, but a big one, about 11 inches square. So far I have created 4 panels, one with a zipper that opens into a pocket:
Clips:
And then I sewed together 2 pieces of felt (green and blue) to make him his own felt board. The last one I have so far, is a piece of minky to cuddle. I am excited about the last 2 sides. Daddyman is making big wooden buttons, and I will sew flaps and string to one side for those. The last side, will have some kind of sensory play. I would like to find a piece of burlap, fleece and maybe a piece of vinyl. I will of course post pictures once it is finished!
My last project was so easy, Noodleman was able to help. Daddyman also helped...by drinking the pop inside the bottle. Next I cleaned the bottle and gathered all the ingredients. I put a spout of top and let Noodleman add all the things he wanted in it. We used a base of rice, then added sparkles, buttons, tiny alphabet pasta and some beads.
That's all we/I have been working on lately. Christmas is coming and I will be baking up a storm so expect more recipes coming your way!
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