Bath Finger Paint

This morning Gianna needed something to do while her brother took a nap!  So we made bath finger paints!  Hey 2 birds with 1 stone and bath and play time!! 

I got the idea off Pinterest and it is so easy here is the blog that posted about it: http://teamdischinger.blogspot.com/2012/01/bathtub-paint.html 

The easy directions:
1 tbsp cornstarch, 4-6 pumps baby shampoo, 2-3 drops food coloring, 1-2 tsp water = voila! bathtub paint

Gianna had a blast and is now smelling so clean!  ;)

The Olympics!

We have been having so much fun watching the Olympics!  I think this time has been the most fun because we have been acting out each sport!  This morning it was the Equestrian events!  The rolled up blankets are the jumps!  HAHA!!  She was jumping over them!  Cracks me up!

Then everyone needed an Olympic snack!  Toast with applesauce painted on it and Gold Medal Pineapple rings! ;) 

Flour paint

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to babysit a lovely little angel.  She is a friend's little girl and Glenn is in love!  He spent the 2 days hugging and kissing her! So sweet! 

 One of the activities we did was to paint with Flour Paint.  This paint is awesome because the little guys can do it and if they put some in their mouths it is okay, let me just say I did not let them eat it but if they were doing like Glenn was in this picture I did not have to scream and jump into super hero mode to stop him.  It was more calm than that!  ;)

 http://www.icanteachmychild.com/2011/06/squeezable-homemade-finger-paint/  Here is the link for the blog that I found the recipe

Recipe for Homemade Finger Paint


1 cup flour

2 tablespoons salt

1 1/2 cups cold water

1 1/2 cups hot water

Coloring: food coloring, tempera paint, or powdered tempera will work

I wish I would have taken a picture of the masterpieces these artists made but I did  not!


I have also done just flour and water and mix together until it becomes a paint consistancy.  Just another idea!

Enjoy!

A special walk!

I found this great 3 section organizer thing in the dollar section at Target!  I was excited because I knew it would be a great way to work with colors!  (I only bought 1 now I wish I would have bought another one for the little man in a couple of months!)  So this walk we looked for Brown, Black and Pink!!  The cool thing is each walk we can look for different colors just by switching out the squares!About to head out on the walk!

Searching without using to much energy...

Now the excitement was too much, she is off!

"Look mama something brown!" A nut!

Gianna also worked on fine motor skills by opening the container!

By the end of the walk we found something in each color!  YAY!! I was not sure if we could pull pink off but we found a wild flower!  So cool!!!

We will be doing this walk again soon!  So cool!  Check out your dollar section at Target!!!