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 Sweet Pea is 27 months old.
From: We bought this Melissa & Doug Cutting Food Box at a local toy store.
Observations: This set contains a wooden knife and cutting board, along with several painted wooden food items. Each piece of food is composed of several sections that are […]  Sweet Pea is 27 months old. From: I saw these nesting multi-colored gift boxes and thought they would make an excellent color sorting activity. Material: Several different colored containers (I bought my gift box set from the party section in Hobby Lobby, but think that colored toddler bowls or nesting cups would work well […]  
Sweet Pea is 27 months old. From: I got the idea for making a life-size portrait from this tot school post on The Shafer Family blog. Material: A large sheet of paper at least as long as your tot is tall. (I suggest using a roll of craft paper or butcher paper, but […] Sweet Pea is 27 months old. From: I saw a glue stick next to us while we were drawing in the sand tray and thought, “Hey, why don’t we try gluing the sand onto some paper?” Material: Non-toxic sand. A box or jelly roll pan to hold the sand. It needs to be wide […] 
Sweet Pea is 26 months old. From: At my sister-in-law’s suggestion, we made hand prints for a Father’s Day gift and Sweet Pea has been crazed about making “Han- Pits” ever since. Materials: A large stack of card stock or construction paper. (We went through about 5 times the amount of paper I thought […] 
Sweet Pea is 26 months.
From: One of my friends suggested this activity. Materials: Chalkboard. (See the Notes from the Trenches.) Paint brush. Small bowl of water. Towel for drying the chalkboard. Sponge to wipe up spills. Procedure: Show your tot how to dip […] 
Observations: Paint with water is our new favorite activity. I first talked about the paint with water book we received from Sweet Pea’s Great Aunt Jackie here. Since then, I have been on a constant look out for more of them and have discovered a few things that I wanted to share. We found […] Sweet Pea is 24 months old.
From: I think I have seen this in several places, but the most recent was an article at wonderbrains.com. That article even described how you could dye the pasta first, but we didn’t mess with that this time. Materials: A […] 
From: I got the idea for this type of art work from Carissa’s tot school post at 1+1+1=1 and I bought the Do-A-Dot Rainbow Painting Set from Micheal’s Craft Store. Procedure: There isn’t a whole lot to explain. I just put a piece of paper in front of Sweet Pea, unscrewed the cap on […] 
Sweet Pea is 23 months. After Sweet Pea’s trouble with the tiny Where’s George Stickers a couple of weeks ago, I was really excited about finding this Kumon Let’s Sticker & Paste book at Target. It has pages designed for sticking and gluing specifically provided stickers and cut-outs. For example, the first page is […] |
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