Posts Tagged by Playtime
Creating (Im)perfectly Together
| August 9, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Arts & Crafts, Family, Parenting, Play |
Welcome to the August Carnival of Natural Parenting: Creating With Kids This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama. This month our participants have shared how they make messes and masterpieces with children. Please read to the end to find a list…
Rain Sticks
| July 2, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Arts & Crafts, Moving & Grooving, Parenting |
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Build your own Rain Sticks We’ve had a lot of rain so we thought we would make some rain sticks and make our very own rain shower symphonies. Older children can do this craft mostly on their own and you can help your little ones with the process of make it – the whole family…
Rockin’ and Rollin’ Paint – Part 2
| June 30, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Arts & Crafts, Play |
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We had such a good time painting with balls and ramps – we decided to try another ball and paint experiment – this time painting a canvas inside a crate. Using most of the same start materials from part 1, paint, balls, plastic containers for dipping – we added a painters canvas and a plastic…
Celebrating Summer Solstice
| June 21, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Arts & Crafts, Family, Parenting, Play |
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Welcome Summer – it’s official, you are here with your hot, hot fun filled days. To celebrate your arrival we are having a Summer Solstice Celebration. In typical “didn’t really plan ahead” style this is what I have whipped up for the day. Solstice comes from the Latin words “Sun” and “to Stop” – it…
3 quick projects for Father’s Day!
| June 15, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Arts & Crafts, Parenting, Play |
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Father’s Day is this weekend… ok no panic here are three easy projects to whip up in 30 minutes, 15 minutes and 5 minutes or less! Spoiler alert…to my favorite subscriber (aka hubby – stop reading now!) The 30 min Photo Mobile: All you will need is some card stock or construction paper, a few…
Gone (to play) with the Wind
| June 4, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Arts & Crafts, Parenting, Play |
Windy Play…part of our summer fun series Windy days can make for some great fun – here are some of the wind projects from our 100 fun things we plan to do this summer list! Speedy Windsock A very easy project to make we have enjoyed making it each year with left over birthday decorations!…
Play Cooking…Outdoors
| May 29, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Parenting, Play |
Baking Al Fresco – Part of our Summer Fun Series From making mud-pies to rock soup, transforming our backyard into a kitchen, bakery or restaurant is a surefire way for us to fill many hours of the day in the summer time. I find collecting a few recyclable containers such as yogurt cups, aluminum baking…
Bubble Fun
| May 28, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Arts & Crafts, Parenting, Play |
Bubble Fun Bubble time is practically a given on any day. We have a collection of wands and plastic containers we like to use. In our collection are, traditional wands, self made wands, straw wands and also a battery wand so that even before being able to work a traditional wand my children have felt…
100 fun things to do this summer
| May 26, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Arts & Crafts, Parenting, Play |
The boys, baby and I have put together a huge list of all the things we want to try doing this summer. I tried to organize the list a bit and well here it is… From bubble games to marbling paint to backyard cooking and other adventures check out our ideas and may we all…
Spring Time is Bug Time
| March 31, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Arts & Crafts, Parenting, Play |
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For the month of April we are doing a Spring & Bugs theme. Books The Grouchy Lady Bug – Eric Carle The Very Busy Spider – Eric Carle The Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle Art Friendly Ladybugs Giant Spiders Heart Caterpillars Beautiful Butterflies Songs Itsy Bitsy Spider If you are happy and you know it…
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