The Painted Noodle Revisited

We used the noodles we painted last month to make textured art pictures!

Maise' Mamatoes!

Our crops have come up from our Mother's Day planting and they were very tasty!

Funny Face!

Have you ever rented a helium tank for a party? We did and it came with these awesome face stickers to use. We had a lot left over and Maise is very much into stickers I knew we would put them to use. So we finally did, at first I gave them to her just to mess with and then I asked if she wanted paper. She said yes so I grabbed the floor pad. She then asked me to play. Melt my heart I love my baby!! I sat on the floor and we started playing and she was talking about what the pieces were but with the big blank sheet she was kind of just plopping them down. So I drew two circles/ovals and said "let's make faces". It was fun! Recycle points (leftover product) and time points (we played for a good 30 minutes) and low costs points (didn't need anything new).

The Painted Noodle

What do you do with stale noodles? Well paint them of course! I saw a fun episode of noodle and doodle where they painted macaroni, it looked fun and like something Maise would have liked to do. Although when I decided to do it I just so happened not to have any macaroni noodles so we went for what we had a flat soup noodle. Hey improvising can be fun. This project was only a part one. We will revisit later on with a noodle and glue project this is just the prep work. I think this was a lot of fun. I loved that my daughter was able to be actively involved. Learning points for mixing colors. Recycle points for it actually being a 2 in 1 project as well as a good use of stale food. Savings points for not only costing nothing but actually adding value to a product that could no longer be used! I will do variations of this project in the future most probably the macaroni route so that we could get some awesome jewelry out of the deal!

See you next week for The Glued Noodle!

Tattoo

We could not resist trying out some of the tattoos I bought for my youngest daughters’ 1st birthday party! We are having a Hippy Chic party and we have to have Hippy Girl Tattoos (we are going to have face painting also...just wait!)

These were super easy and very cheap. I think i spent $5.00 on 100 tattoos. We used baby wipes to wet the back of the paper with the tattoo and it worked great and had no mess. You can use a wet cloth or spray bottle but i personally loved that the wipes didn't leave traces of water.

This is a great creative way to play. First my daughter enjoyed separating from the lot of choices, then she liked picking out her designs. She loved the magic of the image being there when we pulled away and she loved showing the tattoo off. The concept was even easy enough that she was able to figure out how to do them on her own.

Creatology Stamps and Ink Pad

Product Review:

Ok she was not ready for the stamp kit yet. Like the light softer paints, the stamp pad was not very bright or inviting. Maise got the concept of the stamps, pad and paper but it did not offer much in the line of creative play. More or less it is what it is as far as a 2 year old is concerned. I had a blast and would love to play more with stamps. I just think I will find a more mommy appropriate kit!

Quick easy clean up and great for on the go!

An Oldie But a Goodie

....just a bit to early for a 2 year old. This was not the most exciting but we gotta try it all! She got bored very fast as this type of paint didn't spread as well as the thicker stuff. We will revisit in a year or so.