School holidays are here!!!
2 whole weeks with no therapy sessions, no appointments, no kinder drop offs. YAY!!!
Now just got to find ways to entertain the two boys before they turn in on themselves – yes, the biting continues ;-( .
BC’s favourite phrase these days is ‘I want to make something’. And the pressure is on for me to find new things for him to make. He loves all the usual (play dough, painting, blocks, drawing, pretend play, train set etc etc) but he also craves diversity and is always trying to get me to find him something ‘different’ to do.
Any suggestions for a craft loving little 4 year old?
Oh, and also best suggestions for cleaning texta marks off the walls? That’s Bean’s favourite new past time – actually, it’s not just the walls. It’s books, shelves, train track pieces, his face, my jeans……
These holidays are also signalling the start to us SERIOUSLY looking for a house to buy. We saw one today which I adore, but it might fall just a little out of our price range. It ticked nearly every single box EXCEPT the house is not on a level block so there are steps to the back garden. I THINK it will be possible to turn the steps into a ramp. I think. But the rest of the house is so beautifully open planned and perfect for our needs. I think we are going to put in an offer. I really hope that it will be enough.
how exciting on the house!!!
As for ideas:
what about baking? very creative and inventive!
how about just a big table of recycled boxes etc and sticky tape,stapler, supplies and just see what happens?
Goop- cornflour and water/feels divine!
today we made a wizard wand and cape and Cooper used the sewing machine.
see you tues!
bron
Yay! Enjoy the holidays. Good luck with the house offer too, that sounds great. I’m thinking of creative ideas, there are a couple books I have that have loads of ideas I will see if I can find the titles. You could also look up projects online that you can do with favorite story books. I did this a lot when I was teaching. You could go to the author’s site or just google ideas with the book title. Have fun!
Good luck for the house hunting – very exciting! Enjoy your holidays – we have still got 2 weeks to go…I can’t wait for the break.
There are heaps of ideas on the internet. I used to just ask Emma what she wanted to make (answer was usually a penguin) and then print out some type of template from the net and go for it.
Have fun!
Good luck with the house! I hope it all works out for you!
Di
I love the sand art packs you can get. I think they are Mont Marte brand sand art (see here for an example http://www.artshed.com.au/index.php?page=categories&listing=mont-marte-creative-kids-sand-art-set-8pce-dog-frog ). You just peel stickers off and the sticky is still there, sprinkle and voila a cool pic. Mac has been giving these as b’day pressies.
Thanks for all the great ideas! Will make a post later about all the successful activities we’ve done