The life and times of a home schooling mom of se7en+1 RPTIndex | Raising Playful Tots The April edition of the RPTI is out! View it here. What is the Raising Playful Tots Index and how does it benefit me? Latest Index The RPTI is one such one-stop shop. Complied in one place are bloggers who love Play. Whether you are looking for new ideas, inspiration, things to do , babysitting tonight and need a helping hand, pop on over to the RPTI and enjoy the exciting play activities by parents and educators. You will have a full play folder with a range of play activities from specialist to generalist. New to the Index and would like to know more? About Raising Playful Tots Index |FAQs | Previous RPT Indexes If you appear in this Top 100 list then feel free to take your badge from the sidebar to proudly display on your blog. We had a lot of new entries this quarter pushing the play list to well over 150 blogs. The top 100 play blogs are here. [table id=11 /]NB: I will be hyperlinking all. Not listed here and want to be in the next index? Add your name here. Have a question? Next Page »
Supreme Incursions Attività Creative per Bambini Play-Activities, Where Parents + Kids = FUN! Welcome to Dirtgirlworld Messy Kids Mens Sana - Learning is experience... Kid craft central - Your resource center for kids crafts Marbled Sunset Painting While the sun was setting behind us, I thought Emily would like to paint a picture of a sunset. I wanted to use a technique that would be easy for her, but give great results. This one was a hit! To make your own marbled sunset painting, you will need: shaving cream (very inexpensive, make sure it is foam NOT gel), a piece of cardboard, paint (we used acrylics), a paintbrush, baking sheet, and some heavy-weight paper. I had no problem coaxing Emily into spreading the shaving cream on the baking sheet. She loved this part! Use a piece of cardboard to spread the shaving cream into a thick layer. Now, add the paint! With the opposite end of a paint brush, swirl the paint through the shaving cream with back and forth motions (left to right). Lay the heavy-weight paper on top of the shaving cream and press down lightly. Lift up the paper, scrape off the shaving cream, and reveal your beautiful sunset picture! For a different marbled paper technique we’ve tried before (and loved!)
Making Books to Invite Creativity – with EASY Video Tutorial A colorful pile of blank homemade books! Don’t they just speak of creative possibilities? Stories and drawings and hand-drawn comic books! Journals, projects and secret codes! These books are really easy to make (yes, even if you aren’t crafty) and now that we have a stack of them we’re ready any time inspiration strikes. Mom’s book ideas: We can write a family story! The boys’ book ideas: James (7) – We can make a book about how valves work! Leland (5) – We can make a book about animals that shed their skins! Guess I’ll leave the content decisions to the kids… This stack of homemade books is ready for whatever the kids want to put in them. I used an excellent book called Creating Handmade Books to learn how to make these. Supplies: Cover Paper (I used Astrobrights)Inner Papers (Same size as cover, I used 4 sheets plain paper per book. Book Instructions: (See the short video for these to make sense. Now you can make these in whatever size you like.