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Get your mess on!: Puffy Paint

Get your mess on!: Puffy Paint
I can't believe I've never tried this project before. It was so easy and fun that I ended up doing it three times this week... first with my own kids, then as a project at my son's school, and then with our music class. I have a little bit of PTSD after working with lots and lots of squirrelly little 4 and 5 year olds. In particular my own kids, who tend to just dump out all the paint, smear it all over their bodies, and then run away screaming. Puffy Paint 1 c. salt 1 c. flour 1 c. water a healthy squirt of food coloring or tempera paint. Put in squeeze bottles for Puffy Paint Paradise.

Homemade essentials - DIY crayons, play doh, baby wipes & more Via: sueniosencantados.com Crayons, play doh, bubble mix, baby wipes … if you feel like you’re constantly refilling your toddler consumables, why not save yourself a trip to the shops and make your own? Here are 15 ideas for cheap and cheerful everyday essentials. Via: havingfunathomeblog.blogspot.com Easy peasy bath paints: combine shaving foam with food dyes. Via: rustsunshine.blogspot.com Play doh is a kiddie winner every time, so why not whip up this homemade recipe on a rainy day. Via: blog.wantingwhatyouhave.com If there’s one item that gets a daily workout more than any other, it’s the humble baby wipe. Via: instructables.com Fun for craft, and yummy for eating! Via: greenkitchenstories.com These DIY fruit roll-ups put supermarket snacks to shame! Via: smashedpeasandcarrots.blogspot.com This simple bubble mix recipe makes the ambitious claim of creating the BEST BUBBLES EVER! Via: ohmyhandmade.com Make your own giant chalk using plaster of paris and and toilet paper rolls as moulds.

walking water Another terrific and very simple science experience our children find interesting is what we call ‘walking water’. For this experiment all you need is paper towel, a couple of glasses and some water . We prefer to colour the water to make it easier for the children to see what is happening. Fill one of the glasses with the water and raise it up higher than the other glass. Now watch what happens as the paper towel absorbs and syphons the water through the paper into the lower glass. It will take a little while … but eventually the entire glass of water will empty into the bottom glass. Oh … and on the advice of our children, next time we won’t use yellow water.

Free printable preschool worksheets to help prepare your child for school. Our preschool worksheets are great for busy teachers, parents, and homeschoolers. Welcome to preschool at TLSBooks! The following pages offer a variety of free printable preschool worksheets promoting early childhood education. Teachers love using these fun preschool worksheets to supplement their early childhood education programs. This ever-growing collection of fun, printable, preschool worksheets includes material which introduces various concepts, reinforces color recognition, improves fine motor skills, and introduces numbers and letters. Each child learns and develops according to their own timeline. You may print these preschool worksheets for your own personal (includes printing materials for your classroom), non-commercial use only. In order to view and print worksheets from this site you will need Adobe Reader version 6 or later. Printing Tip: If a worksheet page does not appear properly, reload or refresh the .pdf file. Find us on Google+ All worksheets created by Tracey Smith.

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