Category: 3-3.5 Years

  • Fizzy Sidewalk Paint

    Fizzy Sidewalk Paint

    Yesterday was a high of 105. So anything we were going to do outside HAD to be done before like 6am, since it was already 85 degrees by then. We didn’t make it out by 6, but pretty early in the morning. Quite a while ago {before blogging days} I had made some sidewalk paint…

  • DIY Cardboard Ball Game

    DIY Cardboard Ball Game

    When we moved into the “new house” (Landon still calls it this) we had to buy a new refrigerator. Luckily Brad programms for Build.com and we get massive discounts on stuff… like refrigerators! When it was delivered one of the doors had a dent in it so a new one was shipped. The result was a box…

  • Shape coloring (Free Printable!)

    Shape coloring (Free Printable!)

    Today Landon and I were working on another page for his ABC Book. When we were done he wanted to just color and draw, that turned into cutting out the shapes we were drawing, then when I was coloring I had one of the scraps of paper underneath the one I was coloring on and…

  • Oobleck

    Oobleck

    Another really fun and messy (and cheep) activity is oobleck. This is literally as simple as corn starch and water but it has an amazing property of behaving like both a solid and a liquid. If you try to punch or poke quickly through it, it acts like a solid, but slowly slide your hand into…

  • Pouring water

    Pouring water

    The day we did this the high was 107. Bleh. We went out super early in the morning to the park to get some wiggles out, knowing that we were going to be inside for most of the day. Later in the morning before it was too roasting hot we went out on the back…

  • ABC Book (Free Printable!)

    ABC Book (Free Printable!)

    Today we started working on an ABC book that I created for my classroom way back. I think it’s funny that he’s working on the things I work with my kinders on at the beginning of the year. There’s a part of me that really don’t want him to work on any more Pre-K stuff…

  • Train Craft

    Train Craft

    This was another spur of the moment activity that actually turned out pretty cute. Materials Train Outline Cardboard, Foamboard or other sturdy paper Cotton balls 1 empty toilet paper roll Markers Glue Take the outline of a train and using a pen poke holes along the lines to transfer it to the carboard, foamboard or…

  • Extra large maraca

    Extra large maraca

    Landon loves music. He’ll turn anything into a drum, loves to listen to and participate in any music opportunities. He’s broken several drum sticks and about as many maracas that were turned into drum sticks. Materials Balloon (smaller sized) Dried beans Newspaper (or any scrap paper) White Glue Water We took several days to make…

  • Flubber (or Oobleck or Gak…)

    Flubber (or Oobleck or Gak…)

    Landon is turning 3 next month! I can’t believe how fast time has gone by. He’s pretty much obsessed with Curious George (or Monkey George as he calls it) so we are going to have a Curious George Party. This is the first party where he’ll have friends and other kids that can play games…

  • Sock Puppets

    Sock Puppets

    Landon has been full fledged into imaginary play (remember the cardboard car that he’s STILL playing with?). So yesterday we made some sock puppets for us to have a puppet show with and fuel his imagination. This is a SUPER easy and potentially free sock puppet. Nothing fancy here, just literally a sock that sort…