Creative Kids: Fun Pixos Craft
The girls are having fun building cool designs! The globe like object holds a variety of colored balls that swirl down and pop out when selected. The red topped bottle with a lid on the right side in the back is a water spray bottle to dampen the balls which makes them stick together. You use red pen shape tool in front of the spray bottle to pick up the balls and place them on your tray. The purple hose on the left side used is to blow air on the balls to dry and seal them together.
Karlie was excited to make a United States Flag!
Even though it’s a skunk it looks pretty cute! 🙂 Love watching the girls do a craft, not to mention that it’s great for the hand-eye-coordination!
Sweet little snail!
Colorful Table Confetti
Brina and Karlie set the table…… plates, forks, spoons, napkins AND silly bands!
The other day as I was cooking dinner I asked the girls to set the table. I heard a few whispers and giggles but really didn’t think anything of it until it was time to put the food on the table. It was when I walked over to the table to set the food down that I realized the meaning behind all the giggling…..they had added extra color to the table.
They took a bunch of colorful silly bands and spread them out over the top of the table in between the plates and called it “table top confetti”! I love it when the girls do something spontaneous and creative. They were so proud of their beautiful table. The themed silly bands would be a perfect table top confetti for birthday party table, thanks kiddos for giving me an idea! Plus the silly bands were much easier to clean up compared to the tiny pieces of confetti!
Creative Kids: Wrapping Paper Canoe
Brina and Karlie’s wrapping paper canoe
After a recent celebration at our house we had leftover wrapping paper, tissue paper, and a couple boxes. As I was cleaning up the girls asked if they could use the leftover items for a few days before we threw everything away. After a few moments of hesitation I decided it wouldn’t hurt anything to let them play with the items and get creative. They were thrilled to have such large pieces of wrapping paper and goodies to create something super special.
Once they decided what they wanted to do they took the largest piece of wrapping paper they could find and made a wrapping paper “canoe” out of it. The red tissue paper was used to create four rows of benches inside the canoe. They used some of the cardboard to make oars for their boat. I am not sure why they decided to make a canoe but they both worked together to come up with the idea and did well working together on it. I let them keep out their wrapping paper canoe for several days. I was pretty impressed with how they were able to put everything together all on their own and even made something that resembled a paddle out of cardboard.
Even though my preference would be to clean up the wrapping paper, cardboard, and tissue paper right away after the celebration I allowed myself to let go and let the girls have fun with the items. The items were trash but they had a blast creating, using the scissors and the glue to put together their wrapping paper canoe. Yes, I could have thrown all the wrapping items away as soon as the celebration was over but I would have never had the joy of watching my kids entertain themselves for hours with their handcrafted wrapping paper canoe! It is a great way to reuse the wrapping paper multiple times plus the kids have a blast too!
Cardboard paddle for their canoe
Creative Kids: Miniature Marshmallow Snowmen
Brina and Karlie’s mini marshmallow snowmen
Recently the girls were enjoying a snack together (including marshmallows) when they called me in to see the creations they had made. They had taken the miniature marshmallows and stacked them together to make mini “snowmen”. It was so cute to see them come up with these silly little snowmen that we decided to leave them for a little bit so Jake could check them out too.
Sometimes it is the simple little things that can provide the most fun and entertainment. I am thankful to have the opportunity to celebrate this creative (and goofy) moment with the girls. It may not seem like much when the kids create something like miniature marshmallow snowmen but it is times like these that brighten up the day for your kids when you truly get excited about their creative “artwork”.
