More Spring Activities

In our family fun magazine they had this great idea to make a nest using a paper sack all scrunched up with twigs glued on.  This seemed perfect for Serenity who is always collecting leaves, twigs and flowers outside.  She loves anything that uses glue also.  Once the nest was ready, we used a few leftover Easter Eggs to populate it!

And then after she went to sleep, this happened!

 She was thrilled to see her eggs "hatch" =)

Mud cupcakes, another fun activity to use up the rest of the twigs, some flowers, and a muffin tin and spoon I got at the dollar tree.  Woo hoo!  We spend a little of every day outside right now while the weather is so beautiful.  I love this time of year when I don't have to hustle to get us out before it gets too hot. =)

Spring Puzzling with Serenity

Eric had the brilliant idea of trying to do all her puzzles at the same time.  She LOVED covering the entire floor with puzzles.  Took them all weekend to do but so worth it. 

 

Robot Graphing

I LOVE the preschool printables from Homeschool Creations.  They have so many fantastic ideas there!  Serenity really enjoys robots these days thanks to the Backyardigans, so I thought she’d like the Robot Preschool Pack.  She did!  There’s lots of prewriting practice, shape matching, and a fractions game, but my favorite was Robot Graphing!  Basically, you roll a dice and mark the graph for each robot that comes up, and see which color gets to ten first! 

We jazzed the game up a little by using our Do-A-Dot markers to mark our graph.  Then we could match the color to the robot.  =)  So much fun for my color-loving baby!  

Other Robot Things:
Backyardigans Robot Repairman 

The Robot Book

Water Bottle Collages: Gift for Babies from Sibling!

Another idea from Teach Preschool, these water bottle collages were such fun!  When Serenity was about five months old one of her favorite toys was a Sprite bottle.  My Mom told us that next to boxes that’s the best toy for a baby. =)  So I thought that this was a great present that Serenity could make for Donovan!  She was thrilled to make something for her brother, and he actually plays with it!  He’s only three and a half months, so he’s just now grasping at his toys, but he grabs for this one whenever he sees it!  I just provided the dry bottle and strips of paper, and Serenity figured out how to get them in the bottle. Some are folded, some are straight.  It’s a nice, colorful mix!

Playing with Droppers

With the new baby, I am all about games and activities that we can finish during naptime... or that I can trust Serenity won't make too big a mess of if I have to run get him!  He's a mellow baby for the most point but no sense taking chances =) 

Serenity loves playing with the medicine dropper!  It's a fantastic fine motor skill activity, and with the food coloring it's great for practicing our color mixing as well.  Quick, easy setup and lots of fun!  (She named the water dropper Woody, and the ice tray Buzz.  She also gets a little more t.v. these days =)