How to Make Perfect Fake Snow

Every morning it seems like I have woken up to more snow appearing outside. While I personally am not a fan of snow, my little guy is absolutely in love with it. It is magical, fascinating, and fun. If he had his way he would spend his entire day bundled up rolling around in the backyard. With also having a little man under 1 year old though letting my preschooler spend that sort of time outside is difficult. Roo (under 1) cannot spend the sort of time outside that Meatball (3) would like to, so we found a way to bring (fake) snow inside.

This DIY Snow Recipe is a super simple way to make snow that will not melt. It is also a fun science experiment in absorbency!

This DIY Snow recipe is a super simple way to make snow that will not melt. It is also a fun science experiment in absorbency!

Once we made this snow Meatball played with it for hours in the kitchen. He built snowmen, castles, and pulled out his trucks to help with the heavy work. When Meatball was younger we had made a different version of homemade snow so it was a lot of fun to see the differences between the two.

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Gruffalo Play Dough

This simple invitation to create Gruffalo Play Dough is a fantastic way to spend time together while exploring this classic story!

The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson is one of my favorite children books. It is one of those books that my kids ask to read again and again, one of those books that fills the room with laughter every time. This simple invitation to create Gruffalo Play Dough is a fantastic way to spend time together while exploring this classic story!

This simple invitation to create Gruffalo Play Dough is a fantastic way to spend time together while exploring this classic story!

But who is this creature with terrible claws,
and terrible teeth in his terrible jaws?
He has knobbly knees and turned-out toes,
and a poisonous wart at the end of his nose.
His eyes are orange, his tongue is black; he has purple prickles all over his back.
-The Gruffalo by. Julia Donaldson

Playing with play dough is one of my kids favorite afternoon activities. It is super simple to throw together, clean up, and has a ton of developmental benefits! For this activity we made two batches of play dough together using our favorite easy play dough recipe. While the play dough cooled down we curled up and read!

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DIY Diaper Cream

As a mom with two kids in diapers we use diaper ointments, lotions, creams like you wouldn’t believe! My youngest in particular seems to use them the most. He has incredibly dry and sensitive skin…I guess what I am getting at is that we have basically tried every diaper cream out there for him with … Read more

Alphabet Flash Light Hunt

I love how fun this Alphabet Flash Light Hunt is to work on letter recognition!

My three year old has difficulties with gross motor planning with his speech, he knows what he wants to say but his ability to form the words just isn’t quite there yet. This Alphabet Flash Light Game is one of the many games that we play to help him practice making different sounds.

I love how fun this Alphabet Flash Light Hunt is to work on letter recognition!

Even if your child does not have a difficulty with speech this game of Seek and Shine is a fantastic way to work on skills such as letter recognition!

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