Conversation Heart Watercolor Paints

Who knew this science experiment would lead us to discovering How to Make Conversation Heart Watercolor Paints?

Now that Valentine’s day is over my house is overflowing with candy from the kids. In efforts to avoid the impending candy rush that is bound to happen as soon as my kids figure out where I have hidden the candy, we have started doing various science experiments and projects using our candy. Who said you had to eat it anyways?! These Conversation Heart Watercolors have created a fantastic paint and kept my kids occupied and creating for quite some time!

Who knew this science experiment would lead us to discovering How to Make Conversation Heart Watercolor Paints?

This project originally started out as a science experiment that we did last year. When we revisited Dissolving Candy Hearts my kids ended up taking the experiment in a different direction once their hearts had fully “melted”. Knowing that my kids wanted to make a watercolor paint with their hearts, we did change up some of it ahead of time. Make sure to visit our science experiment on Melting Hearts to expand on this activity with!

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How to Make Water Bead Slime

Learning how to make waterbead slime is a super fun science activity! Plus it is a fun sensory bin to play with afterwards!

My kids love sensory play and today they decided to get a tad crazy with their quiet time activity by mixing their two favorite sensory bin materials – Water Beads + Slime. Playing with this slime was so much fun and learning How to Make Water Bead Slime was an adventure in itself!

Learning how to make waterbead slime is a super fun science activity! Plus it is a fun sensory bin to play with afterwards!

This has been the stretchiest slime we have made. How the waterbeads and slime acted together was fascinating!

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Mess Free Paint Bags

Mess Free Painting Bags are a fantastic educational activity for kids of all ages!

Recently it has been bitterly cold outside and my boys have been bouncing off the walls. I have always parented with the philosophy that if you remove the walls kids cannot bounce off of them, but our weather here just does not want to cooperate. This has left me in desperate need of activities that will engage both of the boys (9 months and three years old). The versatility offered in Mess Free Painting Bags has been the perfect solution to get the two of them exploring and playing safely together!

Mess Free Painting Bags are a fantastic educational activity for kids of all ages!

For this activity, we worked on both color mixing, letter recognition, pre-writing skills, and sharing!

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How to Make Valen-Slime

How to Make Valentines Day Slime is a fun and easy activity to explore with kids!

We absolutely love playing with liquid starch slime here. It is super easy to make, easy on the wallet, and will keep my kids entertained for hours. Because we love it so much the kids decided that this is what they want to hand out this year for their friends on Valentines Day instead of candy. While I don’t have pictures of it (because we haven’t finished printing ours out to put them together), below you will find printables with a How to Make Valentines Day Slime card and Valentines day baggie topper so your kids can also pass this out to their friends!

How to Make Valentines Day Slime is a fun and easy activity to explore with kids!

Even if you don’t plan on passing this out as a Valentines Day treat, playing with slime is a super fun activity for kids!

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Best Tools and Toys for the Vestibular System!

Best Toys for the Vestibular System

  “Play is the work of a child” Maria Montessori The most important role that play can have is to help children be active, make choices, and practice skills to mastery. With children learning through play, toys are their tools. This list of toys are fantastic for helping your child strengthen their vestibular system. What … Read more