With my full intention of making an entry I let the month slide, as well as my blog and forgot about it until a rainy day came up again, today, and I realised this was the perfect opportunity to get crafy, entertain my wee boy and maybe win a lovely prize!
We had tried this great playdough recipe last week, forgetting about the cream of tartar and colouring with turmeric, using gluten free flour. It worked out very well and is still chilling in the fridge, ready for a bored moment later this afternoon.
Moving onto the competition...
Red Ted Art is running this great giveaway alongside Thomas Cook Kids Club to win a brilliant Trunki, camera, headphones and more!
The Kids Club site provides great tips for flying and holidaying with plenty of stories, craft ideas, colouring sheets, language learning and games to keep the little ones entertained. Although most activities seem to be aimed at kids from 3 upwards I think that they could be adapted easily for littler ones so that everyone can get involved.
The legend based stories are print-off-able (as are all of the activities) and provide a limitless source of inspiration to keep the kids distracted.
We decided to go for the legend of the Ghost Island and made a beach scene, complete with potato print sea and sand, anchor, palm tree (i'll admit to doing those 2 all by myself as I got a bit carried away!) and a brilliant treasure chest full of rubies, coins and a necklace.
Christopher is only 22 months but with crafty parents just loves painting, printing, drawing and sticking so managed to do most bits all by himself apart from construction and cutting out.
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| Treasure Chest |
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| Tatties |
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| Potato Printing in Progress |
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| Filling the chest with rubies and colouring the coins |
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| The final result - tropical! |
Needless to say, he has not yet learned the vain sense of pride in his work that older children possess and has now shredded the whole scene up, scattering it all over the house. Double the value in fun, time consumption and creativity I say!
We had a great afternoon in our dark dingy house making the place look tropical with colour and singing songs as we went along. Daddy even played guitar.
So why not have a project day yourself? Pick a theme, any theme, or look at RedTed Art for some inspiration.
Time to go and play with our playdough now...
Kx
(P.S - I hereby swear to blog weekly at least and be a proper blogger from now onwards. So there.)
Oh how sweet sweet sweet! I love the treasure chest AND the island.. and having cut tatties before know exactly how hard it is to cut a crab - WELL DONE YOU!
ReplyDeleteLove it!
Thanks for entering the competition!!
Maggy