As the first of my Friday Do-Over (thanks to those of you who voted! And thanks for loving me!), here is an easy catapult activity to keep your little ones busy. BTW, you can see that when I first started this blog I wrote it in the third person. What was I thinking?
Surprisingly, there are a number of things Mom could post about today, like science class, a new play space, or
making green play dough. However, the baby catapult from her
new activity book wins the day.
Mom made this catapult from some cardboard, foam core board, stiff cardboard tubing and milk bottle top. She left it out on Kiddo's table along with some tin foil balls for him to find. Well, he loved it. "This is fun!, he said over and over while Mom sneaked away.
At one point, Mom said "Bombs Away!" when he shot another ball across the room. Since Kiddo has probably not heard that expression before he started shouting what Mom thought was "Barnes and Nobles!", but was actually, "Barnes N No Balls!"
As you can see from the photo,
another great use for the pom.
First published 3/18/08
He also discovered that if he put the hook on the end of the wand he could use it to "fish" for a variety of objects!
We use the inside of our front door (which is steel) in lieu of the fridge for magnets and as a chalkboard (with the help of some blackboard paint) so I can store this activity in a bag where Kiddo can easily retrieve it whenever he wants.
It is fair to say that Kiddo does not enjoy New Kid's company. He prefers to escape to his "special reading chair." Most days he spends at least an hour in there.
See the culprit in the corner?
However, as Kiddo is really into hearts these days (I think because of school) AND we had a snow day here in the city yesterday I managed to hunt through our art boxes to find Valentine themed materials. Kiddo informed me that included anything "red, pink, purple, white, and with hearts and flowers." Well okay, then.
A year ago Mormor got Kiddo interested in Sudoku (it involved numbers, so really, how could he NOT be interested?). This past Christmas I found a Sudoku book that he could do by himself
. He LOVES it!
Almost all of Kiddo's Christmas presents were games. He loves games. Here is the stack of his recently acquired goods. He has made us play Scrambled States of America
(based on the book with the same name
-- with which he is also obsessed) 12 million times. I recently found him playing it with his cars and trucks. "What are you doing?" I asked. "Playing Scrambled States with my transportation," he responded.
Surprisingly, there are a number of things Mom could post about today, like science class, a new play space, or making green play dough. However, the baby catapult from her new activity book wins the day.
Our food co-op has awesome produce, including these "magic" carrots as I call them. Kiddo doesn't usually like to eat carrots, but he loved these (they taste the same as standard orange carrots).
Kiddo loves maps. These atlases kept him busy (and quiet) the entire afternoon and evening one day.
