Welcome back to Amy of Sunlit Pages who has a Katy and the Big Snow activity and play idea. This book extension activity is perfect for sensory play with your kids and a great indoor boredom buster. It takes indoor snow play with toy vehicles to a new level! Katy and the Big Snow Activity One of our…
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I Survived Making Slime, One Kid Touched It, and No Superheroes Were Injured
I write a kid activities blog and yet I have never made slime. How can that be? I don’t have any good excuse except that neither of my kids have a great appreciation for sensory play. My oldest son flat out refuses to touch anything slimy, gooey or sticky, and his brother is very hesitant….
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Shell Activities for Kids
Do your kids like to look for shells at the beach? I’ve always found something so satisfying about looking for shells, finding them in the sand, turning them over and over, comparing them to the others I’ve already placed in the bucket. Shell Activities for Kids Even though kids don’t necessarily need any shell extension…
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Mini Sensory Bin Play
Mini Sensory Bin for Kids Sensory bins are all the rage! If you Google “sensory bins for kids” you will get an enormous variety of ideas: valentine sensory bins, messy sensory bins, birthday sensory bins, the list goes on. It’s enough to overload your … um… senses. (Oh, come on! I had to say that!)…
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Boredom Buster: Toddler Sensory Paper
If you’re lucky your toddler will spend a bit of time exploring with these sensory materials. Have a cup of coffee and put your feet up. (Ha!) Toddlers love to explore different materials. I set up this simple station at the table for New Kid. I chose a number of differently textured materials such as…
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Sensory Tray for Cars {Transportation Tuesday}
Simple and easy as it may seem, tray of rice and a few cars keeps my 2 year old occupied for quite sometime. Plus, it doubles as a fun sensory activity. Once they get bored with rice, you can move on to a shaving cream sensory car wash, or perhaps a simple bubble bath car…
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Why I Let My Kids Make Big Giant Messes
Why do I let my kids make a big mess? Sensory trays dumped all over the place? Toys strewn every which way? This picture gives a fairly accurate portray of what goes on around here on a daily basis, indoors. One word: SANITY Okay, now you are thinking, but isn’t sanity more at risk when…
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Dough Boy
If I dare to do anything in the kitchen, New Kid hangs on my legs and demands attention. To keep him busy while I rolled out the pizza dough I gave him a bit to play with while he sat at the table with me. He found the dough to be very amusing. And a…
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