Silky Soft Play Dough

No cook, 2 ingredient dough. 

You need:

• 1 part conditioner
• 2 parts corn starch
• food color (optional)

Directions:

1. Mix together the conditioner and corn starch. Add more or less for each ingredient to achieve the desired consistency.
2. After the dough is formed some separate the dough  for each color you like to make
3. Add the color and knead the dough until the dough is fully colored.

Our experience:

I had a hard time getting it to the right consistency.It ended up being dry and sticky at the same time. It reminded me of Moon Dough  but when we placed it down on the table and then went to pick it up i would stick. Using cookie cutters didn't work well with this dough. It flaked a lot like the Ice Cream play dough we made but it wasn't a big deal it swept up fine. It was very soft and smelled wonderful. Left our hands soft as can be. At first i thought i didn't like it but i changed my mind as we continued to explore the dough. It wasn't what i had expected but Haven enjoyed it and it kept his attention quite a while...for a toddler that is.

Color Sorting Activity For Toddlers

This is his proud face

You Need:

• An assortment for colored objects ( We used foam shapes we found at the Dollar Tree and the dollar bin at Target)
• Contraction paper (Dollar Tree)
• Tape 
• Pen

Directions:

1. over lap the sheets of paper to make columns to sort the shapes
2. Tape the sheets to your work space
3. label the sheets there proper colors
4. Sort with your child.

Our Experience:

Haven was a ball of energy today! What made this activity work was patience. He was bouncing every where but he was doing it. After i saw he knew what he was doing I'd put he shaped on the wrong color and ask "Does it go here?. He'd tilt his little head and answer "Noooo." and move it to the correct spot.  He also enjoyed reversing the roles and asking me " Here?", and I'd say "Nooo." Then he'd move it to the correct spot. It was a fun and simple activity that we both enjoyed.

DIY Moon Sand ( 2 ingredient)

You need:

• 4 cups flour
• 1/2 cup baby oil
• container (we used the lid off a sheet cake) 

Directions:

1. Add flour to your container
2. Drizzle oil evenly over flour.
3. Knead the oil into the flour with your hands until the all the flour is completely coated

Our Experience:

Why haven't i done this sooner it was so fun. I love playing in sand and so do the littles. It was super quick the throw together and super fun. Haven enjoyed it lots also hahaha. It was pretty messy though. We were covered in white when we were finished. I wouldn't do it in a carpeted area or near upholstery because even tho the flour can be easily vacuumed the oil might stain. 

Toilet Paper Roll Monsters

You Need:

• Toilet paper rolls
• Tempera paint
• Pipe cleaners
• Googly eyes
• Tissue paper
• School glue 
• Shish kabob skewer (or something similar to make holes in the toilet paper rolls)

Directions:

1. Paint the toilet paper rolls and let them dry. 
2. Take the skewer and poke two holes on each side of the Toilet paper roll.
3. Put the pipe cleaner in a hole and feed it though the second hole.
4. Make loops at each end of the pipe cleaner and twist to make hands.
5. Glue on the number of eyes you want.
6. Bunch up tissue paper and put into the top of the toilet paper roll to make hair.
7. Add a little glue inside the role to fasten the tissues paper to the toilet paper roll.

Our Experience:

This was easy and fun. After we made them we plays monsters together. Roar, roar. It was a good time, even tho the eyes kept falling off. Haydynn was a little smarty and was the only one to paint eyes on hers under the googly eyes.