Dollar Ben Bargains - Building Blocks

Our Experience: 

I feel that all the best crafts and activities for toddlers come from the dollar section. After all the rip, break and lose soo much. Today we are busting out the dollar building blocks. 

We have not ourselves invested in Legos as of yet simply because the cost a pretty penny and my toddlers would lose them. We love the idea of Legos so when I spotted these at the bottom of a Target dollar section I had to have them.

The kids are definitely enjoying these blocks. I say money well spent.

Always take time to scan the dollar section anytime you're there you never know what neat things you'll come across.

Halloween Slime

What you need:

• 4 oz white school glue
• 1 tsp borax
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup water
• two bowls
• food color
• googly eyes

Directions:

1. mix the glue and 1/2 cup of water together in on bowl
2. mix borax and 1 cup water together in the 2nd bowl until borax is completely dissolved. 
3. slowly pour the glue/water mix into the borax and stir
4. when thickened add googly eyes knead with hands.
5. pour out excess liquid.

Storage:

Store in plastic bag in the refrigerator to keep from molding.

Our experience:

 I did not use Elmer glue, I used the 2 for $1 glue form the dollar tree so i knew it wasn't going to be as firm or thick but i messed this one up a bit. I did not let the borax dissolve completely. I was mixing and stirring the last ingredients together but it wasn't firming up enough. Puzzled i looked into the bottom of my measuring cup and saw the problem, a good part of the borax was stuck at the bottom of the cup. I was just trying to hurry up because i could tell by the look on Havens face he thought the whole process was taking too long.
I decided that it was good enough for sensory play and had him put in the googly eyes. When he started fling slime all over the kitchen I moved the party outside. He didn't like the goo on his hands so i gave him a big spoon and he was happy with that. He enjoyed putting things inside the goo, so he started adding his own Halloween decor to the goo...rocks. When clean up time came he used that as an opportunity to give his hot wheels a car wash. All in all it was a fun disaster. i think i might try to get it right another time. I'd say it's worth a try.

 Also wanted to mention i know the photo quality isn't that great right now and I'm sorry for that but i cracked my lens. Bear with me until i can get a new one thank you.

  

Bingo Marker Art Activity

Super fun, super easy.  All you need are bingo markers and paper. I bought our bingo markers at the Dollar Tree, so that makes this activity super cheap also. Bonus.

We let free and got pretty in to our art making session and pretty messy. I'm a spotted multicolored Mama right now. We where doting pretty hard to make a splatting effect and we achieved that effect on paper as well as all over ourselves . So I'd say wear old clothes and do this activity out doors.

I think this activity is a keeper as long as you have some clean up time available, which is the case with most crafty activities, so no big deal.

Homemade paint for the titty bittys

This is our experience with this recipe for homemade paint.

Like it states in the blog name I'm pretty graceless. I threw this together with  Eriksen crying and Haven going crazy behind me. It came out a bit clumpy but it still worked for its purpose. I got the recipe from  http://kidsactivitiesblog.com/

You need :

5 cups cold water
2 cups flour
1\4 cup salt
food color

instructions:

1. put water and flour in sauce pan, heat low (I think this is were I might have messed up) sir until smooth.
2. stir in salt.
3 Let Cool
4. Pour  some in separate cups and add color
5. have fun.
It makes a lot there is so much more left in the pot.