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Playdough Robots

 I love when we come across ideas that we get excited about!
And playdough robots was certainly one of them *smile*

When we saw these made on Playschool recently we couldn’t wait to try them out!!
{we have reached a comfortable compromise on limited tv viewing…
…which happens to include Playschool}

We had a regular batch of green playdough ready
And then we made a non-conducting batch of pink playdough using this recipe

Husband of Mine then rifled through his toys {his randomly collected electronic gadgets}
And came back with a battery pack and leads…
And the all important eyes {otherwise known as LEDs}

Then the real fun began… making circuits!
Dino Boy was excited to make the one-eyed monster light up *smile*

And Husband of Mine made a… car?
In all honesty though I think I was the most excited by this activity… 
So we will have to try it again when Dino Boy is a bit older.
Happy crafting, Kelly

Making bells

Awhile back Dino Boy had lots of fun melting crayons over small terracotta pots…
We had wonderful plans to turn them into something even more special…
…beautiful bells!

 

So with the lovely sunshine we have been enjoying… {and ignoring the bitterly cold wind}
We went out into our courtyard to make them!

  We used thick cord which we tied two wooden beads onto…
Leaving a nice amount of cord at both ends..
So we could hang the bell… and ring it *smile*

We spaced the beads so that the top bead would plug the hole in the pot…
The second so it could dangle down and be rung against the side…

 

 Our bells make such lovely jolly ringing sounds
{just like the ones at our Waldorf playgroup}
*smile*

Happy crafting, 
Kelly