Masher Medics

Dylan was playing with Woody from Toystory and pretended he had a ripped arm like in the movie. I said do we need to fix him? He replied yes. I said we can get the doctor stuff out and you can fix all the toys like Doc Mcstuffin. He then said "I know we can use the mashers as I can fix them together". 

So I set up the stuff

Plasters

Elastic bands

Lollipop sticks

Dr set

Tape

Bandage

Then he wanted to fix buzz and woody too as Zac his brother was playing with them .

They played for a good 15 mins.

This was about 9:30am Sunday morning and they were still in pjs .

I was surprised Zac sat still for so long as he is 20months. 

Dylan enjoyed using the elastic bands to attach the splint (lollipop stick). He also managed to open and used the plasters which he loved. 

We drew around the toys with chalk and pretended they were X-rays.

As always not planned and loads of fun.

Bubble Bath Body Building

Today Dylan started playing with his avenger mahers again and wanted to take then in the bath . Whilst he was playing I thought of a game where he would assemble them but without the ability to see them. Do we made loads of bubbles and pulled the avengers apart and he searched for the body bits abmnd built them.

Then he made a song up:-

 Six Super avengers standing on the bath,

One fell off and made us laugh (my contribution)

Until there were none.

He loved knocking them off.

Dylan (4.4) 

Chocolate bran flakes nest

Love making cornflake cakes and I was inspired by some nest cup cakes to make easter nests with the mini eggs we had. We had no cornflakes so we used branflakes. Healthier and didn't takes too bad.

So I got Dylan (4.4) to break up the chocolate and we monitored it in the microwave . He then mixed the branflakes in with a squirt or two of golden syrup. He started off mixing well but got tired so I finished it off. We chose green cup cake cases and he spooned the mixture into them then added a couple of eggs. I pressed down in the middle to create a little well for the eggs. Left to set an then enjoyed.  Nice , easy , quick Easter activity.

Fruity Cars

Dylan is doing s transport topic at preschool and he often asks to create things out of fruit so we made a car out of apples and grapes. 

Easy to do and made him smile whilst enjoying his fruit .

Painting with hyacinths

Every xmas my mother-in-law buys me a hyacinth plant as her dad who passed away a few years ago always did her. So as it is special to her we always make her a piece of art to keep in memory of him. 

Last year we painted a big art piece with them and cut it up . We used it as a colour mixing activity too and I showed Dylan how to make purple and to make different shades.

This year we recreated the flower by painting the stem and printing the flowers.

He also painted a big heart too as our colour this year was red .(for my living room).

For the heart I used a peg to grip flower as it became quite flimsy.

I drew the outline in red and they printed inside.

Here are some photos of the process .

Dylan 4.2 and Zac 17 months.

The mother-in-law is going to put it on a frame . 

Pleased with the second year of this family tradition . 

X is for Xylophone

X is one of those letters that has very few options of activities. 

Xylophone is a nice option.

We have played with it before but not as the sole focus.

They played well together and played on the three that we have. We pointed out colours and sang song (that never matched the tune)

Then we made a lollipop xylophone and tried to match the colours up .

Dylan's patience for colouring for long periods is low. But he can colour quite neatly.

I never got a pic of zac as he just wanted to eat the felts . He was tired do he went to bed.

Next time we could do a science experiment for Dylan investigating pitch . Zac we could get a wooden one two as well as plastic and metal . 

Dylan 3.10, Zac 1

A is for Apple

We have completed the baby sensory a-z. So back around again , although the baby is 1 now.

We started today with apple stamping and as autumn is approaching we used colours to link like red, green, brown, yellow and orange.

I taped down the paper and put lollipop sticks in to apple halves and paint in a paper bowl and we were ready.

This is one of Zac's painting (1.1 )

This is one of Dylan's ( 3.10)

I am going to frame them and have them in my household too .