For Helena's Cousins

Today we tried out one of the many kid activities on Pinterest, and this one was a real winner.

Here's what you need:
-a pan with lots of baking soda in it
-vinegar dyed with food coloring
-a dropper or pipette

Watch this for the rest of the instructions:

Enjoy the chemical reaction!

Spaghetti Painting

We did an art project at John's mom's that was great. It's called Spaghetti Painting.  

Cook spaghetti according to package.  Drain it and then immediately put it in water dyed with food coloring.  Keep the spaghetti in the water until you're ready to use it.

 

Let the kids make pictures on white paper by using the spaghetti.

 Kids between the ages of 18 months and 10 had a lot of fun doing it.

We were a little nervous that the spaghetti would stain anything that it touched, but it didn't.  So there was easy clean-up too!  Any leftover spaghetti was put in a ziploc bag in case anyone wanted to do it again in a few days.

Give it a try!

Pipe Cleaner Activity

Lately I've been looking for different learning activities for an 18 month old.  

Here's one that we've tried:

Pipe Cleaners and A Colander!  

Helena loves pulling them out and is starting to have more determination to get them back in the holes.  It's a great little activity, and one that doesn't require very many materials.

If any of you have activities like this to pass on, please do comment!