Build a Snowman<\/span>:<\/em>\u00a0Then label body parts, clothing items, and use spatial concepts in order to build your child’s vocabulary.<\/p>\n Snow\u00a0Angels:<\/em><\/span>\u00a0Describe how to make it and then make one together. Which angel is bigger?<\/p>\n Snow Paint:<\/em><\/span> Liquid watercolors are a perfect way to color the snow and can be spread via a spray bottle or a paint brush. What colors are you using?<\/p>\n Snow Gems:<\/em><\/span>\u00a0Create these gems by freezing colored water in an ice cube tray and then take them outside to hide or make a design in the snow. These gems sure do make a gorgeous color contrast to the white snow.<\/p>\n Frozen Bubbles:<\/em><\/span> Blow bubbles in the frigid temperature and talk about what happens. Check out Housing a Forest<\/a>\u00a0for a frozen bubble how to.<\/p>\n Snow Tray:<\/em><\/span> Bring the snow inside\u00a0if it’s too cold to be outside. How does the snow feel? Can you make designs in the snow on a tray?<\/p>\n Snow Bins:<\/span><\/em> If there’s enough snow, make a snow sensory bin. Use markers, spray bottles with liquid watercolor, or paint brushes to paint the snow.<\/p>\n Salad Spinner Play<\/em><\/span>: Place different items in the salad spinner (balls\/glow sticks\/bells) and see what happens when the basket starts spinning.<\/p>\n Tupperware Play:\u00a0<\/i>Pull out the\u00a0<\/span>Tupperware and start matching lids, nesting, and stacking. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Muffin Tin Sorting<\/em>:<\/span>\u00a0Find objects around the house that will fit in the muffin tin (balls\/cotton balls\/plastic Easter eggs). Place the items in a bowl and use hands\/spoon to transfer the items from a bowl to the muffin tin.<\/p>\n Pot & Pan Drum Set<\/em><\/span>: What kid doesn’t love banging the kitchen utensils on the pots & pans?<\/p>\n Homemade Play Dough<\/em><\/span>: Mix 3 cups flour, 1.5 cups salt, 6 tsp cream of tartar, 6 tbsp oil, 3 cups water, and food coloring in a pot. Stir over low heat until a ball forms. Et Voila!<\/p>\n Cloud Dough<\/em><\/span>: The original recipe calls to mix 8 cups of flour with 1 cup of oil. I often half the recipe.<\/p>\n DIY Sand<\/em><\/span>: Mix together 1 cup cornmeal, 1 cup flour, 2 tbsp oil, and 2 tbsp corn syrup. You can build up, knock down, roll, squish, etc.<\/p>\n Oobleck<\/em><\/span>: Also known as cornstarch and water and a hit with all ages. Start with cornstarch and add water until you find a consistency you like. \u00a0Our recipe is generally an approximate 2:1 ratio of cornstarch to water. There is something mesmerizing about the consistency.<\/p>\n Colored Rice<\/em><\/span>: Shake 1 cup rice, 1 tbsp vinegar, 3 drops food coloring in a tightly sealed container and let dry for an hour. Place in a container and fill, dump, shake, and throw.<\/p>\n Cooked Noodles<\/em><\/span>: Mix cooked pasta, 2 tbsp water, and 20 drops of food coloring in a tightly sealed container. The pasta is fun to touch and explore and the older kiddos can have fun practicing their cutting skills.<\/p>\n Fake Snow<\/em><\/span>: Mix equal parts cornstarch and baking soda and then add water in until you get a consistency that you can make a snowball.<\/p>\n Recycled Robots:\u00a0<\/em>The supplies isn’t so much from your kitchen pantry, but the recycling bin. Save old cereal boxes, paper tubes, egg cartons, etc… and then get creative with making towns and people.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Water Beads<\/span><\/em>: We picked up these MarvelBeads<\/a>\u00a0and the bag has lasted 2 years. The beads are fun to scoop, pour, squeeze, etc.<\/p>\n Bubble Wrap Play<\/em><\/span>: Tape the bubble wrap down and stomp or drive cars to hear the popping, squeeze the bubble wrap in your hands.<\/p>\n Sensory Bins<\/span><\/em>:\u00a0Fill a container with taste safe items and let your child explore. Some favorite fillers include oats, wet\/dry noodles, lentils, and rice.<\/p>\n Fluffy Slime<\/em><\/span>: Mix 1\/2 cup Elmer’s Glue, 2 cups foam shaving cream, 1\/2 teaspoon baking soda, food coloring, and 1 Tbsp saline solution. The more the ingredients are worked together, the less sticky and more fluffy it becomes. You can then squish, pull, stretch, squeeze, and hide objects inside.<\/p>\n Tin Foil Play<\/span><\/em>:\u00a0This is a super simple activity that is loved. Take two sheets of aluminum foil and tape down to the ground. Baby will kick and slap the foil for a reinforcing sound, while older kids can drive cars and play the drums on the foil. Water play is fun in all forms. Fill the water table, sensory bin, tub, or sink and then use some of the ideas below to enhance the play.<\/p>\n Sponges<\/em><\/span>: Use big, little, rectangle, square, circle, and different colored sponges to squeeze, stack, push under.<\/p>\n Cups<\/em><\/span>: Use the cups to fill, pour, stack, sink, float etc.<\/p>\n Toy Wash<\/em><\/span>: Find toys – clean or dirty – and scrub and rinse until the toy is sparkling clean.<\/p>\n Pouring Station<\/em><\/span>: Use containers of different sizes to pour water back and fourth from one container to another.<\/p>\n Sea Foam<\/em><\/span>: Mix up 2\/3 cup water, 2\/3 cup dish soap, and 2 tbsp cornstarch and pretend you are at the beach.<\/p>\n Chalk Paint<\/em><\/span>: Use a muffin tin to mix 2 Tbsp cornstarch, 4 Tbsp Water, and 6-8 drops food coloring\/liquid watercolors. One color per spot. Paint the sidewalks and patio. The result will be more vibrant than traditional chalk paint.<\/p>\n Water Paint<\/em><\/span>:\u00a0<\/strong>Fill a cup with water and use a paint brush to paint the sidewalks or construction paper. Watch the water change the sidewalk and paper and then watch what happens when the water dries.<\/p>\n Contact Paper Window Scene<\/em><\/span>: Tape contact paper with the sticky side out to the window. We have done a stained glass scene with tissue paper, construction paper rain drops, and filling the leaves in on a tree.<\/p>\n Tissue Paper Bleeding<\/em><\/span>: Place tissue paper onto paper, spray with a spray bottle to watch the color bleed, and then peel the paper off. The finished product is pretty cool!<\/p>\n Paint Dotters<\/em><\/span>: We have the Do A Dot Art! Set<\/a> and after extensive use they are still painting. 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