Glittering Muffins » Activities
Toilet paper roll building blocks
(April 11, 2013) Nico loves when we buy a big pack of toilet paper because it’s a nice seat in the shopping cart. Normally he brings it in the house and the bathroom, then he’s happy to have done his job. Today, before dinner, he wanted to open the whole pack and play with it, since we had ordered in, we just played until it arrived. He learned that he had to put them on straight … Read entire article »
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Planting a flower bed with a toddler
(June 19, 2012) We have 2 flower beds in the backyard and we decided to put flowers in one of them. So we bought already grown flowers and also seeds. Nico and my mother (her name is Linda, Nico calls her Dada) decided one day to get to work, well, she did and of course, he insisted on helping. She already had cleaned it up since it had an old rose bush and some poison … Read entire article »
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The runaway color experiment
(Jan 19, 2013) We decided to do a quick fun experiment with Nico, his first one. We took a deep plate poured a little milk (we used 2%) in and added a few drops of food coloring, Nico picked blue. Using a skewer, he swirled the color around, flipped the skewer around and dipped it in liquid dish soap, now be ready for the magic. Take the soap end and stick it in the middle … Read entire article »
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Pretend play – Emergency services (E.M.T./doctor)
(Jan. 6, 2013) Nico loves the show Doc McStuffins (Docteur LaPeluche, we only get it in french) and since then we got him a medical suitcase with doc tools in them. Since he’s a single child we are his play partners and this time Alex and several plush were his patients. At first he examined Alex, listening to the heart, checking eyes & ears and temperature taking. After that he moved on into his “ambulance” … Read entire article »
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Grab a bag! (motor skills game)
(Jan 8, 2013) As he does many times a day, Nico went downstairs to see grandma. About 5 minutes later, my mother calls me over to see Nico’s new game. She put some smaller reusable bags in a big plastic tub and gave him the hand grabber and had him grab bags with it. It takes lots of hand strength and coordination and he was pretty good at it, having fun and working on motor … Read entire article »
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Kids on the Go! – Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum, Farmington Hills, MI
I’m back again to share a wonderfully fun place that’s completely unique and a truly special place in Michigan. Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum is an amazing combination of an arcade and museum … literally PACKED with a huge collection of coin-operated games. ”Some are exceptionally rare, and others were built specifically for the museum. All have to be seen to be believed. It is impossible to see everything in one trip.” The owner, Marvin Yagoda, is … Read entire article »
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Pretend Play – door salesperson
(Jan 15, 2013) Nico wanted to play store shopping where he goes around with his cart and puts stuff in, comes back and pays at his till. My mother was upstairs and decided to turn it into a door sales person game. His house was the bathroom (no idea why, he picked it), he would close the door and my mother would knock and sell him a toy she got from his toys (a little … Read entire article »
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Christmas sensory bin (small things)
(Nov 27, 2012) I knew I wanted to make him a Christmas sensory bin, maybe two, we’ll see So for this one we put together small Christmas themed things over white rice and silver glitter. Here is what we put in there: Small bells (so small the rice won’t get in), small ornaments, small silver balls, small jewel stars, red berries on a branch, blue clear plastic snowflakes, Christmas pompoms, glittery foam shapes (santas, trees, … Read entire article »
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Around the World in 24 Merry Christmas (advent activity)
(Nov 29, 2012) I was gluing Nico’s Christmas calendar in his monthly book he just got and noticed it had a theme, so I thought I could come up with a theme one too… Kids like to learn new things, they always dig new languages so why not how to say Merry Christmas in 24 languages! A new one per day for 24 days, like you would an advent calendar. We are providing you with … Read entire article »
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Dino rescue water sensory fun
(Nov 12, 2012) The other day, Nico wanted a water bin, normally I put his under the sea animals, rocks and plants but this time I told him to get what he wanted, he just needed to ask if it was ok to put in water or not. So he got his ladder (from a bird cage accessories kit at the dollar store), his dinosaurs and asked me to get his Olly in the bath … Read entire article »
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