10 Essy things that you can do with your children...

Most of these are messy up with easy clean up and I can pretty much guarantee that your children will have a blast. 1. Watercolor- make sure that you have lots of paper on hand and I suggest doing in on the kitchen table. 2. Glue "stuff "- like dry noodles, pieces of paper, rocks, be creative, and so will your child. 3. Play with shaving cream- you can either do this in the bathtub (even easier clean up) or on the kitchen table let them swirl it all around- this is also a great way to learn what two color make when they are mixed. This helps your child experience new textures. 4. Stickers- stickers are always fun to put on a piece of paper- this also helps with fine motor skills 5. Finger paint- you can use acrylic paint, ketchup and mustard, or pudding. This helps your child experience new textures. 6. Leaf rubbings- Tape leaves to the table. Use and piece of paper and crayon and rum it on top of the leaf - this also helps with fine motor skills. 7. Rock hunt- Find the rocks and then Paint them. don't be surprised if the rocks hang around for a while. 8. Play dough- Make the play dough and then let them go crazy. If you make it them you can do the primary colors and they can mix the colors- learning once again- How fun!! 9. Stamps- make stamps out of potatoes then stamp with them. Mom's you make the stamps. Even a one year old will enjoy stamping. 10. Marshmallows and toothpicks- Give your child a hand full of marshmallows and toothpicks and ask them to build a house. After the marshmallows sit out overnight they with get hard. Ethan loves to do this. And he is learning while he does it- I hope that you all enjoy these- please let me know how they go-