oh my goodness after waiting for 8 months and playing in dirt/mud for 2 summers. We have a yard!!!! 2 weeks before the snow came but I dont care. At least I wont have mud in the spring.
I wanted a wood tool bench instead of a plastic little tykes one that I already had. So I started with this old bedside table added a back to hang tools. I had to move the drawer down to accommodate more tools and helmets. Also changed the knobs. Then I gave it a few coats of paint and tada. Total cost was $5 after I sold the plastic one. I had everything from other projects except the table itself.
I have a 4 yr old dayhome boy that is very interested in numbers. So I took some number stickers put them on the rocks and painted modge podge over to glue them down. Then I painted a bunch of rocks different colors. Yes I know there is a couple numbers missing. lol I have to buy some more stickers.
I found this wonderful idea somewhere online. Take Dollar store Jenga blocks glued together with a piece of binder dividers that are transparent colors. Thankfully we had a picture frame clamp with made the project so much faster. My plan is the make some squares, triangles and circles.
I made 4 so far and didn't even get them to the light table yet and the 4 and 6 yrs olds were having a great time playing with them and duplo people. The kids always want to bring everything they make home. So I found this idea at ikea and hoped it will encourage them to leave some things here for us to look at. Maybe it will personalize their play space as well.
T was not that interested in touching this. It was sticky and she just wanted to poke it a tiny bit. Q had alot more fun and got right at it digging and squishing.
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February 2014
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