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New toy Tuesday (#2)

5/24/2011

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This week's "new" toy is pretty simple.  We had all the materials lying around the house, but I understand that not everyone will (ya know, in case you aren't as obsessed with diet coke as I am).  Here's what you need:
-empty 2 liter soda bottle
-water
-tiny bit of cooking oil
-food coloring
-balloon(s)

So clearly, you fill the empty bottle with a little bit of water.  You can fill it as full as you like, but the fuller you fill it the heavier it gets, which makes it a little harder for little hands to pick it up.  I filled it about 1/5 of the way full.  I chose blue food coloring and just added a few drops, and then added a little bit of vegetable oil to give it some "bubbles."  Then I added the balloon.  You have to stick it in deflated, and blow it up once it's in there.  Obviously it won't get very big, but it doesn't need to be.  You could really put anything in there that would fit, but I thought a balloon would be fun.  I contemplated putting multiple balloons in, but decided on just one for now.  I can always add more.

Riley loved shaking it, turning it up and down, but most of all, she liked to roll it across the hardwood floor.  She also enjoyed my spinning it for her.  Hours of fun. :)

Things to keep in mind: SCREW THAT CAP ON TIGHTLY!  You don't want food colored water spilling everywhere!  We have a white rug so I made sure it was leak proof about 10 times before giving it to Riley.  Enjoy!


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New Toy Tuesday

5/16/2011

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I'll be the first to admit, we have a lot of toys for Riley.  Definitely not as many as some people I've seen though, that's for sure.  Total we have 4 small/medium sized bins of toys.  And finally today I went through and removed half of them- labeling them too "baby-ish" or pretty lame/useless in terms of doing anything useful for Riley.  Aside from being a chew toy, of course.

Anyway, as I was sorting through all her toys, I thought of all the things she likes to play with that aren't really toys, and I also got this idea to each week try and make her some kind of new toy from something we already have, or something that's pretty cheap.  Nothing over the top or too fantastic, but something new for her to play with, and hopefully something that might help her development.  So each Tuesday I hope to share what we've come up with!  It won't always be a toy some days it might be an art project or an activity but it will almost always be with ingredients/tools we already have laying around the house, with the goal of something developmentally appropriate/stimulating!

Today's toy?  Pegs in a jar.  Creative, I know. :)
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Basically, I took a glass baby food jar, rinsed it out, and collected different color laundry pegs and put them in a jar, and put it out to see what Riley would do with it.  She noticed it right away, and pulled all the pegs out one by one.  Totally simple, totally basic, but with this simple toy we were able to use fin motor skills while talking about colors and counting.  We also worked on signing "again" and "help," since she couldn't seem to get the pegs back in the jar without a little help. 
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She played with me and this little jar for over half an hour straight!  Total cost? $0.  Difficulty? 1 out of 10.Easy peazy.
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