Fizzy Hearts

The baking soda and vinegar reaction never gets old.  Even I still enjoy watching it fizz up.  In honor of Valentine's Day, I mixed some baking soda, food coloring, and a little water in my silicone heart mold and stuck it in the freezer.

I popped out the hearts and presented them to a very excited Katelyn with a muffin cup full of vinegar and a dropper.

She went right to work.

After a few minutes, she decided a spoon would work faster.

She used about four cups of vinegar, and would have used more but we were all out.  That ended up being okay though because she proceeded to smash the remaining ice with the spoon and move it around in the vinegar that was left on the tray.

Valentine Slime

Kate and I mixed up a batch of Valentine Slime this morning.  We added red glitter and metallic heart confetti to this slime recipe:

1. In one bowl mix 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup of glue

2. Now's the time to add color or glitter if you like

3. In another bowl measure out 1/2 cup of liquid starch

4. Slowly mix the glue into the starch with a spoon

5. Switch to mixing with hands for a few minutes

6.  Put in a clean, dry container or on a plate

Hints: Liquid starch slime gets better with time but can be used right away. After about an hour, I think it is just right and looks awesome {even more fantastic the next day} Decorate your liquid starch slime with confetti or other fun things! 

It must feel really nice on her leg and foot because that seemed to be her favorite way to play with the slime!

Painting Snow

It seems like we went from having no snow at all to having snow every week, several days a week, in the blink of an eye.  I don't mind the snow, but some days it is just too cold to go out and play in it, so we bring it inside.

Kate and I worked together to create a masterpiece with watercolor paints and the snow as our canvas.

 We did some color mixing and made orange, green, and purple snow.

Beautiful, don't you think?

Hot Cocoa Cloud Dough

Kate and I mixed up a batch of Hot Cocoa Cloud Dough this week.  

2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup canola oil

2 packets of hot cocoa powder mix

After mixing it together, we decided to add a few drops of orange essential oil.  The chocolate and orange scents blended together wonderfully.  Next time, we will add mini marshmallows!

Kate made me many cups of hot cocoa.

 In addition to smelling wonderful, cloud dough feels so nice.  It's fun to dig into!

Just a little mess.  It was worth it.

Y is for Yellow

 I drew this Y on cardboard and Kate painted it yellow and added yellow masking tape.  Boo helped.

 A yellow scavenger hunt.

 Kate stuck yellow tissue paper onto a contact paper Y.

 Lemon scented play dough

 Kate made lemonade.  She really enjoys juicing the lemons.

Our final yellow activity was making yellow cake pops.

We have officially completed the entire alphabet!!!  That doesn't mean we are done learning or will stop doing alphabet activities.  Not at all!  This was just an introduction to the alphabet.  Kate enjoys learning and I love being her teacher!

Frozen Dinosaur Eggs

 I put tiny plastic dinosaurs in regular balloons with a little water and stuck them in the freezer.

 We added the frozen dinosaur eggs to a bin with a little sand and more toy dinosaurs and toy snakes.

 Reagan and Collin were curious.

Boo had to check it out too.

 When most of the ice had melted, we added a little water and food coloring to the bin.

After a while, Kate asked for bubbles so that she could clean all of the dinosaurs and snakes.