Box car
When collecting boxes for our move across country we found some boxes that could not be used. These became fun "box cars". We used the small sample paints from painting the rooms in our house. It was a fun way to reuse what we had round the house. Once the painting was finished we added a paper plate for the steering wheel and the girls loved it!Cave of lights
This box was HUGE!! After moving into our rental house my husband and I bought new bedroom furniture and this is one of the boxes. I got this idea from another blog which she called it a "cave of stars". My girls loved it and it had almost a calming effect on them.What you need:
Box
Christmas lights
something to make holes in the box (we used a screw driver)
Introducing the singing of Kaleigh!!
This was an activity made out of desperation. It was a beautiful day so I wanted to take the girls outside but it was almost dinner time so we needed to stay home. For this activity I found another tall box from our bedroom furniture and let them paint all over it. They used their fingers, paint brushes, washcloth, apple, wheel, and grass to experiment with different textures. My oldest Kaleigh (3 1/2 years old) loved painting with the things she normally couldn't paint with, at first she would tell me I was silly and couldn't use that to paint (which only made me want to find more "silly" things).
After painting she found her dress up and we spent the rest of the day introducing each other and making up silly songs.
