to try and replicate my own.
It worked perfectly. The mixture was thin enough to get out easily but thick enough to make delicious heart shaped pancakes that surprised Tara in her lunchbox for morning tea!
It worked perfectly. The mixture was thin enough to get out easily but thick enough to make delicious heart shaped pancakes that surprised Tara in her lunchbox for morning tea!
Use scissors to cut the end off a glowstick, do this over a bin as it is messy and glowsticks do contain glass fragments so best to do this away from children. Open a glass jar and shake the opened glowstick into the jar. Banging it against one side of the jar to the other will give a splattered effect. I used three glowsticks in my big jar in different colours. Then add some sprinkle glitter into the jar, trying to get it to stick on the sides over the glowstick fluid.
Just add Lego! Great motivation for those early toilet training days and with winter fast approaching keeping those cold and flu germs away!
I love activities like this that help with focus and process, not only does mason learn life skills but it also teaches mummy to slow down and enjoy these special years of our children's lives.
Squirt your favourite colour into the sandwich bag or add two different colours for the older children to investigate colour mixing. Close the zip lock up firmly. Use tape to secure them on your glass window or door.
Think about the ideal height for your child when you are securing it on. A 7 month old may love to sit and play while placing it higher for a 9 month old will encourage him/her to stand up. This also works for siblings. I placed one quite high for Tara so her little brother was unable to "help" her do her work :)

Watching him explore it and was lovely. His little face lit up when he lifted the flap of fabric. I later had to move it up slightly to encourage him to stand up and balance as at this height it was easier for him to sit while playing. 
Remind your little mechanic to take off the toothpick axles before they start munching!
So while Mason worked on his stacking and matching Tara got to work on an older version of he stacking activity.

Caterpillars franks ready for the birthday girl....
The year of the ladybug!
On the ladybug table



And then there were four....Mason was 2 weeks old the day we celebrated Tara's 3rd birthday here

















All that playing made someone hungry