Dinosaur Spikes

This was another easy activity I pulled out to kill some time. I found it here: http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2009/02/we-dig-dinosaurs.html. They had the kids paint the dinosaur first, but I didn't have time for clean up so I simply cut out a dino, drew a happy face and showed D how to clip on the clothespins. He tried hard to do this for quite a while and sort of got the hang of it. I helped him a few times. He would go off and play with something else, then come back to it and try again. 

Under the Sea Paper Mosaic

When I stumbled across this Pin from toddlerapproved.com, I instantly knew I wanted to try this with D. 

First I cut out shapes of fish and placed them on top of the sticky side of contact paper. D helped me tear up some construction paper and we decorated the fish. Next, I taped a large piece of contact paper (sticky side out) to the wall. With large pieces of torn construction paper, we created seaweed and water. We placed the fish that we had created earlier on top of the water and wah-lah! Under the Sea Mosaic. 

Of course, nothing can be done without his toy trains these days.

Cotton Ball Snowman

This was a cute idea I found from tiredneedsleep.blogspot.com. 

I poured swirls of white glue on the paper and let D go to town with the cotton balls. 

I cut out a nose, eyes, hat and scarf and helped him glue them in place. We used pipecleaners for the arms. I thought it turned out pretty cute. 

Homemade Finger Painting with a Truck

It was nice out and I wanted to do something where we could enjoy the day outdoors, so the Mr. and I mixed up a batch of homemade finger-paint. I don't recall exactly where I found this particular recipe, but I have a bunch 'pinned' on my board http://pinterest.com/allymott/activities-for-kids/. 

We dressed D in only a play t-shirt and unrolled some paper outside. D started by carefully using the paint brushes. I love how the colors turned out. 

Then he painted the rocks that were holding the paper down.

It wasn't long before the trucks came out. He loved rolling them across the wet paint and watching the tracks that the wheels made.

 Then he used his fingers and hand...

But eventually went back to the truck.

We left it out to dry and anytime he passed by the window, he would point and say "paint!' I loved how it turned out so I framed a portion of it and hung it in his bedroom.