I am on a new search to find better more creative things to do with Cap these days. It is easy to look at your day in "rounds".
Ding, Ding, Ding. Round 1, we awake. Nap #1, Round 1 over. Ding, Ding, Ding. Round 2, he awakes. Nap #2, Round 2 over. Ding, Ding, Ding. Round 3, he awakes. We finish out the day. Go to sleep. Round 3 over. Game. (or whatever you are supposed to say in boxing)
Most people would admit to look at their day like this every so often. The ones who don't, well, they aren't telling the truth! :) I am on a mission not to just go through the motions, but to live a creative and full life! I struggle with figuring out to do with Cap since he is still so young. Every month, our list grows. When days are nice outside, it is very easy. He loves being outside exploring. But when it is cold, rainy, and blowing like crazy, we both have a hard time lasting inside for too long.
I am hoping to start posting activities to do with little ones give or take around Cap's age. I know I am not the only one trying to come up with good stuff to do with your kids.
This past weekend was a very wet and cold one so it was time to try something new. Cap painted his first 'Masterpiece'. We set the stage while he was napping. We taped a huge piece of plastic to the ground. You could easily use a tablecloth or something similar. I put 2 colors of paint in their own little bowl and had a 3rd color on standby. We had a canvas, a brush, and a sponge. I showed him once how to do it and then he took off on his own.
This would be a wonderful rainy day activity, but also great on a nice day. I knew I was going to put him straight in the bath, but if you were outside you could just hose your kid down. I used a washable tempera paint. There are TONS of homemade paint recipes that I found after I bought these. So I will try some of those next. Even though it said washable I still took his clothes off because you just never know.
I can't say he loved this activity. However, he hadn't been feeling good and I don't think the timing was right for him. He has been super attached to me lately and this was an activity I didn't want him in my lap doing at the time. I think he just wanted me to hold him! Next time I will remember that and have my clothes ready to get painted on! He enjoyed the 45 minute bath afterwards much more this time around.
Cap was signing to go potty. I think he just wanted up!!!
So now we are undies-less!
This is where we called it quits.
I forgot to take a picture of his final art! Will post it next time!Enjoy!
3 comments:
It is amazing how clever one can be with kids! You my dear daughter are! I loved the pictures of Cap painting! You can really tell in the first painting pictures he was really trying! You can tell he was really concentrating! So fun! Yes, we would love to see his work of art! Love you and that sweet boy!
Hey girl, have you looked on pinterest? there are tons of kid activities for all ages.
I know this is lame, but one of the things Oliver LOVED at that age was tennis balls. My mom went to her high school and picked up a ton of them that were just left all around the court. I bet she brought 100 of them. anyways, we had them in a tub and oliver liked to sit and dig through them. He would pull them out and put them back in. Like I said, kind of lame but he loved it and it worked indoors too.
Future artist!!!, I saw something on Facebook that I liked,,, they made a little sandbox with cornmeal! I thought it was cute! And yes there is a lot of ideas on pinterest!
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