Doing activities with Tuesday is so much fun now that she doesn’t just try to eat everything (at least not right away…). I did something like this project a while ago, using contact paper and scraps to create an art project to hang on our slider door.
This version of a contact paper craft helps with hand eye coordination and small muscles of the hand.
(awesome excuse to get the three in one butterfly punch, hey we needed more shapes!) As you can see Tuesday does like to pick up the punched shapes (I used ones I have on hand: 3 in 1 flower punch, heart confetti punch, mini heart hole punch, even tinier heart hole punch, regular hole punch, square hole punch, star squeeze punch and others) from the re-used meat trays. Punches are my number one thing to buy at Michael’s when I have a coupon and don’t know what to get (and yes I should just leave with nothing, but that’s hard to do when you drive 20 minutes somewhere with a toddler!).
But she is a toddler and her number one method of learning right now is cause and effect. She likes to dump them, transfer them from hand to hand, line them up, try to stick them on top of each other, tilt up the paper to feel the sticky on the back, etc.
She REALLY wants to punch. I wouldn’t be surprised if I found a Gripmaster in her crib because she is trying to will her hands to be stronger to get them to work. I showed her how to put one hand on top of the other to put more pressure on the lever but it still wasn’t enough.
I’m pretty sure this (or some version of this) project came from First Art: Art Experiences for Toddlers and Twos. I love that book. It’s all about the process, and not the end result. Though I have to say having these on the slider does make me pretty happy.
Meanwhile I had a little time to work on my own craft project:
Scheming, planning… what ever you want to call it. Now that all that ribbon is gone I have a blank slate!
P.S. Don’t forget the giveaway for a photo shoot and scrapbooking kit is still going, click on this post to enter.
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Celebrating crafts, kids and the everyday through photographs.
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Celebrating crafts, kids and the everyday through photographs.
Joining in on Amanda’s this moment project. A moment from the last week. A slice of life. -
Celebrating crafts, kids and the everyday through photographs.
Okay so I wanted to do something awesome for all you wonderful readers! Thank you so much for coming over to my newly designed blog at this new address (and for updating your links)! I am so excited about this new adventure, as I’m sure you can tell 🙂 So what am I giving away?
Well first up it’s a family photo shoot and $300 worth of products (prints, canvases or digital negatives). For a total value of $450 (yes, really!).
The details. The shoot is for a family of 6 or less, I can accommodate more but it will be an additional charge. I serve the mid-Willamette Valley, travel 60 miles from zip code 97308 is included. The prizes are in the form of a gift certificate (which will expire January 31st, 2012). If you would like a friend or relative to enter for you so you get another chance, that’s fine (one comment per person/household please!), I’d love more people to check out the new blog! To be entered in this giveaway just comment and include GIVEAWAY #1.
Of course I couldn’t forget all my wonderful readers who don’t live near me!
The second giveaway is for the first ever Life in Color scrapbook kit (hehehe). Valued at… um, wait, my husband reads this blog. Let’s just say it has lots of awesome stuff in it.
Want a few detail shots of that goodness?
I’ll ship this kit anywhere, so yes my readers in Canada, Germany, and anywhere else can enter too! Just leave a comment with GIVEAWAY #2 in the comments section below.
To repeat: To enter the photo shoot giveaway leave a comment with GIVEAWAY #1. For the scrapbook kit leave a comment with GIVEAWAY #2, and if you want to be entered in both just leave ONE comment with both GIVEAWAY #1 and GIVEAWAY #2 on it (I’m sorry but if your comment doesn’t include either one of those you will not be entered). That’s one comment per person/household. You don’t need to tweet, blog, facebook (ooh but I do have a page now) or anything else. But if you WANT to that is awesome, I’d love to spread the word about my blog!
The giveaways are open until Wednesday, February 2nd, and winners will be chosen randomly and announced here Thursday, February 3rd. If the winner(s) can’t be reached by February 8th a new winner will be chosen. If any questions pop up I’ll edit the post and answer them here instead of the comments section.
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