tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17600584742186938462024-02-07T16:28:52.736-08:00Prehistoric PlayLife with my dino crazy 2 year old living, laughing & learning!Prehistoric Playhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06198666072296108735noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760058474218693846.post-39730294409914040612013-07-20T13:46:00.000-07:002013-07-20T14:19:12.176-07:00Do Not Feed The Toddler!<div style="text-align: justify;">
Do not look at me as if I'm a hard hearted anti Christ!</div>
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Yes I'm that mum the one who took the biscuit away from my child the other day you know the one that swooped in and almost grabbed it from him as he was about to ram the chocolaty goodness into his little hamster cheeks. Yes that's me cruel <span style="background-color: white;">you think? S</span>everal of you saw me swoop in looking with judgemental eyes you watched shamefully as my son sobbed. I'm sure you tutted as I dragged him away and tried to calm him with some goodies from my bag. I can imagine the comments "its only a bit of chocolate" "wow loosen up". </div>
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I tried to be polite tried to keep him to the safe biscuits but there's always some kind stranger willing to pass him a "good" one. I dread their kind faces smiling at him and almost sneaking him the goodies like a nanny sneaks sweets or a grandad penny's. He smiles sweetly back, of course he wants the good stuff any two year old with a sweet tooth has learnt the look! </div>
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Now think to why I panicked as that sweet treat reached for his mouth. Am I an over the top health freak. Is he on a strict diet with only grilled meat and veg.....Or is that biscuit poison!?!</div>
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Yes lady's you were judging me for valuing my sons life. That biscuit was a high risk I have no clue what's in it and no idea if it could land him in hospital. The poison I talk of is nuts and although you may think I'm overreacting I know full well that sweet chocolaty treat could land my son in hospital struggling to breath. And yet I get the looks of disgust even when I look at the label people give me funny looks as if I'm a health freak. No people I'm a normal mum my lil dude is one of the 1 in 12 nowadays that has a food allergy. He's normal I'm normal we just have to be careful. Some people think its a fashionable condition something made up for attention they do not understand the seriousness of it. Until you have been there until you have seen your baby lying in a hospital bed struggling to breath, please don't judge. </div>
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I'm at a loss on what to do I don't want to make him feel different but the actions of strangers scare me I know in my heart they are being kind, what do I do get him tattooed...do not feed the toddler nuts"</div>
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As he gets older I'm sure he'll learn to ask or as I do stick to the safe stuff . Until then please don't judge me consider there may be a reason for my cruelty. I refuse to separate him from his friends at snack time because their "may" be a risk. I am not a drama queen about it but I do have to be careful and keep my boy safe.</div>
Prehistoric Playhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06198666072296108735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760058474218693846.post-18652074295052879862013-07-20T11:36:00.000-07:002013-07-20T11:36:48.824-07:00Tar Pit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today's idea was adapted from <a href="http://www.learnplayimagine.com/2013/05/simple-small-worlds-dinosaurs-and.html">Fun At Home With Kids Dinosaurs and Sticky Mud Small World</a>. To be honest it was one of those "the after noon is dragging its gonna be a long one need a distraction" ideas. I hadn't really planned on adding it to the blog as not very original but it turned out so different to the mud one that I just had to add its a great example of how you can chop and change messy play ideas to adapt to your lil dudes and dudettes. How easy would it be to change this to pink and have a fairy glitter pool or blue as a mermaids ocean (I so need a girl next lol). Oobleck is so full of potential and yet I have only ever used white and as plain gloop. I just had to add it to the page it was amazing messy sludgey gooey sticky I am already planning the volcano one as was such a hit! </div>
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One of lil dudes fav books at the moment is Jack's Mega Machines The Dinosaur Digger. In the book a bunch of baby Dino's have to be saved from a tar pit when a T-Rex is heading their way. The Mud just had to be replaced with tar to recreate the book.<br />
We ripped up green paper to make grass, Dug out the fish tank ornament volcano which now resides in our Dino land. (don't think the resident spider was impressed at relocating but hwy ho needs must)! I used a sandwich box for the tar pit i wanted it to be shallow enough to almost blend in. The tar is obleck and black food colouring easy as that. Basically you add water to cornflour till it looks like tar. </div>
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This lasted ages as you can see from the pics I had almost as much fun as he did the tar was irresistible! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then the volcano erupted... this was cool as we pressed it together and as it started to drip it looked like runny lava. The picture was hard to get but the reality was soooo cool!</td></tr>
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Although the mess looks horrendous I gave lil dude a bowl of water to give the Dino's a bath and after he spread that about a fair bit I wiped table over with a wet cloth and wiped round the floor the Oobleck just wipes off it's so easy to clean up!<br />
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So the other day I had a flashback to my school days...no age comments please! And yes there were such things as schools back then and they even had computers....just! Well this flashback sent me running to amazon and looking up pipettes and amazingly they had them so I quickly ordered a bag of ten for 1.39 inc p + p. Wow the possibilities my reason for buying is mainly to use them in water play as using the squeegee end has to be good for motor skills. I then got to thinking I need an activity to introduce them and it just can't be clean! So I ran to the craft cupboard and dug out the lining paper and paints add some water and glitter and taaa daaaaa rainbow sparkle paint. Its messy its sparkly is a colour explosion yes its bloomin fab!!!<br />
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Check out the impressive artwork. I may have to do this on a canvas for the house.</div>
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Lil mister I don't do messy play almost getting his toes messy, one day I'll get him messy its my goal in life lol!</div>
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Prehistoric Playhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06198666072296108735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760058474218693846.post-54939832197539559382013-07-09T05:53:00.000-07:002013-07-09T05:53:42.426-07:00Killer Bee's...Apparently!!<div style="text-align: justify;">
The noise that gets every mother running, a high pitch I've hurt myself scream... You know the ones they save for the real cuts and grazes the one that usually means there's blood pouring from somewhere! I run to the garden to see my lil dude hands in the air screaming blue murder...Theres a bug there's a bug! </div>
Yes folks that world is ending scream was the result of a bloody fly!!!!<br />
Our newest two and a half year old drama is extreme creepycrawleyitus! You'd think well that's not so bad but when you add into the equation my lovely flower filled garden grass brimming with pretty white clover...theres our problem! It started with ants when he saw one we'd have to come inside. I pulled out my mummy magic book and after going on an ant hunt with a magic maglifline glass (what you have magnifying glasses how very dull ;-) we drew them some chalk houses on the patio and he now says they are his fwiends!<br />
The next melt down was bees so back to the libary with a bee book in hand we discussed how they are making honey for our lunch....bee fear solved...i thought. Untill today warmest day of the year and we spent half of it avoiding bloomin bugs! Lil dude named a bee hairy the other day and since then every bee is hairy.. That's ok hairy is our friend. His brother lairy is apparently not! Lil dude has taken offence with him and refuses to compromise. Lairy is a bit rude he trys to get in the paddling pool and flys near heads buzzing with intent! Lairy is making me consider block paving. So my next challenge will be taming lairy and overcoming creepycrawleyitus!<br />
Fellow mums some advice or the number of your therapists please :-)Prehistoric Playhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06198666072296108735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760058474218693846.post-16658030035550153672013-07-05T07:00:00.000-07:002013-07-05T07:00:00.803-07:00Shaving Foam Paint/Chaos<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is part two of our Budget Play Time series <a href="http://prehistoricplay.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/ricetastic-airport.html">part one</a> was the Ricetastic Airport this is a great lazy day activity although it looks crazy messy the cleanup is a wet cloth. </div>
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Where does it stem from you may ask...well about two years of protecting my child from the savage waifs and strays at the local toddler groups and soft plays. Its enough to drive any mother to insanity!</div>
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Now I'm not talking about the kids that have the odd tantrum maybe snatch or throw a toy (usually at a fellow playmates head). That's part of the joys of toddlerdom they are entitled to a few bops and whinges, that's how they learn. I'm talking about the unaccompanied wild kids you know those ones with foam at the mouth a wicked glint in their eye. The kids that the regulars steer their kids away from and give newbies warning glances.</div>
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You'll find their parents sitting far away from the play area coffee in one hand either gossipping with an accomplice or engrossed in a funny cat clip on their iphone/pad. They seem to have no cares as to what their beloved little people are doing and even when informed their little angel had been sinking their canines into some poor defenceless child's thigh there is little cause for concern. These parents astound me how any one can show that little interest in their child is beyond me. I wonder what sort of upbringing that poor kid has. You have to wonder if this is how they behave in public what is home life like!</div>
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Well today is UFO Day....But of course you knew that ;-) and what better way to celebrate those visitors from afar than making our very own Salt Dough Aliens!</div>
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Last year of my twenty's! A great day to reminisce and appreciate what I have in life. I've spent the day with my bestie her lil lady and my little dude we went to a theme park and had a fantastic time... If you'd have told me ten years ago I'd have entered a theme park not even stepped on one thrill ride but had an amazing day I'd have laughed in your face. Yes that's right me the adrenaline junkie had a fantastic time on the teacups!! </div>
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The highlight of our day watching sea lions and parrots little dudes face lit up and I realise that life's not about me anymore his happiness leads to mine and if I can make him laugh just once it makes my day!</div>
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I read a piece on netmums the other day on Martyr mums. It was based on an article written by The Times Daisy Waugh. It makes you wonder why working mums and stay at home mums cant just agree to disagree. Martyr ...One who makes great sacrifices or suffers much in order to further a belief, cause, or principle. So by that definition I have given up my life for lil dude and am suffering?!? </div>
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Would I work days if I had to would I put him in childcare well yes I would have no choice. I know I'm blessed to be able to chose my hours and to have a very hard working husband who who has made our lifestyle possible. On the other hand how can I blame others who want or have to work who am I to tell them how to live their lives. If you need or want to work then surely a happy mummy leads to a happy family. What good would it do staying at home with the kids because you feel duty bound to be there and being miserable as sin, who's that helping. Surely in this day and age we can understand that women have the choice to work or need to as a generation we are having to work more to sustain a decent lifestyle.</div>
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So as you may have seen we have already done <a href="http://prehistoricplay.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/diggerland.html">digger land</a> in the garden and as it got closer to summer those little plants at the edges kinda overtook so we turned it to dinoland but lil dude is going through a daft stage with bugs and those flowers attracted sooo many bugs. A rethink was in order! </div>
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Then I saw <a href="http://www.funathomewithkids.com/#!/2013/06/not-fairy-garden-dinosaur-garden.html">fun at home with kids dinosaur garden</a> and inspiration hit she used blue gravel for a "water feature" and it looked so so amazing. I have to say have some serious green eyed monster of Asia's garden and home she has play areas that I could only dream of. If you get a chance take a look at her blog (but allow a couple of hours!) I loved the idea of adding a whole new level.</div>
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Well I'd already seen this volcano aquarium decoration and was itching to buy it but hadnt made up a reason yet (lil dude loves volcanoes almost as much as dinos) So here was the reason and also went to pick up the stones....they were nooooot cheap the blue ones came in a tiny bag and were expensive so rethink! I had brought some sea coloured marbles a while ago and not got round to using them as anything more than loose parts so improvised and used them instead and it looked pretty cool!</div>
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Lil dude got some little plastic planes free with a magazine recently and they are flavour of the month apparently they are a red and green arrow :-) twinned with a very well timed fly over by the real red arrows recently on route to an airshow lil dude is in plane mode soo what better than making an airport for him to play with. </div>
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Construction consisted of cutting a long strip of cardboard and drawing the lines then cutting to size. I made a small hanger to fit the plane in by folding the same cardboard and sticking down the edges with tape. A couple of squares with H's drawn on the and we were set.</div>
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This may not be the most glam small world but I wanted this blog to be more about affordable play ideas than ones that look stunning but are currently out of my price range. One day I dream of owning every type of toob (yep that's the dream!) but until then budget play ideas is as far as we can get. </div>
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The Airport needed some work done apparenty so the diggers had to be brought in. I'm yet to create a small world that the dinos or diggers dont get involved in!</div>
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If you liked this take a look at <a href="http://prehistoricplay.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/hidden-art-station.html">Hidden Art Station</a> for another budget crafting session.</div>
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So part of this blog was about saving money and saving my lil dude from iwant'titus (yes its a condition of course it is would i lie to you!) We haven't got as far as the cut backs yet so that's the next stage! </div>
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I'm gonna stick to two paid activities a week. Lil dude is not an active kiddywink he is much happier doing puzzles or sitting with his dinos. He is quite happy to follow the lead and run riot when with other kiddys so I am sticking with the gymnastics and soft play toddler group once a week. They shut these in the summer hols anyway and me and my bestie usually go to farms, parks or just chill in the garden with the kiddies so that should cut some costs there. We have no holiday booked this year except for a long weekend away which is so far unplanned but will be travel lodge or premier inn so low cost. </div>
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Shopping.... oh shopping a few months back I only shopped online and saved money soo gonna revert back to that and will avoid supermarkets like the plague. I have a problem I cannot walk into a supermarket and buy a carton of milk I enter one supermarket and spend £50 its bad and i don't know how i do it its like a trip out and freedom of walking the aisles goes to my head. What can I say I need help!</div>
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So mission avoid supermarket is in order!</div>
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Also I'm gonna start giving lil dude £5 pocket money a week. This may seem a lot but I spend so much on random bits of junk for him and even more on even more plastic dinosaurs. So he will be getting £5 if he wants to get a magazine, toy, car boot goodies etc that's his lot. I want him to start seeing that these things cost money and that he has a limit. </div>
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So that's it the life plan for now it may not seem much but if I try too much at once I will run out of enthusiasm a week in!</div>
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Prehistoric Playhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06198666072296108735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760058474218693846.post-84824387816412604652013-06-26T14:42:00.000-07:002013-06-26T14:43:47.856-07:00Poorly ToddlerOh the joys of being a mummy. My lil dude is currently asleep (I am fully aware I'm on borrowed time) his temp is up and he's flinching in his sleep after a rough night and a high maintenance day I've come to the realisation that this wont get any easier. The worry never relaxes the stress of watching listening and praying wont cease. I guess this is the long haul! Funny thing is they warn you of these times when you fall pregnant (bit late then hey!) and there's no way then you can ever imagine the worry the connection the all consuming love that you feel. We've had a couple of horrible nights in the hospital in the past and they haunt me every time hes so much as got a cold. I almost have a bag packed and shoes at the ready for the hospital run. Its crazy isn't it really. But hey I've realised ever since motherhood hit me that life will always be crazy from the crazy fun to the crazy worry. But in all reality would I change a thing....Nope. <br />
From the happy tears to the sad I've never been happier!Prehistoric Playhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06198666072296108735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760058474218693846.post-87911988515368040392013-06-26T06:41:00.000-07:002013-06-26T06:41:18.383-07:00Hidden Art Station<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This one is especially good if you have laminate or tiled floor as can just be left and pulled out when required. As you can see I have the perfect setting for it, I could just pull the sofa back then replace over the top but this can be done anywhere and is easily removed so dosn't have to be left out.</div>
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All you need to do is lay some lining paper down and use masking tape to secure the edges and let their imagination run riot. On its first day this was hand... and head prints. Lil dude had us all lying on our backs drawing round our heads. </div>
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I wont win any points for artistic talent but we had fun and its a great one to work together as he tells mummy what to draw while he gets the trains and helps colour.</div>
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A while back I filled an ice cream tub with water, mini dinos, fossils and stones and left it to freeze. It then stayed in my freezer for aaaaages as the temperature was certainly not ice play recently. </div>
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Well today the weather was strange humid warm but chilly winds. So we cooled of in the house with this. I put some normal salt, some garden salt, and warm water in containers mixing in a lil food colouring as I went. Poured a bit of warm water over the icecream tub and the block of ice just tipped out. </div>
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I explained that we were going to have a Dino excavation and be paleontologist's. Well lil dude was sold as soon as he saw a Dino spike peaking out and after a quick explanation of how salt and warm water will melt the ice and free the trapped dino's he promptly started scooping salt on. Well he soon realised a spoon full wasn't cutting it so on went the entire cup of salt.<br />
I really have to remind myself of his age sometimes my inner perfectionist wants it all to be done carefully while watching each reaction the realist part knows lil dudes limits and to enjoy it thoroughly I have to step back and embrace the chaos! Do you ever find yourself going to correct your kids and having to check yourself because in reality that's how they learn and why should they do it like that anyway because we say so?!? I try to give lil dude the freedom to do things his way to learn from chaos but like I said it goes against my upbringing and includes a fair bit of tongue biting! <br />
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He then used the lil tools I provided to hammer saw and jab (In little hooligans she uses better tools to free but I could see younger lil dude loosing a finger or worse so we limited it to plastic toy tools and teaspoons) he realised the hot water was the best Dino freeing device and sent me running back and forth to the tap. He almost forgot about the poor trapped souls as pouring the water became priority number one!</div>
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Then back to the digging for a final burst and the were all free!!! This was a fab activity and will be recreated again I may do a smaller ice block next time as without the proper tools the mass of ice was a challenge to say the least! Minimal clean up and cheap as chips to create! Lil bit of advice if doing inside the garden salt is sharp on lil feet we learnt this the hard way after spilling a bunch on the laminate and as soon as lil dude walked he yelped at they spiked the souls of his little bare feet. There was no injury's but next time I'll keep this one for the garden or at least pop some shoes on him.</div>
Prehistoric Playhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06198666072296108735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760058474218693846.post-73423490213723769452013-06-22T13:25:00.002-07:002013-06-22T13:25:36.373-07:00Why Blog??So now I've bulked out the blog with a few play ideas time to start actually writing the thing! <br />
I guess the first one should be why...why do I feel the need to stick my life on the web?<br />
I love spending my time dreaming up and researching over the top play ideas and games for my lil dude. I love seeing his face and hearing his reactions. I love taking pictures of the fun and chaos! I have a phone full of messy creative chaos and it feels so wasted.<br />
I would love to have a database of it all to look back on to remember when my lil dude is all grown. <br />
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Also I need a vent my hubby has just embarked on a 7 year phd and that means a lot of work for him and a lot of me time for yours truly. Soooo I'll chatter on and maybe one day someone will read it but hey if not I will still have a great lot of memories and god willing a son who reaches his fullest potential as his mummy has done all she can to help him learn and become a kind honest man. Prehistoric Playhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06198666072296108735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760058474218693846.post-635946675546201112013-06-19T14:06:00.003-07:002013-06-22T14:31:41.357-07:00Freeplay Area<div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
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So I’ve filled a plant pot on the patio with sticks (cuttings from a hedge I massacred) and a pile of stones. That’s all I’ve collected so far I feel a trip to the forest is in order so that’s next on the outing list for a good old scavenger hunt. <img alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" src="http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif?m=1129645325g" /><br />
Our sticks have been there for two days and we have had houses built, towers, a one on one battle toddler verses wind in a crazy swirling almost sword fight ( for this you had to be there but i was crying with laughter at the seriousness the lol dude attacked the air with!) and the latest fun campfires. We are gonna camp in the garden this weekend and I have a camp obsessed lad on my hands!<br />
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This is a spin off from the water beads post but deserved its own post we had a great fun found these water creatures at a car boot and just had to create an ocean to let them swim free! It’s basically a few washed rocks and water beads so an easy make!<br />
Ok ok I know they are very unproportioned and I’m sure that in the real world crabs, whales and starfish wouldn’t be sat next to each other buuuut it was still a great learning opportunity as we chatted about the whale spraying water, stingray hiding at the bottom and the crab scuttling. My lil dude is 2 so I’m not out to teach him Latin names or breeding patterns. He just picks up little facts and enjoys playing in water.<br />
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On this hot day the water beads didn’t quite cut it so we went on to add water and ice to the mix which was great fun.<br />
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<img alt="" class="alignnone size-full;" src="http://prehistoricplay.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/savedpicture-201361191144.jpg?w=810" />Prehistoric Playhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06198666072296108735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760058474218693846.post-70873688476824738232013-06-19T13:58:00.000-07:002013-06-19T23:43:04.402-07:00Building HousesWe had the most perfect day today I just had to share. Started the day with a fab car boot where we found so many dinosaur books, a doctor’s kit and sea creatures I’d been on the hunt for all cheap as chips. Nice! We then headed home to enjoy the amazing weather yeahy sun!!! It’s been grotty for days so Mr sun you are oh so welcome.<br />
At home hubby joined us in the garden where he and lil dude stumbled across my next project…. A free play area ok so so far it’s just a pile of sticks from a tree I hacked up last weekend, buuut it has fuelled my desire for the free play area as it worked a treat. Within seconds they were building a house on the lawn with sticks. Lil dude had a field day he was trying to put them in the ground and balancing sticks on the roof. It was such a simple concept and has worked really well. Will be adding stones shells and bark to the area soon. The day was completed with a family BBQ and lots of giggles and marshmallows. I imagined days like this when I was pregnant I’m so blessed to have them both!<br />
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So a great day on the <a href="http://prehistoricplay.wordpress.com/2013/06/05/down-on-the-farm-2/#" id="_GPLITA_0" in_rurl="http://i.trkjmp.com/click?v=R0I6NDEwNTg6Mjg6ZmFybTplODY2ODhmNTQyNzE4MjZiMjkwZGQxNjAwNjEzZmY2Yzp6LTEzNTYtMjAwMTg0OnByZWhpc3RvcmljcGxheS53b3JkcHJlc3MuY29tOjUyNzE4OjRmNzliN2VmYWYzOGI3ZTNkN2ZjOWQ3NjBlNjVjZmMy" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="Click to Continue > by Text-Enhance">farm</a> a couple of souvenirs and a lil boy with farm animals on the brain led to the creation of another small world. While the lil dude had his nap I put together some lolly stick fences using a glue gun (adapted this from <a href="http://www.funathomewithkids.com/">www.funathomewithkids.com</a> her small worlds are fab!<br />
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Left them out so lil man could see them when he came down and as predicted as soon as he woke up he started inspecting the new creations. Once explained what they are he dragged me out to “make a farm”. I had planned to do it on the grass but the good weather had made the grass pretty hard and tough to break with a blunt lolly stick. We had a change of plans and invaded the flower beds. I had planned to make a field and road for the tractor but about 10 seconds after this picture was taken he saw a few ants and the world ended. I guess my next project will be overcoming his myrmecophobia (oh yes I looked it up and there actually is a name for fear of ants, admit it your impressed) so the farm has been shelved till I find a cure but hey ho the pictures good <img alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" src="http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif?m=1129645325g" /> Prehistoric Playhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06198666072296108735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760058474218693846.post-14792618258258837522013-06-19T13:50:00.001-07:002013-06-19T13:50:59.021-07:00Shelltastic Roadblock<img class="alignnone size-full;" src="http://prehistoricplay.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/savedpicture-2013613174216.jpg?w=810" /><br />
This was an unplanned lil play session. We were playing diggers on his play mat and pretending to dig roads a favourite toy in our house when we spotted the tray of shells. You’ll see from my other posts that we have been collecting loose parts to play outside and so having just got my hands on a bunch of shells and the weather not permitting us to play in the garden they have been chucked in a tray on the front rug. They have been used in many a game of hide and seek the shells and generally poured, tipped and counted.<br /> So with my handsome assistant we created road blocks on the mat roads and then set to clearing them. This kept him amused for ages and soon the tray was turned to the builders site/dump where all the shells were cleared to we dug and transferred to tippers then drove to site to tip. Its a great way of adding a new aspect to an old toy.<br /> Will be keeping some loose parts in the house too <img alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" src="http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif?m=1129645325g" /> Prehistoric Playhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06198666072296108735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760058474218693846.post-29038840562431569772013-06-19T13:49:00.001-07:002013-06-19T13:49:35.663-07:00Bewilderwood... A great back to nature day out.So this place was fab just had to give it a mention…and show off the pics! It is a forest park which is based on the books of bewilderwood. Its a harry potter style magical kingdom and I couldn’t help but fall in love with the entire concept. This place is a wooden back to basics wonderland with not a Tele in site. The entire place is built around nature with treehouses built into the trees, wooden rope bridges and den building using huge sticks. Lil dude loved it and just ran free digging in sand climbing and everything a child should be doing in life. I must mention that this post is not sponsored I just wish there were more places like this in the world!<img alt="IMG_0532" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-101" height="225" src="http://prehistoricplay.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/img_0532.jpg?w=300&h=225" width="300" /><br /> In the books you can read about the many mysterious creatures in the forest such as the crocklebog, the boggles and the twiggles (who built a lot of the attractions <img alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" src="http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif?m=1129645325g" /> Around the park you take a real boat past the crocklebog (a crocodile type creature called Mildred) and pass the boggles village into the main forest where you see evidence of various dwellings in the treetops some of which you can explore.<br /> We have since brought the book and used it as inspiration for making a twiggles house in our garden (another post) and lil dude loves reading about it and keeps jabbering on about the crocklebog and twiggles.<br /> I know days like this will form lifetime memories for my lil dude, memories I hope one day he’ll thank us for.<br />
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Prehistoric Playhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06198666072296108735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760058474218693846.post-4162426014589431082013-06-19T13:41:00.001-07:002013-07-02T12:18:48.878-07:00The Chalktastic Play TableHard night trying to get lil dude to sleep lead to pinterest overtime and me in high hopes of creating an upcycled masterpiece....Ta Daaaaaaa<br />
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Yes ladies and gentlemen I actually completed a project and yes it "worked"!!!<br />
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So this was a £5 coffee table of facebook sales pages and a can of blackboard paint. My hansome assistants joined me and sanded the tabletop lil dude was very impressed with this and this was an activity in itself. I'm a firm believer that the extra time and effort spent to let lil dude join in no matter how little the contribution are so worth the effort. His face lights up and he gets to be like mummy and daddy its such a boost to his little confidence. I the masked off the edges and sprayed the top a few times. All the while lil dude kept skipping to the end of the garden to see if "his" table was done.</div>
This table has been in the house 2 days and has been used non stop we have had dinosaurs drawn repeatedly (the above is a diplodocus with an apatasaurus i'm told). Today I left him to lead the play and he asked for a zoo I gave him his animals and his Lincoln Logs (great great toy) we created cages for the animals once we used all the logs we had to add a road for his tractor which used the chalkboard a treat. The road then (after a lion with an attitude problem cleared the table very loudly lol) turned into a racetrack which then somehow got attacked by dinosaurs and ended in tricereatops racing bmw's and merc's! The day ended in me having to draw dinoland on the table with volcanos, sea and tar pits. I can see this table being a great base for the sensory ideas I have as can be adapted to so much I feel you'll see this one a lot in the future!!!<br />
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With the sun making a much needed appearance we are dusting off the cobwebs and hitting the garden ahhh my lovely garden it’s such a treat with patio, flower beds and pergola. Our old house had a square of lawn which was open to next door and had nooo play opportunities whatsoever. Well as soon as I saw those mud filled flower beds I started plotting. All over blog land I have seen beautiful fairy gardens and boy would I love one! My lil dude on the other hand nooot so much he really is a boy!! Pair that with my darling hubby who was highly unimpressed with the kitchen I purchased lil dude I thought a fairy garden really would push the limits! Lil dude loves his diggers so I rolled with that and we came up with digger land. I started off using a long flowerpot and filling with stones compost and diggers and if you have a restricted space this would be a great option (would recommend a play mat underneath). I found this was slightly restricting and there was compost all over the patio. So digger land was relocated to the flower bed and am so glad it was it’s a fab addition to the garden and encourages lots of Independent play. This idea then lead on to Dino land in another section of the flower bed which is a working progress but similar concept.Prehistoric Playhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06198666072296108735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760058474218693846.post-79978344025614128812013-06-19T13:37:00.002-07:002013-06-25T13:25:51.132-07:00Our Rainbow Rice<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
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Today’s entertainment has been the fantastic rainbow rice and boy was it a hit I have seen this all over blog land but the recipe came from one of my fav blogs happy hooligans. If you haven’t come across it yet it’s a must just fantastic!!!<br />
The rice was sooooooo simple took a zip lock bag half filled with rice then put a tbs of vinegar and a few drops of food colouring. I mixed it well by shaking and mushing (wow can’t you tell I spend most of my time with a two year old lol). Some like the blue I had to add more colouring than the others too so would advise you to mix and then add more as required. I was heavy handed with the yellow and that took a long while to dry plus has a vinegar scent to it. It’s not off putting but would recommend you don’t copy that mistake. Once all mixed I popped onto a baking tray to dry and returned a few times to mix. They clumped a bit at first which worried me but after the first couple of stirs they were perfectly separated.<br />
I placed the baking trays on a towel with a tray in the middle and gave him spoons, bottles, funnels, pans etc… He had a great time scooping crunching and pouring them mixing the colours as we went. This activity lead to so many play opportunities’ he was a fountain of ideas which made my day! The following he came up with in one morning:<br />
Pouring colours in bottles through funnels making patterns (like coloured sand ones this looks amazing and I’m deffo on the lookout for an unusual vase that we can fill together in the future for the dining room!)<br />
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Making shakers by putting a few bits of rice in little plastic pots.<br />
Dinoland he started sorting dinos at first green for herbivores blue for swimmers red for carnivores etc. which was great then it all got a bit chaotic (as it usually does with lil dude) and ended up in a dinosaur war zone resulting in several poor souls getting buried by the remaining colours being chucked in all together. The days entertainment ended up in him requesting we make a movie so I dug out the phone and recorded lil dude acting out a mini story I read aloud. The movie will win no awards but lil dude loves watching it over and over.<br />
A quick tidy up later leading me to a piece of advice…. A towel is not big enough protection would advise a double duvet laid out or a messy mat. It wasn’t a big clean up but to save the hovering the mats are ace plus can scoop it and reuse.<br />
I’ve kept the rice and will use again and again this is a cheap days activity for us and I’m sure will be used again and againPrehistoric Playhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06198666072296108735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760058474218693846.post-70986009502199455302013-06-19T13:36:00.001-07:002013-06-19T23:43:52.943-07:00Our day at the beach.... well kinda!<img class="alignnone size-full;" height="300" src="http://prehistoricplay.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/savedpicture-20136119758.jpg?w=810" width="400" /><br />
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So today was grotty outside the sort of rain which gets in your bones. As it’s the weekend I wanted to make it fun sooo the beach came to us! Now if you’re a house proud anti mess mama this isn’t for you. I laid down a duvet cover to offer some protection to the rug gave lil dude strict instructions to stay on the rug and all messy toys were to stay too. He thought it was great! Of course every dino he could find went in and were repeatedly buried and dug up. Super cute moment while digging he was saying (in his little 2 year old voice so proudly) I’m a palaeontologist I’m digging for dinosaurs!<br />
Anything that makes him smile like this activity is well worth a bit of hovering! He actually played in this all day which amazed me! I had to reset it up after nap time. In the afternoon we removed most of the dinos and made sandcastles which mummy really enjoyed lol! I had so much fun with my little man today he was on top form and days like today make the bad ones melt away. <br />
Top Advice….. I saw on TV recently that baby powder is great for getting off sand so tested the theory today and it worked wonders!!!! Just pour some on the sticky sandy hands feet etc. and it brushes right off! This tip will save so much effort at the real beach and daddy running back and forth with a bucket of water only for hooligan toddler to jump back into sand (we’ve all been there right lol!)Prehistoric Playhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06198666072296108735noreply@blogger.com0