Drawing Letters in the Sand

Sand is such a sensual material, it draws children to its boxes and adults to its shores. No one can escape the satisfying feel of sand between the toes. Yes, there are some mothers who complain about the hassle of washing it out of hair, clothes and car seats. . . but these mothers have lost the memory of the excitement they once knew- of getting that first sand castle to flip out of the bucket intact!

Colored sand adds that much more excitement to the experience. I know how excited I get to see the White Sands of Carmel or San Destin! So when I presented Pink Sand to Lil A to draw the first letter of her name, she could not wait to give it a try. Some stragglers :) came around to give it a try also, Big A was one of the first stragglers, but S Man and Z Man could not resist neither. It's no wonder that these Zen Gardens are popular in adult office spaces.

Playdough Letters

I want to keep a running view of Lil A's Playdough letters as we complete them, so this blog post is just for that purpose. We use the same printout for the Letter Collage from COAH, we just keep them in a sheet protector in Lil A's ABC record book.

A really yummy recipe for Kool-Aid playdough can be found at Mama Jenn
UPDATE: Chasing Superwoman's recipe is better!

30 Minute Puppet Theater

Quick Simple Projects have become a specialty for Lil A and I. The projects are short enough to keep her attention but provides hours and hours of fun afterwards. Yeah!

Everything that went into creating this puppet theater I already had at home, I keep poster boards around the house, I had string and scraps of fabric, and Lil A just received the paint for her birthday.

You can find the step by step instructions on how to make your very own Simple Puppet Theater here.