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It’s Playtime! : Favorite Play Posts

August 11, 2011

The Best of It’s Playtime! Your favorite ways to play from last week’s It’s Playtime!These playful posts had the most people that checked them out or the ones you ‘Liked’ the most. COOL Ice Art at Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas had one popular post last week! This Cool [...]

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Art : DIY Upcycled Crayons

August 3, 2011

Long ago, when there wasn’t any reason to Beat the Heat. My mom had a bucket full of old crayons with lots of bits and pieces. So, Henry, Grandma and I made some upcycled crayons. I read, somewhere at the time, about a tip for removing the paper on the crayons by soaking them in [...]

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Outdoor Play : Scavenger Hunt

August 2, 2011

It has been a while since I made a scavenger hunt for Henry. This time I wanted Henry to be more self-sufficient at it. So I made a scavenger hunt guide with pictures [as well as the word]. [Super easy to make, I just used Word, inserted some clip art of the items, and added [...]

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Ice & Water Play : 38 Ways to Beat the Heat

July 29, 2011

Have you gotten enough ideas to Beat the Heat?  Here are some [thirty-eight, by the way] icy cool activities and art that I gathered up to share with everyone. Whether you got a water bug in your family, or an artist at your hands. There’s lots of exciting ways to keep cool in this scorching [...]

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It’s Playtime! : Beat the Heat

July 28, 2011

I realize that we’re not the only people going through a heat wave these past few weeks.I’ve noticed in many posts linked up to It’s Playtime lately, especially last week,that my playdate pals have found creative ways to beat the heat too! [Come Together Kids, using the heat like an oven to melt crayons: Hot Car [...]

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Art : Frozen Painting

July 27, 2011

Beating the Heat has been fun last week.  Even though it was miserably hot, we used lots of ice to keep us cool. So far, George has played with ice cubes [a simple sensory activity for babies] and Henry discovered a healthy snack of fruit in a frozen ice excavation. We even managed to keep [...]

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