I figured this was the perfect "dough" for Dr. Seuss's birthday: homemade Oobleck. I did not grow up reading Bartholomew and the Oobleck, although I have read about all of his other later works. Guys, it is weird. I know what you are thinking "Thank you Captian Obvious, all of his books are weird" but this one is really weird, not two year old material, so I just showed him some of the pictures, and he got the idea: green goo.
I cannot express to you how much fun my son had playing with it, so I won't even try. I'll let the pictures do the talking. It is definitely messy. Very, very messy. And I am not afraid to make a mess, but you need to be outside weather permitting with swimsuits and a hose, or plop your munchkin in the bathtub like I did. It is however, extremely easy to clean up, you just wipe it away. It's just runny is all. I would 100% make it again and recommend you do so too.
Recipe (found here)
1 1/2 cup- Cornstarch
1 cup- Water
A few drops of food coloring (optional)
Note: this keeps for quite a while. I had it in a sour cream container for two weeks before we used it. I opened it up, spooned it into a bowl, and added very little water and it was good to go.
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Sunday, March 4, 2012
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Dr. Seuss's Birthday Celebration
Take a peek and our wonderful, wild, and wacky Dr. Seuss activities this week. Much fun was had by all of the youngsters. Learning has never been so fun.
I had an incredible time planning and executing this playdate/ sneaky preschool learning time on Wednesday. My friend, Lauren brought her cuties over for lots of fun and learning.
Nick and I started the day out by getting in our swimsuits, hopping in the bathtub and playing with some homemade Oobleck (cornstarch, water, and food coloring). It has a super soft texture that Nick loved. He let it run through his fingers, got it all over his legs, and even wanted to stick his toes in it. It was really fun to watch him play with it.
When our friends arrived we had many activities (learning, learning!!!) set up to explore. A Ten Apples Up on Top felt board for stacking the numbers in the right order on top of the tiger's head, ABC magnets and a cookie sheet to go along with Dr. Seuss's ABC book, a sheet that I drew Pop on for them to Hop on Pop, and a fish bowl sheet with numbers written in each fish bowl for them to take pretzel fish and put the correct number of fish in each bowl.
The kids loved the activities. I was so happy, and relieved (after spending a lot of time preparing). We read each of the books that went along with the activities, and sometimes more than once. Afterwards, we enjoyed apples and cheese sliced to look like Cat's hat, more pretzel fish, Green Eggs and Ham snacks, and the Yink's Pink Ink (from One Fish Two Fish) which was vanilla milk with a drop of natural red food coloring stirred in.
So, Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! You continue to inspire and teach us all.
Nick and I started the day out by getting in our swimsuits, hopping in the bathtub and playing with some homemade Oobleck (cornstarch, water, and food coloring). It has a super soft texture that Nick loved. He let it run through his fingers, got it all over his legs, and even wanted to stick his toes in it. It was really fun to watch him play with it.
When our friends arrived we had many activities (learning, learning!!!) set up to explore. A Ten Apples Up on Top felt board for stacking the numbers in the right order on top of the tiger's head, ABC magnets and a cookie sheet to go along with Dr. Seuss's ABC book, a sheet that I drew Pop on for them to Hop on Pop, and a fish bowl sheet with numbers written in each fish bowl for them to take pretzel fish and put the correct number of fish in each bowl.
The kids loved the activities. I was so happy, and relieved (after spending a lot of time preparing). We read each of the books that went along with the activities, and sometimes more than once. Afterwards, we enjoyed apples and cheese sliced to look like Cat's hat, more pretzel fish, Green Eggs and Ham snacks, and the Yink's Pink Ink (from One Fish Two Fish) which was vanilla milk with a drop of natural red food coloring stirred in.
So, Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! You continue to inspire and teach us all.
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