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December 30, 2011

Top 10 Activities of 2011

 

This is my first year blogging and I have really enjoyed sharing our family adventures with you.  Since we are about to begin a new year, I thought I would share the top 10 activities of 2011.  If you are interested reading the whole post, just click on the link and that will take you to the original post.

 

 Dancing Oobleck – This was an AMAZING experiment!  If you have not seen the video, you definitely should check it out!

Dancing Oobleck

 

Ivory Soap Experiment – This was one of the kids favorite experiments.  I lost count of how many bars of soap that we exploded.

Ivory soap experiment

 

Fluffy Bathtub Paint – This is the perfect activity to use up all the exploded Ivory soap bars.

Fluffy bathtub Paint

 

Pour Painting – This fun painting was inspired from Holton Rower’s Tall Paintings.  It was fun tipping and swirling all the colors.

Pour Painting

 

Marble Painting – A mess free painting way to paint with your little one.  You can find more examples of marble painting here.

Marble Painting

 

Raised Salt Painting – Glue, salt and water colors are used to create a fun painting.

Raised Salt Painting

 

Shamrock Crystals – Borax Crystals are are so easy to make and look so pretty sparkling in the sun.  You can also find more examples of crystals we made here, and here.

Shamrock Crystals

 

Watercolor Crayon Shavings – A fun new twist on Crayon Shaving art.

Watercolor Crayon Shavings

 

Road Trip Bingo – I created a printable set of Bingo cards to help make those long car trips more exciting.

Road Trip Bingo

 

Microwave Puffy Paint – An easy paint recipe that becomes puffy when microwaved.

Microwave Puffy Paint

Thanks so much for sharing a wonderful year of adventures and learning with our family.

Related posts:

  1. Rainy Days, Clouds and Puddles
  2. Ivory Soap Experiment
  3. Fluffy Bathtub Paint
  4. Summer 2011 Bucket List
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  1. Rainy Days, Clouds and Puddles
  2. Ivory Soap Experiment
  3. Fluffy Bathtub Paint
  4. Summer 2011 Bucket List
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19 thoughts on “Top 10 Activities of 2011”

  1. Phyllis at All Things Beautiful on December 31, 2011 at 2:40 am said:

    What an impressive group of posts!

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  3. Angela on January 1, 2012 at 5:21 pm said:

    Hi. These activities look great. Happy New Year. I have passed on to you the Versatile Blogger award – please visit here to see the rules: http://educatingiona.blogspot.com/2012/01/versatile-blogger-award.html.

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  4. Stacy on January 9, 2012 at 4:50 pm said:

    Hi Just wondering how you made the microwave puffy paint? My kids would love this, but there isn’t a link on it – thanks.

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    • Tammy on January 9, 2012 at 5:32 pm said:

      Thanks for letting me know! I just added the microwave puffy paint link to the page. Also here is the http://www.housingaforest.com/microwave-puffy-paint/

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  5. Laura on March 30, 2012 at 11:12 am said:

    I haven’t done kid activities in years but I have a grandson now – these are fun for even my teenager. thank you!

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    • Sidney on November 24, 2012 at 11:43 pm said:

      I wish I had some grandchildren that are young enough to want to do crafts! I love creating and it just seems like you need someone as an excuse to do them with. Sigh!

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  6. Diana on April 8, 2012 at 5:11 am said:

    Wow! I love these ideas!! Thankyou so much! I can’t wait to try them – problem will be which one first!! 🙂

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  7. Jennifer Tabor on April 30, 2012 at 10:23 am said:

    This stuff is so great can’t wait to try some stuff with my daughter!!!

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  10. Jennifer on June 21, 2012 at 3:48 pm said:

    Hi~ I was wondering what you did with the fluffy soap from the Ivory Soap Experiment? I can’t sem to find the that post. Thanks Jennifer

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    • Tammy on June 21, 2012 at 8:51 pm said:

      Our kids LOVE this experiment. After we exploded the soap, we made fluffy bath tub paint. Here is the link to the page http://www.housingaforest.com/fluffy-bathtub-paint/

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  12. jeanette on July 8, 2012 at 2:25 pm said:

    these are wonderful , congratulations you deserve an award.. i wish my kids were that size again and that i then knew about all of these fun projects.. marvellous

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  13. chrystal on October 31, 2012 at 12:25 pm said:

    i am loving your stuff.i am a leader for a girl group and will be doing the puff paint one monday.is it easy to move the paint from the bowls to the squeeze bottles.i also want to do the crystal one.it will be hard to find 15 mason jars,can i use something else

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    • Tammy on October 31, 2012 at 11:07 pm said:

      I did not find it too difficult to transfer the paint. Puffy paint is always a hit. We have made a the crystals a number of different times. You could use plastic containers, like yogurt containers. It should not matter what type of container you use, I just have a number of mason jars set aside for crafts. Good luck with your girl group!

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  15. mya on July 9, 2014 at 1:39 pm said:

    Awesome

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