Cool Stuff to do Thread
Crystal Miller
<<-=-OOoo, how about putting the food coloring in little travel spray pumps
and tie-dying with that!-=->>
<<<<<Sounds good for adults but scary for a four year old to have a spray
pump of stain. <g>>>>>
Ohhhh, I'm thinking of my 10-year-old Miss Sorscha! We play in our huge
sand area (I'll take a picture for the blog soon) with water and food
coloring all the time. She likes to make what she calls her version of a
Pokemon Civilization (her words). She will mix a small wheel barrel with
sand, water and food coloring and tint the sand different colors. Then
she'll let walls, etc. harden in the sun. It's beautiful. Now I'm thinking
we could add some spray-bottling technique to it. UHHHHHH sooooo excited!
Hmmm, and I had the choice to read the 4/5 year-old activity thread. Should
I change it to the 10/40 year-old activity thread? How about the 'cool stuff
thread'.
~Crystal~
and tie-dying with that!-=->>
<<<<<Sounds good for adults but scary for a four year old to have a spray
pump of stain. <g>>>>>
Ohhhh, I'm thinking of my 10-year-old Miss Sorscha! We play in our huge
sand area (I'll take a picture for the blog soon) with water and food
coloring all the time. She likes to make what she calls her version of a
Pokemon Civilization (her words). She will mix a small wheel barrel with
sand, water and food coloring and tint the sand different colors. Then
she'll let walls, etc. harden in the sun. It's beautiful. Now I'm thinking
we could add some spray-bottling technique to it. UHHHHHH sooooo excited!
Hmmm, and I had the choice to read the 4/5 year-old activity thread. Should
I change it to the 10/40 year-old activity thread? How about the 'cool stuff
thread'.
~Crystal~
Sandra Dodd
-=-
Ohhhh, I'm thinking of my 10-year-old Miss Sorscha! We play in our huge
sand area (I'll take a picture for the blog soon) with water and food
coloring all the time. -=-
Food coloring on snow can be fun. We tired to make a Bart Simpson
snowman, though, and it just wouldn't get yellow enough, so we ended
up using spray paint!! <g> DEFINITELY not recommended for toddlers.
http://sandradodd.com/snowman
The "dots" on the top one are halves of plastic Easter eggs.
Sandra
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Ohhhh, I'm thinking of my 10-year-old Miss Sorscha! We play in our huge
sand area (I'll take a picture for the blog soon) with water and food
coloring all the time. -=-
Food coloring on snow can be fun. We tired to make a Bart Simpson
snowman, though, and it just wouldn't get yellow enough, so we ended
up using spray paint!! <g> DEFINITELY not recommended for toddlers.
http://sandradodd.com/snowman
The "dots" on the top one are halves of plastic Easter eggs.
Sandra
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Cameron Parham
Just to mention, there is spray frosting that can be used very artistically. Tastes terrible, so after we bought some and decided not to ruin a cake with it, it became backyard spray paint. It doesn't wash off any faster than the acrylic paint they fingerpainted onto the back porch, though. It's just not so toxic. One really cool ghosty face has lasted months. We also used to spread a large (8'x6') sheet of heavy plastic in the kitchen and give them paints (tempera, usually) and paper, or paper plates, or cardboard boxes, or small unfinished wooden things, or 25-cent baskets from the Salvation Army store. Often they painted in their underwear, then ended up painting their bodies. This offers still more fun in the tinted bath which follows. Plastic comes in huge rolls available at hardware stores. We also have spread it out on the floor to play in bubble stuff and in uncooked grits, a winter 'sand.' When the fun is done, roll it up and
throw the plastic out. We have also recently built 'log cabins' out of popsicle sticks from the dollar store. One house is very planned and tidy, and one is "like the Weasley's house, all tippy." Emily asked to paint something with acrylic paints again, so they are going to paint the picnic table. This resulted a few years ago in a porch with very sweet multicolored hand prints, etc. I can't wait to see what will end up on the picnic table this summer. Cameron
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throw the plastic out. We have also recently built 'log cabins' out of popsicle sticks from the dollar store. One house is very planned and tidy, and one is "like the Weasley's house, all tippy." Emily asked to paint something with acrylic paints again, so they are going to paint the picnic table. This resulted a few years ago in a porch with very sweet multicolored hand prints, etc. I can't wait to see what will end up on the picnic table this summer. Cameron
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Pamela Sorooshian
On Jul 5, 2008, at 12:47 PM, Cameron Parham wrote:
the other and roll them together from one corner to the other - put a
little piece of tape to hold the roll together - you can build with
the newspaper "logs." You can build HUGE structures and if you're
thoughtful about how you build, they can be very very strong. Use
masking tape or scotch tape to build with.
It takes a while to roll enough logs to have a lot of fun with them -
so I suggest parents (with kid help as much as they want) sit and roll
logs for a few hours one evening - maybe while watching tv. Then the
kids can have a plentiful supply to build with.
-pam
> We have also recently built 'log cabins' out of popsicle sticksIf you take two or three sheets of newspaper - lay them one on top of
the other and roll them together from one corner to the other - put a
little piece of tape to hold the roll together - you can build with
the newspaper "logs." You can build HUGE structures and if you're
thoughtful about how you build, they can be very very strong. Use
masking tape or scotch tape to build with.
It takes a while to roll enough logs to have a lot of fun with them -
so I suggest parents (with kid help as much as they want) sit and roll
logs for a few hours one evening - maybe while watching tv. Then the
kids can have a plentiful supply to build with.
-pam
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In a message dated 7/5/2008 8:25:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
pamsoroosh@... writes:
<<<If you take two or three sheets of newspaper - lay them one on top of
the other and roll them together from one corner to the other - put a
little piece of tape to hold the roll together - you can build with
the newspaper "logs." >>>
Is that rolling diagonally? Or more "on the square", so to speak? How small
is the diameter (or radius if that is easier) of the "log"? Do you just stack
them on top of each other (log-cabin style) or do you tape or connect them in
some way? This sounds awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Peace,
De
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pamsoroosh@... writes:
<<<If you take two or three sheets of newspaper - lay them one on top of
the other and roll them together from one corner to the other - put a
little piece of tape to hold the roll together - you can build with
the newspaper "logs." >>>
Is that rolling diagonally? Or more "on the square", so to speak? How small
is the diameter (or radius if that is easier) of the "log"? Do you just stack
them on top of each other (log-cabin style) or do you tape or connect them in
some way? This sounds awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Peace,
De
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fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)
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Pamela Sorooshian
If you lay the papers down flat, one on top of each other, start from
the lower right corner and roll it up to the upper left corner.
They're about an inch across when you're done. They're STRONG - way
stronger than you'd expect. You don't have to stack them up - you can
use them like you'd use sticks - build frames, fill in with sheets of
newspaper, if you want. Tape them together.
-pam
the lower right corner and roll it up to the upper left corner.
They're about an inch across when you're done. They're STRONG - way
stronger than you'd expect. You don't have to stack them up - you can
use them like you'd use sticks - build frames, fill in with sheets of
newspaper, if you want. Tape them together.
-pam
On Jul 5, 2008, at 10:47 PM, Sanguinegirl83@... wrote:
> <<<If you take two or three sheets of newspaper - lay them one on
> top of
> the other and roll them together from one corner to the other - put a
> little piece of tape to hold the roll together - you can build with
> the newspaper "logs." >>>
>
>
>
> Is that rolling diagonally? Or more "on the square", so to speak?
> How small
> is the diameter (or radius if that is easier) of the "log"? Do you
> just stack
> them on top of each other (log-cabin style) or do you tape or
> connect them in
> some way? This sounds awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Cameron Parham
I'll bet we try this one! Thanks, Cameron
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From: Pamela Sorooshian <pamsoroosh@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, July 5, 2008 6:25:07 PM
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Cool Stuff to do Thread
----- Original Message ----
From: Pamela Sorooshian <pamsoroosh@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, July 5, 2008 6:25:07 PM
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Cool Stuff to do Thread
On Jul 5, 2008, at 12:47 PM, Cameron Parham wrote:
> We have also recently built 'log cabins' out of popsicle sticks
If you take two or three sheets of newspaper - lay them one on top of
the other and roll them together from one corner to the other - put a
little piece of tape to hold the roll together - you can build with
the newspaper "logs." You can build HUGE structures and if you're
thoughtful about how you build, they can be very very strong. Use
masking tape or scotch tape to build with.
It takes a while to roll enough logs to have a lot of fun with them -
so I suggest parents (with kid help as much as they want) sit and roll
logs for a few hours one evening - maybe while watching tv. Then the
kids can have a plentiful supply to build with.
-pam
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Nicole Willoughby
Oh i love love LOVE this newspaper log idea. Think my kids would have a blast with it!
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Pamela Sorooshian
Here is a picture of a structure built by kids using newspaper rolls/
tubes:
<http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2228/2486506219_c1bce6c43b.jpg>
We did this at a homeschool park day a couple of times - kids worked
in groups to build about 10 different structures. Some of them built
next to picnic tables so they could climb up and make the structure
really tall.
If you use more sheets of newspaper and roll more tightly, the "logs"
will be sturdier.
-pam
tubes:
<http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2228/2486506219_c1bce6c43b.jpg>
We did this at a homeschool park day a couple of times - kids worked
in groups to build about 10 different structures. Some of them built
next to picnic tables so they could climb up and make the structure
really tall.
If you use more sheets of newspaper and roll more tightly, the "logs"
will be sturdier.
-pam
On Jul 8, 2008, at 8:59 AM, Nicole Willoughby wrote:
> Oh i love love LOVE this newspaper log idea. Think my kids would
> have a blast with it!
MLewis
I remember playing with these with a friend of mine when we were
about 10 yo! I was good at rolling them really tight ;-) I just
realized that this will work to make a little play tent for Gage: we
can put a sheet over it! And since we do a paper route we have plenty
of supply....
Mary
--- In [email protected], Pamela Sorooshian
<pamsoroosh@...> wrote:
about 10 yo! I was good at rolling them really tight ;-) I just
realized that this will work to make a little play tent for Gage: we
can put a sheet over it! And since we do a paper route we have plenty
of supply....
Mary
--- In [email protected], Pamela Sorooshian
<pamsoroosh@...> wrote:
>rolls/
> Here is a picture of a structure built by kids using newspaper
> tubes:worked
>
> <http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2228/2486506219_c1bce6c43b.jpg>
>
> We did this at a homeschool park day a couple of times - kids
> in groups to build about 10 different structures. Some of thembuilt
> next to picnic tables so they could climb up and make thestructure
> really tall.the "logs"
>
> If you use more sheets of newspaper and roll more tightly,
> will be sturdier.
>
> -pam
>
>
> On Jul 8, 2008, at 8:59 AM, Nicole Willoughby wrote:
>
> > Oh i love love LOVE this newspaper log idea. Think my kids would
> > have a blast with it!
>