cool fun stuffs created

My youngest may not be good in her studies, however she has her way of creating new fun stuffs such as this writing / drawing board. Pardon her wrong spelling but I think this is cool 

 

re-cycle toys

remember those wooden peg which sometimes we use in art subject during our school times.
I stumbled upon some at the hypermarket alley during window shopping and couldn't resist getting them.
So with RM1.50, I brought all these little pegs home (i think about 20 of them.

 I always tell my kid I've new games for them (eventhough I have not thought of any yet) and love seeing their 'looking forward faces'.
So when I opened the pack, I thought him how to clip and unclip (his fine motor skill a little lacking and still room for improvement).
Then I started making the pegs stand and he follows what I did. Here, he puts most of it up with me pretending to put the same old one again & again...lol



lazy to prepare the stuff for water colour to paint the pegs, I took the short cut and dished out magic colours. This stack scribbled by my little boy.





and this stack is those salvaged by mama ... as usual, all things colourful.

next upcycle project : making a photo line with some photos hanging with these clips on a metal wire =)

oh... and these are the cardboard cut out for playing memory game / matching game courtesy of campbell soup and pudding cardboard. 

wish me luck in coming up with more games for little ones to avoid me giving them empty promises ... haha

life's simple pleasure

I love to let my children play with toys that are non-toy. 
(And also get scolding from their papa for letting them play with non-toy that are considered hazardous items)
By doing so, hopefully I'm able to teach them to appreciate simple things in life. To be able to make lemonade from lemons. To be able to create something out of nothing ...

So those previous weekends (when I no need to work like this coming Saturday) I'll let them experience real fun @@! 
(although I suspect it's more I'm the one having most fun...lol)

I tried putting them into bath basin and drag them around like boat (minus the water) which my little one enjoy very much and will start shaking the boat if I stop to rest. She likes it the most when the boat makes a 360` turn. 
And when I've burnt off enough calorie, I will just throw some treasure into the boat, she'll have some good time provided I remain in sight. That's how I get stuff done in the kitchen nowadays.

Sometimes, when things get out of control, I detain her in the laundry basket and surround her with all the dirty clothes and bedsheets. She'll have to figure out how to release herself from the cocoon...haha (sounded a little cruel ho?)
Now, she released that the laundry basket couldn't support her weight anymore when she stand up and tilt to a side (and mama wouldn't let her fall) so she got her easy way out dy ..lol
Perhaps it's time to make it more challenging =p

valentine's night

We made some home-made plasticine using flour, salt, oil & food colouring on valentine's night.
While I was teaching little one how to play plasticine, someone taught me how to use plasticine to convey a message =)

very cacat i know ... but since little one doesn't complain...I take it as a pass.
From left upper row : footprints, worm family, eye, mickey mouse, bag, fish, butterfly, smiley, flower

 

scrap toy 2

After cutting out circles for baby mobile project

I have some bits & pieces of fabrics left ... again, I feel it was a waste to throw away so this is what i did.

scrap toy 2 ...

can be bangle for sunny days / beach days / holidays / fun days

can be baby toys ... things for them hold / catch / roll on the floor / play throw rings to stick / (can be used as teether if tube use is safe for babies).

can be decorative item @ home

ok, i lied. 

The tube is not scrap. The tube was brought from the aquarium shop at 50cents per metre.

Honestly, do you think babies or mothers would like to receive this as gift? 

the FERRERO ROCHER project

the Ferrero Rocher (empty box) that is


transparent box for small ah bi
ah bi is fascinated and having fun tracking the colourful items movement inside. 
To keep things fresh, I rotate the things inside. Rather should i say can throw anything colourful inside. Baby don't know how to differentiate what is what yet..
tray for big ah bi
Good for refining their fine motor skill - picking up tiny things and sorting them.
Items can be rotated to avoid boredom. In the picture, I used wolfberries(geiji), soya bean and 'bak guo'. Home no more red bean, green bean and black bean.