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Body Tracing

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I bought wall decals for Caleb’s room.
I couldn’t bring myself to throw away the paper backing without using it!
Recycle, reuse and reduce 🙂
Big pieces of paper = body tracing!

I used a pencil to trace Caleb’s body onto the paper.

He’s tracing the lines and drawing on his face and hands in these pictures.

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When Caleb got tired drawing, I gave him parts of the face to stick onto the head.
This was a wonderful review for body parts! I just drew the eyes, eyebrows, ears, and nose on sticker paper using a Sharpie.
For the mouth and heart, I used red paper and put double-sided tape on the back. I made the mouth U-shape so Caleb could put whether he was happy or sad. This was a great way to check on feelings. I’m glad to know that he felt happy 🙂

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Caleb drew hair on himself.
This was a fun practice for drawing lines!
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He stickered his feet for shoes 🙂
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Traced his name onto the paper.
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He wanted to paint his face like a dog before taking a picture with the final product. He’s supposed to be Blue in Blues Clues.

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Tada!
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Ribbon Scraps

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Do you like to keep ribbons from presents that you’ve received? I have a whole tin box full of ribbons that I cannot bear to throw away.
The ribbons just keep on coming and I already have a hard time keeping the box lid on. So I thought of this activity to put those ribbons to good use 🙂

Cut up some ribbons and used them for a matching/sorting activity.

Here are some pictures of Caleb at work.

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Bubble Painting

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Bubble Painting Materials:
1. 1/2 cup water
2. water container (I used a deeper container so Caleb could blow the bubbles as high as he wanted)
3. food coloring 1-2 drops (go crazy with the colors!)
4. straws (I used standard restaurant straws, it would’ve been much better to use the really long straws though)
5. dishwashing liquid 1-2 drops
6. newspaper
7. tray
8. paper

This fun activity took 15-20 minutes.

Caleb used the straw to stir the water, food coloring, and dishwashing liquid together. He chose red for his first color.

He blew into the liquid mixture and bubbles instantly appeared. Sometimes, he forgot to blow the liquid and “drank” it instead. Not to worry, he spit it out right away. Hence, the need for the newspapers and tray to catch the stray liquid and some spit as well. Haha!
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I let him try to use the bubble making tool but he liked using the straws better.
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We changed the colors of the bubbles four times.
Here it is yellow.
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Once the bubbles were high enough, put the paper on top of the container to catch the colored bubbles.

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I couldn’t let Caleb have all the fun!
I had to try it as well 🙂
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Here are the results of Caleb’s bubble painting.
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