Winter Session Begins with Lots of Love

Creative Art and Play Week 1

February 2 - 6

Everybody loves something...like...

Shaving Cream Paint!

We love to watch shaving cream expand as it sprays
We love the soft way it feels
We really love how the paint swirls in the white mountains of foam

You can mix shaving cream with all kinds of water base paints.  

Try liquid watercolors, tempera or with a smock and old clothes acrylics make beautiful marbled papers when you print the designs.  Swirl colors on top of shaving cream.  Press a paper gently on top.  Let the paint set a little while and then press design with paper towels or wipe off extra shaving cream with a squeegee.

For a colorful foamy bath painting time, fill a cup with shaving cream, add a few drops of food dye and let your artist mix it together with a brush.  Your tub walls make a great canvas.   For even more fun, give your artist a spray bottle to wash it all clean.

Rice in the touch table!

maybe we'll change its color next week...

Pink Play Dough!

Basic Cooked Gluten Free Play Dough Recipe

Ingredients:

1 Cup White Rice Flour
1/2 Cup Cornstarch
1/2 Cup Salt
1 Tbsp Cream of Tartar
1-1/2 tsp vegetable oil
1 Cup Water, hot but not boiling
Food Coloring, as desired

Directions:

1.      Mix all dry ingredients together in a medium pot.

2.      Add the vegetable oil, then the water, and food dye.  Continue to mix until thoroughly combined.

3.      Heat the pot on the stove over low heat for about 3 minutes. I like to stir frequently with a silicone spatula.

4.      When the dough starts to pull away from the sides easily, turn it out on a cookie tray. Let it cool briefly until you can work it with your hands.

Additional Notes:

·         If needed, adjust the texture with small amounts of water (for dry, crumbly dough) or cornstarch (for sticky dough).

·         Makes about 2 cups of play dough, or about 2 baseball-size balls of dough.

·         Store in tightly sealed plastic bags or containers.

And Silly Songs...

Silly Love Song

Love somebody?

Yes, I do.

Love somebody?

Yes, I do.

Love somebody?

Yes, I do.

Love somebody, but I won’t tell who!

Shake like jelly?

Yes, I will.

Shake like jelly?

Yes I will.

Shake like jelly?

Yes I will.

Shake like jelly, ‘cause I can’t stand still!

Climb a ladder

Oh, so high.

Climb a ladder

Oh, so high.

Climb a ladder

Oh, so high.

Climb a ladder up to the sky!

Coming Next Week:  

Wednesday Feb. 11 at 9 am Special Story Time with Nicki Lutsock-Hardee from the McMinnville Public Library