Planets At The Park

Today we took our Planets Memory Game card set to the park — I was a little nervous about playing this game outside, but the cards were super durable and Sofie kept them all in on place. Luckily the park near our house has some nice fake grass, so it was easy to keep everything clean. Sofie loved taking the cards in and out of the bag. And we practiced each planet one at a time — sun, venus, mars, earth, uranus, neptune, saturn, jupiter, and pluto. It was so much fun to find all of the matches and pair the cards up. We love this little toddler activity!

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Valentine's Jello Taste Safe Play for One Year Old

We’re loving all of the fun taste-safe activities and we decided to keep it going with some Jello play! This one was super easy to make. In fact, I made the Jello with Sofie sitting right there on the counter with me (was very cautious about the boiling water of course!). Then to add a little bit of texture, we sprinkled some valentine’s cupcake sprinkles on top.

Here’s what you need:

• Boiling water

• Cold water

• Jello packet

• Dish to put it in

• Sprinkles for fun and texture!

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Learning Fruits for Breakfast

For breakfast today we practiced our fruits! So far Sofie can say “nana” for banana, “opple” for apple, and “oshg” for orange. She’s learning so many new words everyday is just fascinating. This morning I was trying to hold her off until she was a little hungrier for breakfast and this was the perfect entertainment. I could quiz her on each fruit and she would practice saying each word. I love our little bonding activities — it’s so fun to watch her learn basic words.

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Taste Safe Rainbow Finger Paints

I finally found an amazing “recipe” for taste safe fingerprints. Sofie still points everything in her mouth, as I’m sure many one year olds do. So it’s no surprise that I’m constantly on the lookout for taste safe activities that can keep this busy toddler occupied for more than five minutes. She loves sensory activities so even though I knew this one would be messy, I figured I’d give it a go!

• Yogurt

• Food coloring

This one is so simple to make because all you need is a big tub of yogurt and some food coloring and voila you have a fun little activity! I will say I was skeptical about how yogurt would really paint on but her paper. And to be honest, I probably would have done it differently had I known.

Here’s the yogurt being colored! Super simple and just one drop of coloring really turned it bright pink!

I wanted Sofie to be able to paint a little rainbow so I made these edible paints in rainbow colors. I made each one in the same tub to avoid doing dishes and just washed it as I went. Then I poured them into these plastic jars that I got at Michael’s for under a dollar!

It was so much fun to make these rainbow colored paints that I almost didn’t want to let Sofie make a mess of them. But I went ahead and put some butcher paper down on the kitchen floor and taped it down with painters tape. In hindsight, I wish I had done it two layers thick because the yogurt was quite liquidy and it did deep through the paper. It was still pretty easy to clean up though.

I put the paints up on her high chair for safe keeping while I got everything ready. But that didn’t last long — she was reaching for them as soon as she saw them. I stripped her down to her diaper so as not to get her clothes messy. Then I opened up one jar at a time and let her have at! Here’s the result:

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Safari animals for breakfast

Today we decided to practice our Safari animals for breakfast! I find that Sofie really appreciates the distraction while she eats — she’s a super slow eater. It’s so hard to deal with kids who are picky eaters. So using this time to practice our animals and foods has been amazing. It keeps her entertained and since she’s sitting in her high chair she’s not distracted by other toys.

Sofie has this very strange habit of wanting to grab absolutely everything off of our kitchen table while we’re trying to eat a meal. She grabs the placemats, reaches and whines for the glasses, water bottles, plants — anything that’s on the kitchen table, she wants to grab it. And she’s constantly fussing for whatever she can’t have. We’ve tried giving her other objects and toys, but she really just wants to eat what we’re eating or explore the objects she’s not allowed to have. Distracting her with flash cards, quizzing her on her animals, and making a game of learning has been the only way to avoid the constant whining during meals.

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Fruit, Veggies, & color practice

Today for dinner we decided to use what we were cooking as an opportunity to learn our colors and fruits & veggies. Fruit is so colorful and beautiful and a great way to help match the concept of color. Sofie loves holding the different textures of each food we tried. She doesn’t quite know her colors yet, but she’s always learning!

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Quarantine Valentines Activity for kids

For Valentines this year, kids aren’t at school or day care and can’t bring sweets to share. And without seeing family, it’s so hard for Sofie to connect with family and friends. So this year we decided to do some coloring postcards to send out to family and close friends. It was so much fun to color these. It was Sofie’s first experience coloring and she’s clearly still learning. But she loves holding the crayons and trying to eat them hahaha!

So if you’re looking for a great Valentines activity I highly recommend checking these out! They even come with stamps so you don’t have to go out and get any supplies. Friends and family will love the hand drawn effect. And if your kids are a bit older, their friends will love connecting through snail mail.

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Heart shaped eggs for breakfast

We’re all in the Valentines mood already so we decided to stick with the theme and do heart shaped eggs for breakfast! And Sofie actually learned the word “heart” while she was eating. These are so simple to make and so tasty. Who says you can’t have fun with your food!?

• 1 egg

• 1 handful of shredded cheese

• 1 heart shaped cookie cutter

• 1 tbsp butter

Scramble the eggs with a fork — pretend like you’re making an omelet. Cut out a bottom heart and fill with cheese. Then cut out a top heart and place it on top for a sandwich!

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Bugs at the park

Today we went to the park to play and having our bugs flashcards handy was the perfect way to talk about nature and identify little creatures she might see at the park.

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Valentine's Ice Cream Taste Safe Cloud Dough

The cloud dough was amazing and way better than the marshmallow dough we made last week. And it’s so easy to make!

• 1 Cup Frosting

• Corn starch (add until you get the right texture)

• 2 Cups Confectioners sugar

I let Sofie sit on the counter for this taste-safe activity — which I think I regret in the end! It was super messy before the ingredients were mixed and we ended up with sticky frosting all over the counter.

Here we go with the frosting! After measuring out the sugar and dumping it in the bow, we started to scoop out the frosting. I had no idea how the sugar was going to make the frosting less sticky, but I figured I’d give it a shot. I have to say, I shriek at the mess these toddler sensory activities make. But I read so many good things about this recipe.

Once everything was mixed together and kneaded completely, it started to get really fun! This cloud dough was amazing, so soft and moldable. And the more cornstarch you add, the more cloudy and soft it feels.

Of course she had to try it! Luckily this dough is completely taste safe, so I wasn’t too worried. But there is always a fear of the sugar high, so I did encourage her to spit it out. Especially since she was taking such HUGE bites!

This dough was so easy to roll out and mold and cut with a cookie cutter. It would be so great for molding into different shapes. We used it to make little ice cream cones. It was so much fun!

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