A bit of desperation/laziness on Monday turned out a week long project... so we've had a neat week. Some special lightweight, easy-drying clay they got for Christmas finally got opened. At first it was just play dough play. Then Mommy realized it had to be all "modeled" as it wouldn't keep like play dough. Many ideas got rejected until she hit on the idea of making beads for stringing... We all got very absorbed making tiny balls and other shapes and poking holes through them one day. This lasted for over an hour - Mommy was very impressed! Once the attention waned, the left over clay we put around a water bottle to make Daddy a pencil holder for his desk at work. We rolled out a ball too, as the clay seemed bouncy. The next day we painted out collection of beads, holders, and ball.
This didn't absorb attention quite as long as the bead making, but it was a lot of fun together! Grace kept us all entertained with a running stream of why questions and commentary on what color where and why. She stuck with it until all the beads were painted, but Jasmin wandered off after awhile.
The next day we strung the beads into necklaces and tried out the ball. It does bounce! The fun was a bit dampened by Mommy's warning that if it bounced out the window it would be gone for good... the likelihood of it surviving a 27 floor drop and us finding it again?... but it provided a bit more rowdy of an activity just when they needed it.
The next day we strung the beads into necklaces and tried out the ball. It does bounce! The fun was a bit dampened by Mommy's warning that if it bounced out the window it would be gone for good... the likelihood of it surviving a 27 floor drop and us finding it again?... but it provided a bit more rowdy of an activity just when they needed it.
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