Activities for Babies: Painting with Colored Potato Flakes

My 13-month-old is in THAT STAGE. You know the "Everything-In-The-Mouth" one.

It's meant that I haven't been able to do many Art Projects with the 3-year-old for the last few months (unless the baby is sleeping).

I finally decide to try out a simple, edible paint that BOTH girls can use.

Enter Instant Potato Flakes.

All you do is add water to some instant potatoes and some food dye.

The first batch turned out to be more of a play-dough material than paint.  Honestly, the 13-month-old only played with it for about 5 minutes. But, she was very engaged for those few minutes.

It was a MUCH big hit with the 3-year-old. She spent at least 3 hours enraptured with this new material.

I would definitely call that a hit! It's nice finding an activity that they can both to together. (The peace may only last 5 minutes....but....boy is it golden.)

Babies Discovery Basket: Shells.

Poor second kid. She has totally gotten the shaft.

By the time her Sister was the same age, I had done lots of interesting, fun Activities with her. I carefully rotated out her toys and materials every 2 weeks. She had been to numerous Music Together Classes and even a Yoga Class or two.

Not this time.

The Living Room is starting to starting to feel overwhelming, so it's time for a "Toy Rotation."

Sorting out Toys, prompted me to put together this quick Discovery Basket.

I collected around 10 or so Shells from our various collections. I made sure none were too small. I sat right next to her, after introducing the Discovery Basket and made sure that all the Shells stayed on the Sheepskin Rug. The Living Room has wooden floors and I was concerned that if she started walking around with the Shells, one would drop and shatter.

Each and every one of the Shells went into her mouth (of course). It was fun seeing which ones, she really responded to and kept picking up again and again.

This is such a simple, but beautiful Activity to share with your baby! 

Activities for Babies: 9 Months. Light and Shadow Baby.

This activity took exactly two minutes to set-up.

When the box from Amazon arrived of transparent folders for Nye's Light Box, I decided to hang them temporarily for the Baby. I added the packing pillows, since they are so fun to touch.

I used my favorite....electrical tape to stick them to the door.

The shadows were so beautiful!

Now, I'm not going to say this kept her captivated for an hour. But, five minutes here and five minutes there is fine in my book. Especially at this age.

I'll leave them up for a few more days and then cut them into different shapes for the Light Box.

I'm sure they will make another appearance (in a different form) on the door soon.

Activities for Babies: 9 Months. Goop

A box of corn starch.

Warm water.

A few drops of food dye.

Bam.

Oodles of messy, goopy, SAFE fun for babies. Plus, even slightly older siblings can find it's Solid-to-Liquid-back-to-Solid Nature intriguing. (it's still a big hit with the almost 3-year-old). Love this stuff!