Learning our colors, crafty-style

I sometimes forget that I need to teach her a few things here and there, like counting, colors, words, shapes, how to brush her teeth, to be polite {actually, we're really good at that one} and pretty much everything. Usually it just takes showing her once. Then she picks it up and we move on. Well, I decided if we were going to learn our colors, it might as well be creatively. Because she is, after all, my daughter.

I give you peak-a-peeps! Silly name I know. But the general idea is there. Learn your colors and learn how to compare and match them up.

You can pick up packages of these little candle cups and the wooden pegs at any craft store. I just used acrylic paints and sealed with a spray gloss. Simple enough to do in front of the tv. Well, besides the gloss sealant part. I don't think the husband would appreciate me spraying that stinky mess on the living room floor.

I think she likes them! And I can already see her little brain making the connections of color to color. Success!

Ah, summer, with your necessary indulgences.

You know what's hilarious? The faces you make when running through a sprinkler. Seriously. Hilarious.

 And then there's the sandbox I made. It is a BIG hit with the wee one. She loves digging and burying and unearthing. We've been taking a lot of baths around here lately. Ahhh, summer.

 

Craftilicious: the wooden peg family

With a little acrylic paint, a few wooden pegs from the craft store and an hour in front of the tv, I was able to make us into a little peg family. {Just don't forget to seal the final product with some spray gloss sealer!} Because every kid needs a miniature version of their family, right? Turns out, E's been using them in her 'Little People' house. They're a bit small for all the holes, but she doesn't seem to mind. And I don't mind that they cost less than a quarter of what 'Little People' are going for these days! I think it's time to make a few animal versions. After all, doesn't the dollhouse need some farm animals if it plans to be self-sufficient?