Pizza Play

For another 'chapter' in our busy book:

Pizza Play

I ask you, what can't be made out of felt? 

Add Toppings

Making The Big Kids each a slice  

Carefully arranging things

Riley Wren; Pizza Chef

Fun Dough

Riley LOVES to 'cook'.

Since we had already had breakfast, it wasn't yet time for lunch and I've been meaning to whip up some play dough (which has been renamed Fun Dough by Rye & The Bigs) that's what we did.

I used the Kool Aid Dough Recipe found in the free eBook @ Pocket Full of Posies blog:

1 Packet KoolAid (or other brand flavored drink mix)

1 Cup Flour

1/2 Cup Salt

3 Tbs Oil 

1 Cup Hot (boiling) Water

Mix & Knead

Rye isn't fond of messy fingers... she will even ask someone else to lick them for her.

THE AFTERMATH (see my spilled coffee there?)

Baby Bird is still figuring out how this dough stuff works... 

Easy Light Table

The original table I remembered looking at used a sting of Christmas lights. The cashier at Dollar General (love that place!)  So, I grabbed some push lights with adhesive backs instead:

The instructions said to line the bottom of a plastic storage bin with wax paper- I used two layers: 

Now- turn the lights on and place the bin on top of the lid, like this: 

Pour salt, sugar, sand or Pixie Sticks if you dare onto the 'table' surface~ add translucent items that light can shine through: 

Suffice it to say, this activity is best played with on a surface that is easily swept  or perhaps atop a vinyl tablecloth. 

ColorSicles~ Color Matching Activity

 I had seen several variations of color matching activities using paint swatches and clothespins... what we came up with was sort of a mish~mash of all of our favorite ones. I used fabric glue, popsicle sticks, clothespins and 3 swatches each of our favorite hues (the popsicle stick is between two swatches, so that the colors are on either side of the stick.) This is the first addition to a project we have under construction currently- a 'busy book' (a zippered binder found  for $1) filled with activity pouches (pencil bags marked to a quarter each)

Riley loves her 'popsicles' almost as much as playing with the iPad or watching t.v. Which is the point...she happily stops asking for a glowing screen in exchange for playtime with the popsicle bag.

She has assigned every family member a color. She walks around, handing out popsicles like the Good Humor Man and watching to see that it is 'eaten'. If it isn't, she quickly instructs us on how to enjoy our treat.

"Lick it!"

Mmm! Nothing quite as scrumptious as felt...

When she is older, the colors can be matched by hue. 

 I only had the video camera available~ these stills run together for a snippet of Rye on the first morning with her ColorSicles.