Busy Bots

Looking to gauge interest for a small/quick holiday release.

2 kit themes would be available- our Christmas Baking kit and our Arctic Animals kit - both will be available in large size ($40) and mini kit ($15). Pre-orders would be open this Wednesday December 1 and pickup would be for the week of December 13.

Snail homes 🐌

This activity was inspired by my eldest and her love of snails. She’s a collector- each time we go for a walk, her pockets with be filled with sticks and rocks and other forest treasures. She brings these pieces of nature home and spends hours in our backward mixing, building and tinkering.

What you need:
- a great natural place to walk (& to create). We often stay in the forest for hours to encourage her to leave the pieces of nature in their natural habitat - especially the snails.

-If you live far away from a forest or trail, you could take a drive with a small container to collect sticks, rocks, leaves etc. And bring them back to your space. We keep a container or forest treasures (nothing living) in our shed to play with over and over again.

What could your little build or create? Sometimes their imaginations are ready to go, but other times they need to be prompted. Give them a problem “this little snail shell needs a slug - how could we create a spot to attract one? 😜 we would love to see your little’s snail home! Tag us

We took a few days break to catch out breath after a very busy weekend but we’re back with CHALK PAINT!

Has anyone else noticed the shortage in chalk? It’s like last springs tp fiasco! So we’ve whipped up a quick and easy (and cheap) chalk paint your littles can use safely.

What you need:
-cornstarch
-water
-muffin tin or small containers
-food colouring
-brushes

See our reels for the recipe and follow our stories tomorrow for us painting in action 😊

Sight word practice 🖍

This activity is great for your preschooler for letter formation and for your school-aged kids working on their sight words and writing.

What you need:
- a tray with a fine layer of salt or sand
- sight word cards or letters on cards (can easily be printed on cue cards or paper squares)

Have your little learner copy the letters or words into the salt or sand with their finger and then shake the tray lightly to “clear” it. The sky is the limit here! Shapes, numbers, their name and pictures!

Thinking of binging these little trays to the shop....Let us know what you think!

Nature painting part 2:
All natural edible paint

What you need:

• 4 cups of water
• 1 cup of cornstarch
• 6 tablespoons of white sugar
• 1 teaspoon of salt

Whisk all the ingredients in a pot on medium heat. Bring to a boil and stick consistently until the mixture thickens. Remove from heat when you have the desired consistency (think maple syrup).
Separate mixture into contains and mix in a few drops of food colouring. Let cool before using.

Safe to use for even your smallest busy bot!

Don’t forget to tag us if you try our activities!