Silk Tie Dyed Eggs

This year I heard about "silk tie" dyed eggs. As I looked up more information on it, there were several ways to do it, some cooked the egg for 20 minutes while others poked a hole in the egg and blew out the egg then just used the shell. I knew doing this with Cali I would need to use the whole egg. I myself prefer brown eggs but for this kind of dying method you need white eggs. After reading the different ways to "silk tie dye" eggs I kinda just made up a little method myself that is easy to follow.

What you need:
+Raw eggs
+Silk ties
+Glass or enamel pot
+Fishing line
+Inside of the tie to wrap the egg, or white sheets
+Vinegar
+ Scissors
+Soap/Water

1.  Wash your eggs with warm water and soap to remove any oils on the outside.

2.Grab your silk ties and remove the stitching from the entire tie, removes the white cotton inner and place to the side for later use.

3. Cut your tie to fit your eggs. I placed my egg on my tie then rolled it until the entire egg was covered with the fabric. Make sure the printed side of the silk tie is facing the egg. Silk can still be used if it doesn't fit it perfectly.

4. Remember the cotton fabric from the inside of the tie I ask you to place next to you, cut the cotton down the middle vertically. And then each piece in half, horizontally.

5. Now the silk side of the tie should be placed against the egg, now wrap the cotton around the egg and secure with fishing line.

6. Place your eggs in the enamel or glass pot. (can not be a metallic pot) Fill the pot with water to completely cover the eggs. Add 3 tablespoons of white vinegar.

7. Bring water to a boil for about 20 minutes, reduce heat to med-lo for a remaining 40 minutes.

8. Turn off heat and remove the eggs and let cool for 20 minutes.

9. Remove fishing line and silk from cooled eggs and you should have a nice surprise!

Tot Workbook

I scored this AWESOME curriculum book for Cali at Sam's Club for $5.37!! The non-member price was over $9.00. Cali loves this book and has learned to trace words! Its simply amazing to me how my 32 month old is tracing words and recognizing colors all thanks to this book!

Stability Activities

Turning, twisting, bending, jumping, rolling, kicking, etc are all easy to practice indoors or outdoors. We did some stability activites recently but put our own twist on it, we did ours while playing the in water :o)



Bending



Copy Cat

What you need :
+Scissors
+Magazines
+Glue
+Sheets of construction paper

Cut pictures out of magazines that shows pictures of vairous actions like running, jumping, crawling, sitting, and so-on. Cut the construction paper in rectangles. Glue the actions to the contruction paper. Once dry, gather the constuction paper cards and have your tot pick a card and preform the various actions.

Fishing for Instructions

What you will need:
-Construction paper
-Hole punch
-Yarn
-Marker

This is such a fun activity, Cali LOVES fishing, and now learning is much more exciting!

Cut out multiple fish shapes on different colors of construction paper. On each fish write an instruction on it such as, "Clap your hands." Next hole punch anywhere on the fish (mouth, fin, tail) and attach a long string of yarn. Repeat until you have about 8 to 10 fish (or more). Place the fish in the middle of the floor and let your tot go "fishing" and preform the action you described.

Instructions:
"Hop like a frog"
"Spin in a circle"
"Jump 3 times"
"Tickle your tummy"

Body Parts

This is a good activity to help your tot learn to identify their body parts.

Use sayings and do the correct motion...

Touch your HEAD
Touch your EYES
Touch your TOES
Touch your KNEE's
Touch your EARS
Touch your HAIR
Touch your TUMMY
etc.

Basket of Balls

What you need:
-Basket
-Lots of different sized balls

Dumps balls all over on the floor, have your tot race to put all the balls into the basket before you get to a certain number or letter in the alaphabet.

Also you can place the basket on a chair or a higher surface and have your tot toss the balls into the basket, count each time your tot throws the ball.

Oh dear..

DH had our computer clean out, and now my camera diver is nowhere to be found. So I will post the activities and feel free to do them, the pictures are coming! Im waiting for Canon to send me a new CD to download. Happy Teaching!

What's Up Next...

Friday April 8th - Basket of Balls
Saturday April 9th - Body Parts
Sunday April 10th - Fishing
Monday April 11th - Copy Cat
Tuesday April 12th - Stability Activities
Wednesday April 13th - Balancing Blocks
Thursday April 14th - Frog Jumping
Friday April 15th - Simon Says

Birdhouse Painting

I got this bird house from Joann's for $1.

One of Cali's many interest is birds.

Anytime we are outside she is constantly looking for birds and chasing them.

Start by placing the colors of paint on a paper plate.

We choose bright spring colors to welcome Springtime.

Next have your child paint, each time they choose a color let them know what color they are using.

Of course the colors are going to get mixed together! Now you can show/tell them how we can make certain colors when you mix 2 of the colors together.

Blue + Yellow = Green

Red + Yellow = Orange

Blue + Red = Purple

When finished painting, place your birdhouse outside to dry.

Cali's finished birdhouse.

Foam Necklace

What you will need:

Foam shapes

String

First Cali and I separated the shapes by color.

Next we said the shapes we saw, circles, stars, hearts, etc.

We spent about 20 minutes doing this.

Next it was time to make the necklace.

I made a knot at the end of the string and let Cali begin her magic.

She had the best time making he "necky" as she calls them.

I actually crocheted a "necky" for her by request last night.

Here is her finished necklace.

Cali 31 months old

Frigde ABC Magnets

 

Fridge magnets are probably the easiest activity you can do with your child. Cali can spend up to 30 minutes rearranging the letters and making sounds. When she plays she does say the letters/sounds of the alphabet, but I don't correct her if she has the wrong letter, in time she will visually learn the ABC's. We do group the colors together so she can see the difference. You can get your fridge magnets at your local Wal-mart for $1