OK this is an easy idea! Bring some snow inside to play in. No huge, under the bed, rubbermaid, tubby to use, you say? Use a pot or a dish pan or a bucket. Just put down a plastic tablecloth and you can add any type of accessories you think your kids may want to play with in the snow. We used ice cream scoopers and muffin tins, some cars and trucks. Although with mittens on it was hard to play with small items.
This is a great activity if you have a little one that you don’t want to suit up to go out to play. I remember doing this with Jake when he was about 9 months old on our kitchen floor. They will love to eat it too!!

Now on to lunch. What stretchs, bounces and rolls? FLUBBER!! This is sure to be a hit with almost any age. It is a little messy. You probobly don’t want to use this in a room with carpet. This sort of like silly putty but a bit more fluid. It will wash out. Use another bigger piece to pick up smaller pieces.

It is a non-Newtonian (quarter word) substance-it appears to be a liquid and a solid at the same time. I have more recipes like this that I can post some day when I find them! But you can google non-newtonian substances too and see what you come up with!

1 1/2 cups warm water
2 cups white glue
1 1/3 cups warm water
3 tsp borax detergent
food coloring
mixing bowl and spoon
Helps to make it in a pail or bucket

In pail combine food coloring, glue and 1 1/2 cups warm water
In second, smaller container (I used a mason jar) combine 1 1/3 cups warm water with borax. mix till dissoloved
Pour contents of mason jar into glue mixture.
Gently lift and turn the mixture with a metal spoon until only about a tablespoon of liquid is left.
FLUBBER will be sticky for a moment or two. Let the excess liquid drip off, then the FLUBBER is ready.

It is fun to use scissors to cut this up and use washable markers to color on it. But beware you will probobly have to throw the markers away when you are finished.

And just so I am not misleading you into thinking I do all these crafty things WITH my kids. Today I set these up so they would stay busy while I got some other things done! It was a win win situation

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