Aloe Vera Sensory Play

Our aloe vera plants just sit outside the garden for years, it took a while but I finally introduced them to the kids. This green cactus-like succulent plant is known for its powerful healing properties. It soothes and cools our skin from sunburns, it also moisturizes our hair and scalp to prevent falling hair. I…

Bath Jellies

Bath Jellies We are crazy about these bath jellies, and they are so easy to make. This is also a great way of encouraging the kids to wash their hands. The kids now wash their hands regularly and they take their baths longer than usual playing with these jellies. Ingredients: 3 tsp Ferna gelatine powder…

DIY Hand Sanitizer

  We spent the whole afternoon concocting our own disinfectant sprays to share with family and friends. Hand Sanitizer Recipe: orange peel 3 tbsp of aloe vera 10 drops peppermint essential oil 70% isopropyl alcohol Instructions: Put orange peel inside the clear bottle, then before putting in the fresh aloe vera, run it through the…

How to Make Slime Without Glue

We ran out of glue from all the rainbow slimes that we made, we searched for a recipe steering away from glue of course. This slime turned out to be better than the regular slime , here is our recipe: 1/2 cup cornstarch. 1/2 cup flour. And dishwashing liquid. Mix the dry ingredients then slowly…

Cloud Dough

Cloud dough is a homemade mixture using only TWO basic ingredients: ✔️flour ✔️oil This highly sensory play stimulates fine motor skills and develops tactile and proprioceptive sense important for our kids’ development. This is also a great stress release for parents, it functions as a stress ball 🤣. Caution: may get really messy.

Mega Mosaics Art

A fun activity for the little ones:  MEGA MOSAICS by GALT TOYS Create twelve beautiful mosaic pictures using this tactile activity kit.  This is basically tile by numbers where you stick foam tiles to the corresponding numbers. Remove all materials from the box.  Contents:  12 mosaic pictures each one is 5cm x 18cm in size,  20 colored…

Crocodile Anatomy

Spotlight:  4D VISION CROCODILE ANATOMY MODEL Learning can be so much fun with toys like these!  Discover the crocodile’s anatomy with strategic transparent parts so you can see through the the croc’s internal organs.  The box contains 26 parts that you can easily assemble.   The only downside:  The instructions in the guide book are…

Crazy for Kracie: Popin Cookin DIY Kits!

Popin Cookin Sushi Candy Kit This grape flavored sushi candy kit lets you make your own delicious sushi with candy rice, tamago (egg), tuna sashimi , salmon roe that really looks like the real deal and of course it won’t be complete without the nori (seaweed) wrap. The instructions are in Japanese but if you…

Glitter Art Attack!

Glitter art may be a mother’s worst nightmare because of the havoc in wreaks, picture this:  glitters all over the floor that seem to multiply every time you sweep them, or on the clothes that never seem to go away,  not to mention the glitters that inevitably find its way to the kids’ eyes which…

Halloween Costume Idea: Concession Stand

So my son has this annual Wordrobe project in school wherein they were asked to make a costume made from recycled materials instead of the usual store-bought costume for Halloween.   This year, the students were asked to choose any new word from the Curious George book series as their costume, and my head started…

Fun with Bunchems!

I visited the Ollie Store located at Shangri La Mall and chanced upon these Bunchems. Just squish, connect and create!  The possibilities are endless.  Whats best, is that they are on sale for just Php 225.  Step by step instructions are included and easily comprehended by the young ones.  Just stick them together, bunch them…

Melissa & Doug: Dinosaur Figurines

Lazy Sundays call for no brainer activities like this Melissa and Doug Dinosaur Decorate-Your-Own Figurines.  Simply open the box, cover your table with newspaper (I skipped this part…)  or wear protective clothing (oops I skipped this part too… ) and you are good to go!  Another ‘Minimum effort, maximum reward!’  moment for me. The package…