Playing in the rocks in the driveway or messing around in a little makeshift sandbox that Dennis made for them in an old plastic drawer are other activities that keep our visiting 4-year-old Tweety and 2-year-old Doodle absorbed and happy for hours. I bought them some little trowels and rakes at Wal-Mart, and it was [...]
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Cheap Fun at Grandma’s: Makeshift Sandbox
Posted in preschoolers, summer, what to do, tagged cornmeal, indoor sandbox, makeshift sandbox, messy activities, plastic containers, plastic dishpan, popcorn, sandbox, trowels and rakes on April 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cheap Fun at Grandma’s: Water Painting
Posted in parenting, preschoolers, summer, what to do, tagged cheap entertainment, paint with water, paintbrushes, preschoolers, rusty wagon, tree painting, water cooler, water painting on April 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Our two granddaughters (ages 4 and 2) are visiting from Colorado with their parents. The weather was warm, so I let them paint with water outdoors. I found a couple old paintbrushes to give them along with a bucket of water. They were happy all morning painting the sidewalk, the trees, the old rusty wagon, [...]
