7 Quick Takes #8

It's Friday and time for another 7 quick takes. Last week my takes were dedicated to Jacob, this week it's all about Alexa. 

A few days ago I made a comment to a friend that if Alexa had the childhood my Pinterest board showed, it would be great. The comment was meant as a joke but as I thought about it more I realized I pin a lots of ideas on my Ideas for Alexa board and then I never do them. With this realization came my new mantra: From now on I'm not going to just pin it but to will actually do it. 

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Ideas for Alexa

Here is my board. I've pinned sensory activities, art activities, ideas for when she gets older, birthday party ideas, child hair styles, etc.  

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Our first project: Silly Putty (also known as Gak)

1/4 cup glue; 1/4 cup water; 1/4 cup hot water, 1/4 tsp Borax and food coloring. Alexa and I had so much fun making and playing with it. 

My next 5 takes are the projects I'm looking forward to doing with her.

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From the blog Early Activities and Projects, I found a recipe for Foam Dough. This is so simple, all you need is equal parts shaving cream and corn starch. Add a little food coloring to give it some color and you are ready to play.

4.

From the blog The Meta Picture: What do you get when you mix 1 cup of clear glue and 1 cup of liquid starch? Slime of course. 

5.

From the blog Picklebums we are going to make a foil collage using aluminium foil, glue and scraps of tissue paper. 

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From the blog Domestic Superhero, I found another recipe for homemade playdough. I've made playdough before but this recipe calls for vegetable oil which I have never tried. I'm curious to see how it comes out.

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And finally from Catholic Icing. This project can be found on my St. Patrick's Day Pinterest board. We will be making a Saint Patrick Puppet using a paper lunch bag. 

My Ideas for Alexa board is not the only board I plan to finally live out. Stay tuned for more blog posts on Pinterest Inspiration. 

Until next time,

Karri