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Slime time and bath tub paint

Luckily, the weather here the past few days has been rainy. This is great because after the fires, we need the moisture. But rainy days are not always good for farm kids who like to be playing outside! To beat the boredom, we have done some fun indoor activities like making slime and bathtub paints.

Slime

My kids love to watch videos on YouTube. It is one of their prizes for good behavior. The other day, the girls were watching a video where they were making Trolls slime. So, of course, they wanted to make it too. Sadly, we couldn't find the glitter glue in town, so we just used regular glue. Even without the glitter, they had fun. 

Ingredients
1 bottle of glue
2-4 teaspoons of liquid starch
food coloring as desired

Steps
1. Empty the bottle of glue onto a plate or into a bowl.
2. Add food coloring to reach desired color (we made green, blue, and pink)
3. Slowly add the liquid starch stirring as you go.
4. Continue adding until you reach the desired consistency.
5. Have fun!

Emptying the glue was Bubs' favorite part

Squishing it around

Messy fun!


Bath Tub Paint

This is a super easy activity that provides my kids with a solid 30 minutes of fun. The best part - no real cleanup because they are already in the tub!

Ingredients:
Muffin tin
Shaving Cream
Food coloring
Paint brushes

Steps:
1. Fill muffin tins with shaving cream
2. Use food coloring to make desired colors
3. Put kids in the bathtub (running water optional)
4. Enjoy!

*When we did this the other day, the kids did it right before their actual bath, so no swimming suits were involved and most of the pictures can't be used. The suit pictures are from a year or two ago. :)

Bubs loved it!
Getting ready

Baby Boo painted herself!

Next up on our list of fun: Marshmallow Play-dough!


Comments

  1. UnknownMarch 29, 2017 at 5:35 PM

    Great pictures!! Marshmallow play-dough sounds kinda yummy

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