So today was the day I decided to start trying out a couple of the activities that I had pinned to keep the boys occupied this winter. Granted, it turned out to be a bit of a cheat as the sun was out & we could be outside (less chance of a colossal mess) which suited me just fine.
I was trawling through the hundreds of ideas/suggestions & Master 3 came to have a look & immediately spotted a pin with earthworms on in! Typical boy! Of course we “needed” (his word) to have worms! As I was NOT going to go digging in the garden to find said worms, I decided to use spaghetti instead.
Happy to help. Excuse the rather large plaster, he bumped his head yesterday & “needed” a plaster. Worst purchase ever! I blame you, mom!
The boys were intrigued when I tipped the spaghetti into the sandpit but were a little confused as to why they weren’t moving!
not quite the real thing
oooo snails mum (he called them snails ALL morning)
saving them worms from the sand & into the bucket
When I then tried to bury the worms in sand I was unceremoniously told to go away!Seeing as I was planning on doing housework that suited me just fine (no actual housework got done though, I have to admit. It was too nice a day to waste inside, any excuse really!)
I came back out to them cleaning the worms. I asked them if they were cooking them but was adamantly told no, it was cleaning them in water.
cleaning worms
When they lost interest in that I made some paint & set them up to paint spaghetti
corn flour, water & food colouring = awesome paint that doesn’t stain & is easy to clean
We added a few other toys
Dinosaurs, making footprints on the cardboard
cars, to make tyre prints
car painting
All in all a successful activity for the boys. The spaghetti did dry in the sun while they napped but I just put it back into the fry pan & into the sandpit. Nothing the rain won’t fix…or the rats/mice may have a feast tonight (ahh the joys of country living!) The paint I put as is into a zip lock bag to use again this weekend. Cheap, easy & safe enough to eat 😉
AfricanKiwi 