Fun things to do with glow sticks

The last time we used glow sticks was on a road trip. Micheal's had 16 of them for a dollar, so gave them another go! Logan connected them all together and made a big circle on the floor.

He enjoyed standing on the bed and jumping into rge circle he made.

We saw the Fresh Beat Band dance in glow costumes so we tried making our own. Logan was very excited and it was hard to stay still. I used clear tape to put them on him. I think next time we'll try packing tape or duct tape, as they didn't really stay on.

We went crazy dancing in and danced until they all flew off him

We called Daddy and Kalia up to watch the dance show. Kalia loved it!

Logan break dancingWe took pictures with the flash...

...and without, to see the difference

Logan enjoyed hopping from one circle to the next

I also called out colours and Logan would run and stand it

Logan asked if we could pretend to go camping, so we pulled the play tent out of his closet.

We laid down in the tent and Logan gave me a fabulous "shooting star show"

After we were done playing, we put the glow sticks in the freezer...and brought them back out for bath time!!

In the water before we added soap

We tried taking different pictures in the dark with no flash...holding still

...moving slow...

...and moving fast!

After Logan washed his hair, we added some body wash to the water to make the water more cloudy -the whole bathtub glowed now!

Logan liked swirling the bubbles around and moving the glow sticks underneath to change their colours.

After the bath, I put them back in the freezer and the next night at bath time they were still glowing! And three days after that --still glowing!! Baby Kalia enjoyed the second glow stick bath too but we didn't let her hold any as we didn't want her putting them in her mouth.

Definitely a fun activity for a preschooler and one we'll try again ---especially on a night when Logan doesn't want to take a bath!

Linking up to No Time For Flash Card's 'Link and Learn' and It's Playtime:




Update: We also found that you can use them for skipping ropes! Logan and his cousin did this for over an hour and were counting how many jumps they could do before the rope broke. See here for post.

Another Wordle

Kim's recent post over at A Girl and a Glue Gun, reminded me of the awesomeness of Wordle. It's great to do this every once in a while and see the changes in our family's focus. When Logan was a baby it was about sleep, routines and easing into Motherhood. When Logan was a toddler, our Wordle was about busy Saturdays and getting together with family and friends.

Now with a preschooler and a baby, our focus is still on fun outings and family. We are also enjoying the preschooler stage that Logan is in, so we're doing more learning and craft activities to keep him busy. Definitely less of a focus on routine and sleep with Kalia --partly due to the past mommy experience and partly because she is a great baby; always happy and eats and sleeps well.

Science Centre Trip #9

The pictures that pop up as you walk or dance across the floor are always a big hit with Logan. I wish we could put the pond one up somewhere in our house. :D

Logan enjoyed making pieces of paper fly high into the sky --this was also neat for Kalia to watch too!

We went to the new reptile exhibit at the Science Centre. I was surprised to see so many live animals there.
Given Logan's track record with snakes (see here and here), he surprisingly got closer to them then I did. I guess he felt more comfortable knowing that there were glass keeping them back.

Picnic time!

Magnifying leaves

Kalia had a good time looking at everything, as she can not sit in her stroller rather then her car seat. Taking in all that science is hard work: she fell sleep eating one of her Mum-Mums!

Painting and Melting Ice

We love playing with ice at our house but we've kept it in the bath tub. I saw the idea for mixing paint into ice cubes at No Time for Flashcards and knew that it would be something that Logan would enjoy. Logan explored this new way of painting by first using them as stamps and then later pushing them around and watching them leave tracks.

We used "finger painting paper" from the dollar store with has a glossy backside so it take on more liquid. Since it's a thicker paper we're going to use this idea of using it as wrapping paper --perfect for fathers day!

As they melted, Logan used his hands and fingers more. And check out Logan's Asian Squat! I guess this was genetically passed done from his father, since no one has "taught" him how to do this and I fall over when I try. :D

Kalia and I checking out the action -she was intensely watching her brother

After we ate ice!! Logan's loving the Mott's all-fruit freezes!

The next day I had planned another ice activity for outside but it rained. So we just got our crafting table cloth again...I froze a bunch of toys in an ice block for Logan, which is something we do a lot for the bath. Taking the idea from Counting Coconuts, this time I gave him some tools to try and get them out.

He knew right away that warm water would melt it but what's this white stuff?
"Is it sugar?"
"No, it's no sugar. Give it a little taste."

"Salt!!"
He used the spoon and also the foam brush to "paint" it on

Loving the turkey baster --which is now a light pink from our colour mixing experiment.

Logan using his plastic toy hammer

This is an activity we'll try again --next time outside on a hot day!

Adding this to the No Time For Flash Cards Link and Learn!