Playtime

These last couple weeks I've been trying to be better about actually playing with Liz instead of just carting her off to playdates, parks, and other activities. Those are important, but I realized we weren't spending much time just the two of us. So, here are some of the things we have been doing at home:

Dress ups. We had to put on "pretty things" and use the goopy makeup encased in one of Lizzie's rings.Dyed rice. We also made a "seek and find" jar filled with our rainbow rice and random bobbles.

Paper doll chain. I love the way Lizzie does lips lately and of course all the ladies have lashes.

Painted with bleach. We tried two different bleach pens first, but they didn't really work. What worked was a cup of bleach and a couple paint brushes.

Excavated treasures. I froze them into an ice block. Liz cried when she saw a couple ponies in there, but once they were freed she really enjoyed herself. We used salt, hot water, a hammer, and a toothbrush to excavate.

Made piles of cloud pictures using a cotton ball to stamp and then paint in folded paper (like ink blot tests).

Painted with salt water. The water evaporated in a warm oven leaving behind our our salty drawings (and writing).

Built structures and creatures with marshmallows and toothpicks. Liz actually did this almost entirely on her own while I took a "lunch break" in my room.

I have some other ideas for the coming weeks, but I also welcome suggestions.