Book Play - Brown Rabbit's Shape Book

 It is so much fun exploring books with this little one.

She loves books and I love bringing them to life, a perfect match.

 There have been lots of birthdays lately so I thought this would be a fun book as it has a present to open.

The present is a square box with a container in it.  The container has a circle lid and it is full of balloons.

 A big red round balloon, like a circle.

I had fun letting the balloons fly around, she didn't like it so much.

There is a purple pear shaped balloon, an orange oval balloon, a long rectangle shaped balloon and a multicoloured balloon that we thought looked like a caterpillar.

But she did like trying to blow up the balloons.

 After playing with them for a while, and letting the air escape, we finally left them expanded and tied them closed.

What is your favourite book to share with little ones?

Balloon Painting

The children showed me today how much fun and delightful

playing with a water balloon in paint can be.

 

 

 It started like I thought it would, 

gently holding on to the balloon

and painting.

 But as the morning progressed and different children approached

the table, especially younger children,

 it became more of a fingerpainting activity.

The lightly inflated balloons are easy to grip

and bounce nicely too.

Look at the girl at the top of the picture,

the glee on her face when her fingers get covered with paint.

 A few did begin to add details,

 and label their artwork.

He is pointing out the snowman's cheeks, here and here

and here.

Another snowman on his way home.

Evan's Dinosaur.

Tonight it is snowing - yay

Balloon Painting Bunnies

Today we used balloons dipped in paint to make bunny art.

The balloon glides across the paper when it is covered with paint.  I really enjoyed that feeling.

Look how just moving the paint covered balloon makes it look like a bunny.  I see the nose and the ears.

Here's a bunny playing in the mud.

Multi-coloured bunny.

It's a fast hopping bunny!

Bunny friends.

Not all children were willing to pick up a balloon that was covered with paint.  Not so this little one.

The more paint the better.

 A friend suggested that I fill the balloons with different things.  The one the girl above is squeezing has sand in it.  Others had rice, water or air.

And she likes moving around when she works.  Notice the paint on the chair beside her?  Not a problem - it's washable paint.