Winter

The books made it clear in J's mind, that winter comes with snowfall. Everyday he would tell me, as the trees are almost bare, winter will be here; soon it will snow and we'll go out sledging. I would smile at him and he would smile back. 

1). Mixing baking soda and shaving foam mimics the snow, it is naturally cool and can be form into balls or whatever. It satisfied J for exchange of snow, for at least a week before he went back to his normal winter story. Such a fun sensory play. Mess is not a problem as baking soda is a natural cleanser and bubba loves the job (vacuuming) that mumma  highly dislikes. Hallelujah.

fake snow

helping hand

2). Our winter celebration continued with this winter wreath. I showed him one and left him alone to enjoy.  We used paper, two different sized dishes for circles, clip board, leaves, glue, cloth to wipe.

winter wreath

3). Creating the Winter Scene was very special, as for the first time J enjoyed entire process to the bits. He was patient enough to do it in stages over days and colors were working as a therapy, I noticed. He has open access to the art tray and often chooses something from, to work with and stays super contented through out the day, when he does. We used watercolor paper, brown blue and white tempera paints, paint brush, glue, a piece of cardboard, fuzzy sticks, felt pieces (for snowman), googly eyes. 

working on blue background

using cardboard and fingers to make bare trees

gluing on a snowman

4). The mini punches from Michaels are absolutely adorable. They can simply attract a toddler for unlimited fun, help improve hand-eye co-ordination, concentration, muscle strength and encourage to use in creative ways. We used a snowflake mini punch, regular white paper/ blue card stock/ aluminum foil to punch snowflakes from.

punching snowflakes

After four days, his masterpiece was ready, waiting for papa to see.

 

complete winter scene