infant explorers

Don't Put Paint in Your Mouth, Please!

Submitted by Andleeb A on Tue, 04/02/2013 - 4:26pm

Do you worry about your infants putting everything in their mouths that they can lay their hands on? But at the same time you want them to be exposed to new textures and learn new motor skills? Worry no more! Come and join us for Infant Explorers on Thursday, April 4, 2013 @ 10:30 AM where we shall have tons of fun painting with homemade edible paints. Here’s the finger paint recipe that we are using.

Mess Alert: Be prepared to get dirty!

Infant Explorers: Bread Painting! Thursday

Submitted by Anna G on Wed, 03/06/2013 - 5:22pm

picture of an infant with paint around his/her mouthJoin us 10:30AM Thursday, March 6th for bread painting.  Babies 0-18 months are welcome to come and explore colors and textures for complete messy sensory exploration. We will be using thick slices of bread as our canvas and different versions of homemade “infant paints.”  This craft is intended as a squishy squeezy experience.  We don’t actually intend for the babies to snack on the bread but we making all the ingredients edible, just in case a few pieces get swallowed.

Infant Explorers: Kool-Aid Playdough

Submitted by Anna G on Mon, 02/04/2013 - 3:14pm

Picture of a Child playing with homemade playdough.Join us 10:30AM Thursday, February 7th for a fun new exploration of Kool-Aid play dough.  Babies 0-18 months are welcome to come and explore colors and textures. We will be using homemade play dough with packets of Kool-Aid to make an array of colors. 
This activity is fun and easy to do with household materials. We got our idea from Pinterest! It led us to the website called It’s Gravy Baby.

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