Make your own bath water wall

Over the summer we made a fun outdoor water wall and the kids had a blast. The kids have been asking to play with it but it is WAY too cold to play with water outside. So we went to the hardware store and got the stuff to make one for the bath.

Materials:
Clear tubing from hardware store
PVC connectors 1/2 in and the tubing fit right in them.
Duct tape to tape to the wall

We got both the tubing and pvc connectors at Lowe's. Tubing was $.31 a foot and the connectors were $.21 to .34. I bought 10 feet of tubing and we had extra left over.

The kids had a blast and kept feeling the tubing with colored water to watch it go threw the tubes. This is a great eye/hand coordination and fine motor skill for the kids. As well as fun.

They had a blast and then took some of the tubing down and blew bubbles like it was a big straw.

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10 fun alphbaet learning activities to do with kids

We have been learning the sight of the alphabets and wanted to share 10 fun ways to make learning fun for your little one.

Below are 10 pictures and the links of fun and inexpensive ways to have fun while learning , hope your little one(s) have as much fun as we did.

 

1.Alphabet fishing in the sea

 

 

 

 

2. Alphabet foam painting



 

                                                    3. DIY Mickey alphabet matching game

 

4.DIY...Alphabet matching center

 

                                                                 5.Alphabet learning bath

4.Alphabet scooping

 

 

7. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree

 

 



8.  Alphabet ice sensory

 

 

 

 

9.  DIY...alphabet sound learning tubs

 

 

 

 

 

10. Alphabet bath learning

 

 

We love to do learning thru hands on play, crafts, and baths. So be sure to check back with us to see the fun we are always having.

 

Also, here is some number learning links as well.  Fall learning number tree, Dice learning game and 1,2,3 number tree

 

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Fishing for the alphabet in the sea

We have been working on matching Upper and Lower case letters, so I cut out some sea animals on my cricut machine and then laminated them. Placed paper clips on them and wrote upper case on one side and lower case on other side. Then we fished with the magnet fishing poles.

Placed in the small swimming pool and the kids had fun. I would hold up a letter and then "J" would have to find the match and tell me what letter. "C" would pick a letter up and we would tell her.

 I also added alittle twist and when we picked up a letter I would ask what word starts with that letter.

Materials:
Sea animals
Laminate
Paper clips
Magnet fishing pole (you can make your own as well)

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Fun painting with Kool-Aid

We have used Kool-Aid to make all kinds of fun things in place of food coloring, so today we explored with painting with kool-aid.

"J' picked out the colors of kool-aid sprinkled it on the poster board, then took the spray bottle and sprayed the powered with water. It turned out cool looking.

Not all the colors showed up, but looked neat. Then "C" and "J" took paint brushes and blended the colors around.

Materials:
Kool-aid
Poster board
Spray bottle with water
Paint brush



"J" loved the smell of the kool-aid.

 

 

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Make your own kids tricycle wash with pvc pipes

Every time we are out and "J" sees a car wash he wants to take the car in for a wash. So I saw this idea on Pinterest to make a car wash out of pvc pipes.


So I took "J" to Home Depot and we got all the materials that were needed for this project.

Guy at Home Depot measuring the 10 ft pvc pipes to cut in half.

Home Depot man cutting the pvc in half

J holding some of the pvc pipes

20 connectors.....10 of each  above they are 1/2 in.

Pieces connected together

Have to say it was pretty easy to put together and "J" was all into connecting the pieces together. Can't say I was too sure that it would work, but it did. Love when projects come through.

Materials:
5...10ft 1/2in pvc pipes we had the guy at Home Depot cut them in half
2 different connector pieces (can see in picture above)
Sponges from around the house and grabbed some from Dollar Tree
Pool Noodles as side bumpers.
3/4 hose connector as well and we used duct tape to connect it to the 1/2 pvc pipe(can see in picture)
Drill...to drill holes in the pvc.
"C" loved it more than "J" did. All "J" did was want to put it together. Then we took it out when their cousins came to stay for a couple days and "J" loved to play in it. So guess it all depends on the mood.

It works as a great sprinkler then when you are done take it apart store it and then place together again.

Total cost was about $28. which is what you would pay for the plastic summer toys and this can be used for other projects later.

"C" loved getting wet

Washing the tricycle

Ok all clean, here I come.

Water wasn't coming out one of the holes so he was trying to be Mr. Fix-it

Kiddos having fun.

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Alphabet scoop for spelling

On this HOT summer day we were playing in the pool and I wanted to throw in a little learning fun. So I filled the pool up with all the letters we have and we scooped up letters. Then dumped them out to see if we could spell words.

J and C had fun, after doing this for about 25 min then he said mom, "we need to dive in the ocean and get a bunch." He remembered when we played with the water beads and scooping them.

This was alot of fun, they did it for about 45 min. Simple, fun and he didn't even take it as learning.

You can also do this in the bath tub if you don't have a baby pool.



Couple words we spelled, also did mom, meme, fun, hi, net, play, cat, dog and hat.

If you are looking for fun and easy thing to do with the kids to learn alphabets be sure to check out.
                                                   10 ways to have fun with alphabets

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Alphabet Ice sensory play

J and C love the ice sensory play. So to add a little education to the fun play I took our alphabet magnets and placed then in ice trays with water and vinegar mix, then froze them to make ice.

Then I took them out the next day and set up a fun alphabet sensory play. Took some of the other alphabet toys we had and placed all around the table and added the ice cubes to it.

Then the kids added salt, water, vinegar and baking soda to the ice to get the letters out of the ice.

When they got the letters out of the ice we matched the upper and lower case letters together.


Materials:
Magnet letters(Dollar Tree) or any little letters you want to place in the ice.
Salt
Baking soda
Vinegar
Ice trays

This is a great fine motor skill along with eye/hand coordination for kids. Then they are playing as well as learning the letter reorganization.

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