Minion Finger Puppet

To make Minion finger puppets you will need:

Felt in yellow, blue and black. (Felt packs available in the Range)

Googley eyes

Cotton – I used black, blue and a see through thread.

Needle

Pins

Super glue

Card or paper for your template

Instructions:

The first and most important thing is to make a template that will fit around your finger after you’ve finished sewing. Draw a fat finger shape and then cut it out to check the fit.

Pin your finger template onto your yellow felt and cut around it. Do this twice so you have a front and a back piece.

Pin the template onto your blue felt and cut around it, this is for their dungarees. Chop a bit off the top and cut out the dungaree shape. I did this freehand but if you’re worried you could always cut your template into the shape you want first and then cut around that.

From your black felt cut out a long thin strip to use for the glasses, a small circle for the logo on their dungarees and two arms and hands. I did originally think of doing the arms as part of the main body but frankly it was a faff and I’m all about trying to keep things as simple as possible! This is what your assembled bits of felt should look like.

Next start sewing on the pieces that will be on the outside of your minion finger puppet, you need to do this before you sew the front and the back together. The order I did mine in was overalls, then black band for glasses, then the black circle. I left cutting the band for the eyes until the whole puppet was complete as I wanted to make sure it was the right length.

The next thing is the mouth.

Now you’re ready to sew the two pieces together. Pin them together with the black arms

in place where you want them, make sure they poke far enough in that your sewing will hold them in place.

Finally use some super glue to stick your googley eyes in place and your minion finger puppet is ready to go. Use one or two eyes depending on what minion you want to make.

(You can use super glue instead of sewing but if sewing please be careful)

DIY Puffy Paint

Puffy Paint

Shaving foam
PVA Glue and poster paint

Mix well, the colour will lighten a little bit due the shaving foam and pva glue. Equal parts of both. Once you have mix it put the mixture in zip lock bag and cut off the end and your little one will have more control over the paint:). . .   /. oNCE  
Once done painting leave it to dry (this might take overnight to dry) then display your art work with pride. 

** Put on wax paper and let it dry over night, peel carefully. It makes a window cling, you can make these for all seasons**

Fairy playdough recipe

Fairy playdough recipe

Playdough is wonderful fun for kids. It’s great for fine motor development and open-ended play. This fairy playdough recipe with 3 ingredients, is so easy to make you can almost hand it over to your child to do themselves. (well all ages too!)

To make this fairy playdough recipe with 3 ingredients you firstly need to add one cup of hair conditioner to a bowl. 
Next you will need to add 2.5 cups of cornflour to the bowl. Using a spoon simply begin mixing the two ingredients together. Obviously every country makes their ingredients a little differently so if you’re finding that the mixture is way too wet, add more cornflour.
You want the mixture to feel almost to the point of being too dry but not crumbling apart. Once you begin kneading it should all come together.
I began kneading the dough and once it was the consistency that I wanted, the children can help with this part. This is wonderful for developing fine motor skills and helping children understand how things can change when combined together.
The final ingredients is food colouring..

(the children can help make this)

More Colouring Pages

Magic Milk Science Experiment

Magic Milk Science Experiment

This particular science activity is lots of fun and a great introduction to those children who haven’t had much experience in observing chemical reactions etc

Magic Milk Science Experiment

You will need –

plate
1/2 cup – 1 cup milk
1 drop of dishwashing liquid
food colouring
toothpicks (optional)
This science experiment is simple to set up and quickly gets to the ‘wow factor’ that will bring a smile to your child’s face.

Simply begin by pouring milk onto a plate. You will need to ensure you have enough milk to cover the base of the plate. Add a few drops of food colouring to the milk (see above). This will give you a great opportunity to talk about colours and point out if any of them mix together to form new colours.

Let the magic happen!!

Carefully add one drop of dishwashing liquid to the middle of the milk. Quickly a chemical reaction will occur, which will see the colours begin to spread away from the dishwashing liquid drop and begin mixing and churning the colours.
It’s absolutely amazing and you can observe it continually move and swirl for a decent amount of time! Slowly it mixes together and pushes the colours further away from the dishwashing liquid and having it sink to the base of the plate.

What is the science behind it, simply put?

Milk is made up of mostly water but it does contain vitamins, minerals, proteins and small droplets of fat. The fat and proteins are super sensitive to changes in the milk and so when the dishwashing liquid is added a chemical reaction occurs. The soap and fat work hard to join together, which causes the movement. When food colouring is added we are able to witness this chemical reaction occurring.
Going further

You might like to experiment further by adding an extra drop of soap to see if there is more movement. If you see more movement you’ve discovered that there was still more fat that hadn’t combined with the soap. You might like to continue the process.

Benefit of Colouring in

These several benefits of Colouring in.  I find it relaxing. 

1- Colouring helps a child practice holding a writing tool the correct way and aids in developing those tiny muscles in their hands, fingers, and wrist. 

2- Colouring aids in hand-eye coordination as the child learns to colour within the specified area.

3- Children develop the skill of patience and learn to focus on details when colouring. Such a sense of accomplishment is achieved when a colouring page is completed. 

4- Colouring allows a child to relax and be comfortable while creating a piece of art. Children can fill in the figures and shapes on the page any way they choose, whereas drawing can sometimes be a little intimidating that the outcome won't be exactly as they wanted. 

5- Colouring a simple printed page helps a child to recognise colour, hue, line, perspective, shape and form. It also helps a child to see and recognise patterns - a pre-reading and pre-math skill. 

6- Eventually a child can even learn to plan as they decide the colours they will use in their picture and then what order they are going to colour things within the picture.

7- Last, but not least, colouring can allow you and your child to have some quality quiet time together.  It can provide a wonderful time to sit and chat with your child.