A lady comes to our house once a month for a program called Bright Beginnings (a parents as educators program). We have had the same lady, Dawn visiting for the last 4 1/2 years (since Joshua was about 1 1/2 years old). We've gotten to know each other fairly well over the years and she knows I love new arts, crafts, science things to do with my kids. Last week she came with something called Orbeez. I had heard of them, but thought you needed to buy a $25 machine (not so apparently) to make them so I never really looked very closely at them. The are little tiny balls that you soak in water for a few hours and they grow into little balls of gel that kids can play with - think floral gel, but more kid friendly. I simply bought a small package at Mejier and Target to $5.99 that contains three colors each and we soaked 1/3 of each of the 6 colors. It's a nice clean sensory activity for both boys, especially Matthew and also a great fine motor activity for both of them. Joshua enjoys using the storage containers they came with to create pictures too. Right now we have them stored in an air-tight container and so far so good, but I'm guessing they will either get too slimy to play with or dry back out over time. At least we saved 2/3 of them to make another time.
This is a before of a how an Orbeez starts out in comparison with one that soaked in water for 3 hours. Quite the difference!
Joshua creating a "picture" with the Orbeez.
Matthew enjoying the sensory experience.
Showing off his Orbeez creations.
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