Thanks to Pinterest I've found a few new "recipes" for creative activities to do with the boys, but Matthew especially since he is the one home all the time. The first new recipe we tried was sawdust dough. Since Cory has been working very slowly on finishing off the basement we actually had a container of sawdust that the boys had collected so we figured why not try the new sawdust dough recipe. Matthew enjoyed measuring the ingredients and mixing, but beyond this had no desire to have anything to do with the sawdust dough. Even Joshua said he wouldn't touch it. Can't blame them a whole lot since it turned out very mushy and not very dough like at all. So,this was the first and the last time we will attempt this concoction! Next we did some sand painting. I had done this previously when teaching preschool, but had since forgotten about this activity. Matthew again liked measuring and mixing the ingredients, but surprisingly he absolutely loved painting with it too (rare for my little boy who doesn't like to get messy or artsy)! More sand painting is in our future I believe.
Sifting the sawdust so we only get the finer sawdust in the dough..
Mixing up the sawdust dough.
Sanding painting.
Dripping glue all over paper in preparation for an art project a different day.
More sand painting for the child who generally doesn't like this sort of activity.
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