Snow Day Survival 1: Gelatin and Flubber

It's Winter in New England and it looks like we're going to get a lot of snow... Being stuck inside with a newly turned 1 year old who doesn't sit still is even more exhausting than usual! So here is our snow day survival!

Gelatin is such a cool texture. It takes a little bit of time to set but we use the unflavored/unscented stuff and add some food coloring!

This was the first time the Bug got to play with gelatin and he loved it! He did try one bite but spit it out (unflavored gelatin has got to be gross!)

He is using a small scoop (from our formula containers) to explore. It was a great way to do some filling and dumping!

Flubber is another one we discovered thanks to this book and it has quickly become a favorite!

The Bug didn't cut this but he was trying!

This is another amazing recipe that is only in the book linked above but here is the Ultimate Guide to Slimes from Fun At Home With Kids (who wrote the book!)

Introducing Play Dough

There are a million and one recipes for play dough on the Internet! I am not a fan of any that I have too cook but thanks to this AMAZING book I got for Christmas, I have had lots of recipes to try! (You can find some of them HERE!)

I happened to have a banana that was too ripe for us to eat so we made banana play dough! I made sure to pick a taste-safe recipe because the Bug still likes to taste things as part of his exploration.

I also gave the Bug a plastic knife to "cut" the dough with. He got the concept much more than he does with cookie cutters!

The Bug did lots of poking and pinching!

And also did some pulling and squishing!

Despite being not quite 1, the Bug had a blast exploring the play dough (and he did eat some but not much)!