Ingredients

1 part baby bath (I used a no more tears variety)
1 part water

Method

Place the ingredients together in a jar and shake it vigorously to mix.

How We Played

There was the usual waving of the arms and running around to pop bubbles, but the boys decided today that they wanted to catch some bubbles in cups too.

They tried and tried but could not catch any bubbles in their cups. What were they to do? Only what four year old and two year old boys could do; stomp on those bubbles (of course)!

Notes from the Trenches

The above solution of one part baby bath and one part water works very well. Consistently rich bubbles and lots of them. It works so well that I’m certain the 1:1 ratio of baby bath to water can be diluted slightly so you don’t need to use quite so much baby bath, and still get lots of consistently rich bubbles.

The beauty of using a no more tears variety of bubble bath for this bubble solution is if it does get into their eyes, it’s not so painful. And to top it off, I now have a garden that smells like baby bath; calming and delightful!

N&M: 3 years, 11 months
E: 1 year, 10 months
May 2012

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Inspired by the many beautiful photos of light table activities, I was determined to have some sort of light table in our home, especially with our usual activities on hold during school holidays. I did a quick search online and a proper light table or light panel can be quite expensive.

 
Thankfully, many have come up with DIY versions. Teach Preschool’s DIY light table for preschool  was particularly helpful.

Do It Yourself Light Table for Kids

 
I searched our home for available materials to use and am happy to share our Do It Yourself Light Table for Kids.

 
Materials: Old baby bath (ours is a frosted blue colour); clear fairy lights; aluminium foil; double sided tape.

 
Method:
Using double sided tape, attach the aluminium foil to the sides of the baby bath. Have the shiny side facing out so that it reflects the fairy lights.

 
Because our baby bath is already frosted, I didn’t need to worry about the lights being too bright. However, if you were using a clear box and wanted to frost the top of your light box, you could attach some baking paper to the top of the box or spray paint the top with a frost paint (as suggested by Teach Preschool).

 
Turn the baby bath upside down and place the fairy lights inside the bath.

 
The finished product before you turn out the lights and put the fairy lights on, looks very ordinary.

 
However, create a dark space, turn the fairy lights on… and the magic begins.

N & M: 3 years, 4 months
E: 1 year, 3 months
September 2011

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