Sculpture

Gumdrop Sculptures

The provocation: A bowl of gumdrops and a handful of toothpicks. The first question: “Can I eat these?” Oh yeah, I guess they do kind of look like a snack. The second provocation (after we each ate a gumdrop, just to get that elephant out of the room): A square base of four gumdrops, attached [...]

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Colander Sculpture

This surprisingly fun sculptural activity kept my 33 month old engaged for a long while. And the added bonus is that it’s also great for strengthening fine-motor skills, making color choices, and developing spatial understanding by making sense of the exterior and interior of an object. The set up A handful of pipe cleaners and a [...]

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Rainbow Play Dough

Hello happy St. Patty’s Day surprise! My plan was to make a simple batch of play dough to replace the sparkly dried out purple stuff that happily met our cookie-making, glitter infusing, practice cutting, snowman-making needs over the past two months. I asked my daughter what color she would like this time around, and she [...]

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