https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 11:00:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1400348 Wed, 05 Feb 2014 11:02:37 +0000 birdofafeather 1400348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Silva: I thought about doing shaving cream! Will try that next. </p> <p>LO's Age: 12.5 months<br /> The Good: had everything on hand, easy to put together. She liked playing with it and smiled when I wrote letters in the goop.<br /> The Bad: we don't have a window for her to stand at so she had to stand on our couch. This distracted her from the actual bag as she wanted to run on the couch. I didn't have aloe or gel so I used other colored creams but they were too heavy and kept settling to the bottom of the bag. She tried to take the bag off the window so I would do all 4 sides next time.<br /> The Ugly: none, I would try this again! </p> [attach=1362/14/n0j5xw.600x450.image.jpg] [attach=1362/14/n0j5xy.600x450.image.jpg] [attach=1362/14/n0j5y0.600x450.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1394996 Mon, 03 Feb 2014 10:31:42 +0000 mrskc 1394996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did do the activity last week. I only made one and it probably needed more gel. I only had aloe vera gel so I didn't want to waste too much of it. He enjoyed it for about 2 minutes and moved on. lol I left it up but he didn't really pay much attention to it. I think I had more fun playing with it. ;) </p> [attach=684/14/n0ff4w.449x600.2014-01-31-08.57.11.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1388439 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:01:16 +0000 rawrasaur 1388439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Silva: Ooh shaving cream! 10 min is impressive! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1388428 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 15:58:55 +0000 Silva 1388428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is only 9 months old- I just filled a zip lock with some shaving cream and let her play. Kept her interest for like 10 minutes, which is pretty good, but she did manage to gnaw a small hole in it :)<br /> It made the bag kind of fluffy, so she liked squishing it and shaking it and tossing it.<br /> Thanks for the inspiration! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1388405 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 15:53:16 +0000 rawrasaur 1388405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rattles: Aww I love her little skirt! Thats awesome that she keeps going back. A did a few times then seemed to lose all interest. I finally took it down last night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1388084 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:18:50 +0000 rattles 1388084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO's age: 13.5 months<br /> The Good: While it didn't hold her attention for very long at once, she kept coming back to play with it again. I've left it up on the window for now.<br /> The Bad: I ended up having to make it twice (see below) and the second time I used pearly nonpareils. They made the gel all cloudy as she swirled them around.<br /> The Ugly: I don't know whether it's DD or me, but one of us needs a manicure. Only a few seconds in, our bag sprung a leak and both of us had food coloring and gel on our hands. I moved the gel into a new bag, but it was a mess. </p> [attach=2013/14/n08azf.449x600.photo-1.jpg] [attach=2013/14/n08azi.449x600.photo-2.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1387718 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:31:24 +0000 rattles 1387718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish I had goggly eyes! I picked up some cheapy gel at the store yesterday, so I'll try this out this afternoon and will report back! Thanks for getting it going again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1385011 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 15:08:09 +0000 rawrasaur 1385011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyBruins: Did you leave it up? Did your LO go back to it at all? </p> <p>@photojane: She looks totally interested - even if it was for a short time! The nice thing is that even if you take it down, you can put it back up again later - just re-tape. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1384672 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 13:53:33 +0000 photojane 1384672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO's Age: 11.5 months<br /> The Good: Sadie's very hands-on &amp; curious... she loves to touch, feel, investigate everything, so this was right up her alley. We used gel food coloring + hair gel, and the effect was really neat!<br /> The Bad: She only played with it for a few minutes. I expected this since she's got a short attention span. If it was on a window instead of our storm door, I'd leave it up so that she could come/go &amp; play with it through out the day.<br /> The Ugly: I used painters tape, so it kept falling off when she pulled on it! </p> <p>I don't know what this says about me, but I really enjoyed playing with it! The colors were pretty! :silly: </p> [attach=1879/14/n06f5a.600x448.image.jpg] [attach=1879/14/n06f5c.448x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1384407 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 12:38:19 +0000 BabyBruins 1384407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO's Age: 25 months<br /> The Good: easy, had all the materials on hand (I used aloe vera)<br /> The Bad: didn't really hold his attention very long. I may add some more gel to make it more squishy. </p> <p>I love the idea of this thread. I'm not creative enough to come up with this on my own and I am constantly looking for something that I or the babysitter can do with him. Looking forward to trying other activities. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1383858 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 10:49:36 +0000 rawrasaur 1383858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: Heck yes she is included in this- I chose this one because it would be good for some of the younger ones as well. Also, if they don't end up liking it, it is still fun to play with as an adult, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1383821 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 10:41:17 +0000 photojane 1383821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@beachbee: hahaha!</p> <p>@rawrasaur: I'm not sure if Sadie's considered a toddler since she's not quite 1, but I'm still going to give it a shot when she wakes up from her nap! She has a super short attention span, so we'll see how it goes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1383772 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 10:28:27 +0000 rawrasaur 1383772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anyone else give it a shot yet? I'm looking forward to seeing what @travelgirl1: comes up with for next week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1382456 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 17:42:17 +0000 rawrasaur 1382456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@beachbee: That is hilarious that he thought it was pee! I love the sparkles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1382296 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:38:27 +0000 beachbee 1382296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tried this yesterday evening after I picked up LO from daycare. I saw the post and we had about 30 minutes to burn, so I figured we'd give it a shot! </p> <p>LO's age: 15 months<br /> The Good: She sat on the counter while I filled the bags and was so excited. I taped them to the glass door and she immediately starting poking/squeezing the baggie. She actually loved the tape more than the bag, and kept trying to unwind the tape roll. So I started taping small pieces of tape around the bag and she had fun peeling those off the window and taping them to the baggie :) </p> <p>The Bad: Well, I didn't exactly have all the ingredients. No hair gel, so I just used water. I put in the coloring drops and added some glitter inside. It still worked well, but wasn't squishy so all we could do was splash the water around. I need to get some hair gel for next time.</p> <p>The Ugly: DH came home from work and saw us playing with the baggie. He said "why is she playing with her pee in a bag taped to the window?". LOL! I didn't even think about it, but I used yellow food coloring and apparently it looked like pee when he first saw it. Oh well - she enjoyed it! </p> <p>Thanks for the fun idea, looking forward to upcoming activities and I'd be happy to volunteer too! </p> [attach=3476/14/n04s44.450x600.sensory.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1380526 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 08:51:44 +0000 winniebee 1380526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Super cute! I can already hear my son shouting open!! But maybe we will try it :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1379751 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:51:11 +0000 mrskc 1379751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What a cute idea! I don't think I ever saw the past threads on this. I'll have to go to the dollar store and get some hair gel tomorrow and try it out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1379650 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 18:54:59 +0000 rawrasaur 1379650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: I missed it entirely the first time around. I randomly came across one of the posts and was like why didn't this take off?!?! I really hope we can keep it up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1379644 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 18:52:02 +0000 Running Elley 1379644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rawrasaur: Oh I didn't even think of that! I'll have to show him when he wakes up from his nap :)</p> <p>Thanks for starting this up again btw! I was just thinking about it the other day and planning on reviving it myself- I just never got around to it. I'll volunteer for a month too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1379627 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 18:41:59 +0000 rawrasaur 1379627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: I think Audra was licking it because it was cold! </p> <p>You can also write/draw it in: </p> [attach=91/14/n03362.449x600.2014-01-27-16.18.05.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1379406 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 16:41:27 +0000 Running Elley 1379406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had some time to kill before lunch and all of the supplies on hand when I saw this post so we did it today! I made some sensory bags like this when he was about 6 months but u thought it would be fun to see how he'd react now.</p> <p>LO's age: Almost 16 months<br /> The Good: He helped me make the bags and he got really excited about them as I assembled them. He loved trying to identify the different colors (I made a blue one and a red one). I added some decorative stones that I had on hand into them and he liked being able to feel them through the gel. He kept telling me "Brrrrr" because the gel was cold. He also went back and played with them later on his own. He even pulled one off of the window and brought it into the kitchen (where I was) because he wanted to stick it on the fridge.</p> <p>The Bad: Its my fault because I added the pebbles but they were distracting and he really wanted them out of the bags. We ended up just sorting pebbles into buckets after a few minutes haha. </p> <p>The Ugly: His tantrum when he couldn't get the bag open (I taped them) woke up his sister lol. </p> [attach=699/14/n02xl5.448x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1379342 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 16:10:07 +0000 birdofafeather 1379342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>love this idea! i will try it later this week! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1379217 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 15:32:11 +0000 rawrasaur 1379217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@scg00387: I think it might just be a matter of it not getting lost in the boards. Gotta keep them up front so more people see them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1379025 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:29:59 +0000 MrsScallop 1379025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for reviving the idea! I'm going to try to join this time around. LO is 13.5 months and I could use some simple new ideas for things to do with her at home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1379001 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:24:40 +0000 immabeetoo 1379001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rawrasaur: you're clearly more popular than me :silly: glad you're reviving!</p> <p>We did something like this with rice/food dye/oil when he was 13 months. He was amused! I kept them in the pantry and he seems to like them more now that he points a lot, and can drag his finger along them :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1378917 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:07:01 +0000 californiadreams 1378917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>this is a great thread idea!! i am totally following :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1378905 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:03:47 +0000 Radish 1378905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: I saw one where there were googly eyes in it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1378884 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:59:26 +0000 mediagirl 1378884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rawrasaur: @T.H.O.U.: interesting. We tried a gel bag a few months ago and she didn't want anything to do with it. After seeing the link to the toy, it might be fun to add some small fish or something (a top to a cup even, if nothing else) to this bag. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1378800 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:39:01 +0000 rawrasaur 1378800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pro-tip: If you have a teether, you might want to tape down both the top and bottom or reinforce the edges with tape. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-activity-of-the-week-127#post-1378534 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 12:19:46 +0000 HappyBaker 1378534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love this idea! Will try this out this week and report back :-) Thanks for posting! </p>