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RAINBOW RICE A bit messy, but so fun!  1 cup rice, 1/2 teaspoon white vinegar, and some food dye drops. We went the ziplock bag route, so not the most sustainable.  We can’t wait for it to dry, so we can play with it

VOLCANO SAVE thanks @dayswithgrey for this cute idea!  Just a super simple picture of a volcano with lava, add some animals or superheroes in the lava, set-up an empty bucket, give the littles some tongs, and instructions to save their friends from the lava using the tings only!  Easy and fun!  Both Miss 3 and Mr 1.5 enjoyed this game!

BOO BOO GAME  Even superhero villains get boo-boos!  We find a picture (this time from a superhero book), draw it on butcher paper, tape it to the wall, then the boo-boo monster adds X’s to them, then the littles add dot stickers to cover the boo-boos like bandaids

  PLAYDOUGH DINOSAUR HOUSE! This is a favorite in our house.  It’s so funny how a few simple open ended items transform play.  Popsicle sticks and dinosaurs + playdough = fun!

  SOAP BUBBLE BAGS! Super easy set-up, lots of silly fun!  Just gallon ziplocks with soap, water, a couple drops of food coloring, and some tape  We tried smaller bags too, but liked gallon size the most. It also was more fun if we put the food coloring along the top side of the bag and had the kids mix it while taped to the window

DOT PAINTING!  Pretty simple set-up, then lots of fun.  Just made a name or shape and left circles, colored around the circles, used q-tips and paint to fill in the holes.  Little miss 3 then made some circles for me to paint!