One of those glorious, spontaneous activities that came from nowhere and kept my children occupied for hours ...
I can't even remember how it came about - I think I wanted to show that the colour from a felt pen would bleed when pressed onto kitchen roll. It didn't work as the pen had nearly dried out, so I got a tiny amount of water and a teaspoon to demonstrate the same idea. Then Bean wanted some too. And then it occurred to me they'd see what was happening better if I added food colouring.
Eventually I threw my hands in the air and gave them various tubs of coloured water, endless sheets of kitchen roll, refilled the tubs on demand and stopped only when dinner was ready and there was no surface space left for bits of sodden kitchen roll.
At the moment it's not so easy to find activities that occupy both children, so this was a success a thousand times over! We went on to cut it up, punch holes and turn it into bunting.
I can't even remember how it came about - I think I wanted to show that the colour from a felt pen would bleed when pressed onto kitchen roll. It didn't work as the pen had nearly dried out, so I got a tiny amount of water and a teaspoon to demonstrate the same idea. Then Bean wanted some too. And then it occurred to me they'd see what was happening better if I added food colouring.
Eventually I threw my hands in the air and gave them various tubs of coloured water, endless sheets of kitchen roll, refilled the tubs on demand and stopped only when dinner was ready and there was no surface space left for bits of sodden kitchen roll.At the moment it's not so easy to find activities that occupy both children, so this was a success a thousand times over! We went on to cut it up, punch holes and turn it into bunting.
