Happy New Year Week
This Week's Theme
Celebrate the new year in style, well toddler style!, with fireworks in a jar, fizzy firework painting and a bubble party.
Book and Rhyme of the Week
We struggled with a book and rhyme suggestion for this week's theme so went down the party route. Why don't you get this book of action rhymes and have fun singing them with your toddler?
Sensory Play
Make fireworks in a jar with your toddler. It's easier than you may think and they'll probably get a kick out of helping you measure out the various quantities.
- Fill up a jam jar or small glass bottle 3/4 of the way with warm water.
- In a separate container put 2-4 tablespoons of oil.
- Add a few drops of food colouring to the oil and lightly separate the blobs with a fork. You'll notice the food colouring doesn't mix with the oil.
- Carefully pour the oil/food colouring mix into the jar of warm water.
- Watch what happens and talk to your toddler about why this is happening.
Liquids have different densities and water is heavier than oil so it sinks. Food colouring doesn't dissolve in oil, but as you pour the container of oil into the water the coloured drops will start sinking as they are heavier than oil. When they reach the water they will dissolve making your fireworks in a jar!
Arts and Crafts
This week do some fizzy fireworks salt painting with your toddler.
- In a container combine baking powder and salt.
- Draw a fireworks design onto a piece of paper with PVA glue
- Sprinkle your baking powder and salt mixture over it and shake off any excess.
- Mix together vinegar and food colouring and drop this onto your picture *
- Watch as the picture starts to fizz.
* we used an old medicine syringe but a dropper/pipette or even a spoon would work equally as well.
Active Play
This week blow some bubbles and watch as your toddler enjoys popping them. Always a hit at Toddler Hacks HQ, we recommend getting this very well valued 2 litre container so you never have to worry about supplies running low!
Next Week's Theme
What You'll Need for Next Week
All you'll need next week are some apples (3-4 would be perfect) and some paint.