arts and crafts — Goodnight Fox

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I decided to put together a little Love Basket for Sofie. But what could I possibly come up with that she doesn’t already have!? Since we’re planning a little vacation in March, I figured a back pack would be a great way for her to tote around her toys. And she’s been needing shoes the next size up so I snagged these super cute pink sneakers from H&M. Of course she needed a new game, so I tucked this sweet Rainbows & Unicorns memory game into the pocket of her backpack. Along with some new books, a teddy bear with an adorable bow from thepurplewagon.com and voila!

Rainbow Memory Game - $12.00
Backpack - $19.00
Teddy Bear - $44.00
Pink dot bow - $8.00
Sunglasses - $35.00
Wooden camera - $14.99
Sneakers - $17.99
Pennant Flag - $3.00
Felt donuts - $16.00

Sang this adorable Valentine’s Day gift for little girls!

Rainbow Memory Game 15% off using code FRIENDS15

I finally found an amazing “recipe” for taste safe fingerprints. Sofie still points everything in her mouth, as I’m sure many one year olds do. So it’s no surprise that I’m constantly on the lookout for taste safe activities that can keep this busy toddler occupied for more than five minutes. She loves sensory activities so even though I knew this one would be messy, I figured I’d give it a go!

Yogurt
Food coloring

This one is so simple to make because all you need is a big tub of yogurt and some food coloring and voila you have a fun little activity! I will say I was skeptical about how yogurt would really paint on but her paper. And to be honest, I probably would have done it differently had I known.

Here’s the yogurt being colored! Super simple and just one drop of coloring really turned it bright pink!

I wanted Sofie to be able to paint a little rainbow so I made these edible paints in rainbow colors. I made each one in the same tub to avoid doing dishes and just washed it as I went. Then I poured them into these plastic jars that I got at Michael’s for under a dollar!

It was so much fun to make these rainbow colored paints that I almost didn’t want to let Sofie make a mess of them. But I went ahead and put some butcher paper down on the kitchen floor and taped it down with painters tape. In hindsight, I wish I had done it two layers thick because the yogurt was quite liquidy and it did deep through the paper. It was still pretty easy to clean up though.

I put the paints up on her high chair for safe keeping while I got everything ready. But that didn’t last long — she was reaching for them as soon as she saw them. I stripped her down to her diaper so as not to get her clothes messy. Then I opened up one jar at a time and let her have at! Here’s the result: