Pretty Initials

This fun project was easy and pretty quick to do on a sickie/cold days. All you need is paint, paper/canvas and scotch/painters tape.

Tape the child's first initial (or their name) onto the canvas/paper. Then have them fingerpaint over it. Start with one or two colours and then allow to dry before adding more so you don't get a huge mud coloured mess. Once dried, remove the tape. If your paint bled though the tape a little you can touch it up with white paint if you want or outline your letter(s) with glitter glue for a little sparkle! Super fun, Super easy!

**Tips: I cut my letters out of tape - it took a bit longer to do, but I wanted something a little fancier than the straight lines of using masking tape alone. I also used acrylic paint (and especially watched the 1 year old with it) because it goes on nicer and thicker than finger paint, IMO.

Fun Lunch

My little dude started to get picky when it comes to eating. Sometimes he'll pick away at something for over an hour and a half without finishing, or he'll all of a sudden dislike something he loved 3 days ago. So a couple weeks ago I started making "funky lunch"; lunch made up to look like a face. I'm able to squeeze in tons of fruit, veggies, cheese, you name it... and he LOVES it. He will devour his "funky lunch" in 10 minutes and then usually ask for more fruit.
Here are some of our "funky lunches" from the past few weeks!