Creative inspiration for babies and toddlers....dancing ribbons

A friend of mine made one of these for her little one and seeing how easy it looked I thought I would give it a try. I also had visions of my little ones enjoying a little ribbon dancing, gymnastic stylee....

Here's a great example on Buggy and Buddy's website:

Ours has been played with constantly and pulled apart constantly. I even found one of the ribbons tucked under my pillow the other day! So sadly no picture but that proves how much the girls loved it and it's another quick, easy and cheap make. I used ribbons from my supplies, letting the girls choose some colours and textures, and a teething ring to tie them around and voila.

Enjoy making!

Creative inspiration for toddlers and children....discovery bottles

If you havent already heard of discovery bottles they are a very cheap, simple and quick make that children love. Here's a link on the Imagination Tree's website, which is a brilliant website full of great ideas to get creative with kids. 

 

I have to be honest and say that Eloise just loved making it and they didn't get played with that much afterwards but even for the fun of making them it was worth it. 

Eloise loved looking through and choosing individual bits for her bottle including sequins, buttons and ribbons. She then put them into an old but clean plastic bottle, filled it with water and I glued the lid on. Voila all finished.

We ended up with pink water from adding a pink ribbon but I think it makes them look even better so you could even add some food colouring to yours!

 

Enjoy making!!