David has been obsessed with the Max and Ruby episode where Max won't eat his beans, so Ruby tells him the story of "Max and the Beanstalk." Obsessed. He begs to watch it multiple times a day, and I find myself giving in at least once, because he is just SO excited about it. (Plus, when David says beanstalk, it sounds like "beanstomp" and it is so cute that I can't resist!) I decided that it would be fun to plant "magic" beans and grow our own beanstalk. I mixed up glitter and dried beans and put it in a little pouch (I think an from an Anthro gift card) and we "planted" the beans. When the kids woke up the next day our magic beans had grown...
They were so excited! I just free-handed the beanstalk and cut out leaves from green poster-board and used painters tape to attach them to the wall (that way the walls won't get messed up and no sticky residue will be on the wall). This was super easy and I did it while I watched Toddlers and Tiaras. That is a show that I will occasionally catch, and I am thinking that I may have to add it to the DVR line up because seriously? That is 10 kinds of crazy going on and did you see that mother who thought that her daughter screaming at and hitting her was cute?! Anyway...David was super excited, can you tell?
(Oliver would like to be acknowledged...and would also like a belly rub...and perhaps some bacon)
Unfortunately our beanstalk was too high for the kids to climb, and Mr. Brown Dinosaur only made it about 1/4 of the way up before having to come back down.
This was a super easy project and the kids had so much fun with it. We measured how tall they were against the beanstalk, and of course we watched Max and Ruby.
We also used these play-dough mats, and this kept them busy for at least an hour. I had a few letters/cards to write and I was able to get all of it done while they played.
I had a few other things that I was planning to do with the kids, but my plans were sidetracked with an impromptu trip to the eye doctor to have a "foreign object extracted" from my left eye. (two words that don't belong in the same sentence, eye and extracted) Luckily the offending object was removed and after some amazing numbing drops, all was right with the world again. This was a fun way to start our weekend, (the beanstalk, not the eye doctor) my parents came to visit on Friday and the kids were super excited to show Grammy and PaPa their beanstalk. Hope you had a great weekend!