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It was Little B's 2nd birthday so we had balloons around. </div>
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I hung some up under the deck stairs outside to let the boys paint them with washable paint. </div>
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They had SO MUCH FUN with this! Not only did they paint the balloons, but there was lots of spinning, batting, kicking, punching...it ended up to be a gross motor activity for sure. </div>
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At first Little B was frustrated because the balloon kept moving away from him when he tried to paint it (which was really funny to watch actually lol) He figured out how to get a good grip on it while bending over to get the paint and then keep a hold of it while painting. Toddler problem solving! </div>
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L liked to get a bunch of paint on his hand and then spin the balloon to completely cover it with paint. </div>
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<b>easily</b> <b>washable face paint </b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Baby Lotion + Washable Paint </span>(liquid or powdered tempura works too)<span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">2 tablespoons Cold Cream + 4 tablespoons Cornstarch + Washable Paint<b> </b></span></span></div>
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I've tried both and they both work great! If you go with the 2nd recipe, just buy the cheaper generic white cold cream. Pictured below is the first recipe. I put some lotion into each bowl, added a 1/2 teaspoon or so of powdered tempura paint, and 1 squirt of dish soap then stirred. If your going to use liquid tempura or washable paints such as Crayola, there won't be much difference in texture except maybe it wont be as thick. You can add a bit of cornstarch to thicken if needed. It can be easily removed with soap and water, just try to keep it away from the eyes. It's not tear free.</div>
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I threw a <b><span style="font-size: large;">"Concoctions and Potions"</span> themed party</b> for L and B's joint birthday party.<br />
This party was so crazy simple to put together, but it turned out to be a HUGE hit! It really was incredible how long the kids were into this activity..HOURS of mixing and pouring and creating their concoctions!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I raided my <b><a href="http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2013/03/sensory-material-collection.html">sensory collection</a> </b>and kitchen </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">for all the concoction ingredients such as </span><br />
<a href="http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2012/12/homemade-colored-and-scented-rice-for.html">Colored and Scented Rice</a><br />
<a href="http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2012/12/epsom-salt-sensory-play.html">Colored and Scented Epsom Salt</a><br />
Waterbeads<br />
Shredded Paper<br />
Coffee Grinds and Coffee Beans<br />
<a href="http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2012/07/kool-aid-colored-ice-cubes.html">Koolaid Colored Ice Cubes</a><br />
Glitter<br />
Dry Beans<br />
Dry Noodles<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">About an hour into the activity, I brought out the </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">SECRET INGREDIENTS...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2013/03/fizzy-rainbow-baking-soda-vinegar-and-kool-aid-science-experiment.html">Baking Soda and Vinegar</a>!</span><br />
I put lots of baking soda into a big bowl and vinegar into squeezy bottles so when the kids added the baking soda to their concoctions and then squeezed in some vinegar, their concoctions bubbled and fizzed!<br />
THIS WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE PARTY!<br />
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We started a new birthday tradition a few years ago where instead of party guests bringing gifts, I choose a charity close to our hearts and gently ask our guests to bring donations. This year we chose the non profit organization Art Feeds, which is a mobile arts program based out of Joplin, MO which brings fun and free art classes to elementary students and schools who have undergone trauma. I am always SO very impressed and thankful of how generous our party guests are each year with these donations! In the previous years we've asked for donations to The Northwest Arkansas Children Shelter and our local Animal Shelter. This is a tradition we have come to love and my oldest son is so amazing and thoughtful about it. We always talk about the charity we are giving to and I make sure he understands how important giving to their cause is.<br />
He has never complained about not receiving "gifts" at his party and he has come to love this tradition of giving instead of receiving :) It is a tradition we will no doubt continue!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2011/07/ls-messy-art-rainbow-theme-3rd-birthday.html">Messy Art Party</a></b></span><br />
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I made a <b>Birthday Sensory Bin</b> as one of the homemade gifts for my son's 5th birthday.<br />
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I made a few homemade gifts/activities for my son's 5th birthday and one of them was <b>Confetti Play Dough</b>. It was so pretty and festive, and had a wonderful sensorial texture! Both both loved playing with it! <br />
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I simply made a batch of homemade play dough using the first recipe on <a href="http://www.kiddinaround.com/pages/3-Easy-Recipes-for-Making-Homemade-Play-Dough.html">THIS PAGE</a>. For an added element of fun, I used <b>Birthday Cake scented fragrance oil</b> that is used for soap making to scent the play dough. OMG it smelled DELICIOUS!<br />
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To cover it in confetti, I simply rolled it all into a ball, and put it into a ziplock bag with the confetti and kind of rolled it around and pressed it onto the playdough while molding it to keep it's round shape.<br />
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I LOVE making homemade gifts for my friends and their kids. A friends' son turned 4 and for his birthday I made him a <b>construction site small world sensory bin. </b>It was so easy to setup and I found everything at Walmart. I was running low on time so I couldn't go home to use any of the items I already had so I purchased everything at Walmart, although altogether was still very reasonable. The sand and rocks were found in the aquarium/fish section. The large rocks and colored rocks were found in the floral section. I added a tin bucket and funnel and also some styrofoam balls which if I had more time I would have painted grey or black. The trucks were purchased in a pack and I threw in some nuts, bolts, and washers as well. </div>
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During our <a href="http://www.playcreateexplore.com/p/color-of-week-series.html">Color of the Week Series</a> here on Play Create Explore, we explored 11 colors, 1 color-1 week at a time. We did tons of activities and sensory bins each week, but my favorite part of our color explorations were our <b>color themed baths</b>! They were fun to set up, and the kids of course had a blast! The best part is that for my youngest especially (21 mo) it was a really fun way to reinforce color recognition. Out of our 11 weeks of color, I did 8 color themed baths including red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, and black. </div>
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Squeeze bottles filled with red and yellow to ultimately create an orange bath. </div>
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A sunny yellow lemon scented bath with a learning shapes focus. </div>
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A simple bath with green objects and a painted green forest. Very fitting since we live in the woods :) </div>
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A super simple and deliciously grape scented bath with the addition of purple bath friendly objects for play. </div>
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I'll admit we didn't get into many activities that much this week. We've been a very busy family, but we did do a few activities this week centered around gray.<br />
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As always, the first thing we do on the first day of our color themed weeks, is walk around the house and gather a bunch of our toys and other objects for the color of the week. This serves as a bit of an introduction to the color of the week and we also explore this bowl all throughout the week. I keep it right on the dining room table and we often go through this bowl and talk about the things in it during breakfast, lunch or dinner. For my 20 month old, it serves as a great way to identify and verbalize new objects, experience different shapes and textures, as well as different shades of our color. For my oldest, it's a great tool for encouraging language and communication.<br />
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<a href="http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/paper_plate_elephant_craft.htm">Paper Plate Elephant Craft from Activity Village</a><br />
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I made a fun<b> Black Light Sensory Bin</b> for the boys just shortly after we did <b>Black Light Painting </b>which was SO.MUCH.FUN! I knew I wanted to do sensory bin too while we were still on the black light kick. <br />
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Because this books a favorite around here, I've been collecting items here and there to create a small world sensory bin where L would be able to re-create the story, and then expand on it with his own imagination as well. I tried to fit as many elements of the story into the bin as I could and just work with what I had at home already and a few things such as the watering can and the Peter Rabbit bowl are things I found at Goodwill over the last few weeks. </div>
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This easy peasy pink lemonade bath I set up for the boys was so much fun! It included a spouted jug filled with water and quite a few packets of Duncan Hines Frosting Creations Pink Lemonade Flavored Powder. (To see other fun ways we've used the Frosting Creations, click <b><a href="http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2013/01/sensory-play-recipes-using-frosting.html">HERE</a></b>) This not only colored the water pink, but it also smelled like pink lemonade! The spouted jug was the best part because the kids could pour their lemonade for their "customers" (me) and the more they poured, the more PINK their water became! I also added some plastic cups, fake plastic ice cubes, and some pink lemonade bath paint! </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We checked out these <a href="http://webecoist.momtastic.com/2011/08/23/blushing-hides-10-amazing-pink-animals/">PINK ANIMALS </a>, and then I remembered I had a picture of the pink caterpillar we found in our yard last year. It was so neat!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">We played with our homemade <a href="http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2013/01/cotton-candy-and-bubble-gum-scented.html">Bubble Gum Scented Pink Play Dough</a></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.sunhatsandwellieboots.com/2012/06/natural-nature-play-dough.html">Strawberry Playdough from Sunhats and Wellie Boots</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youaretheroots.com/2013/02/tot-school-20-months.html">Pink Ideas for Tot School from You are the Roots</a><br />
<a href="http://mycrazyblessedlife.com/2012/09/28/princess-pink-afternoon/">Beautiful Pink Sensory Bin from My Crazy Blessed Life</a><br />
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I am so excited to be participating in this brand new <b>virtual book club</b> with so many other fun and creative bloggers! Each month we are given a theme and each participating blogger is free to choose their own book within that theme. We post about our book and any related activities or crafts we did based on the book, on the <b>last Monday of every month</b>. With so many bloggers participating, your will see a wide range of books and activities within each months theme! </div>
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"The Wizard" really is a unique book. The illustrations, by Brandon Dorman, are absolutely amazing! </div>
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It's not a happy-go-lucky type of book, but I really wouldn't call it "dark" at all either. It cleverly rhymes while telling the story of a gloomy wizard conjuring up potions and turning a frog into several other animals, before last turning him back into a frog and leaving you to wonder if his next "victim" is a within a group of children playing outside his tower. It really is so interesting! My oldest "L" (4 1/2) really loved it! </div>
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Poppin's Book Nook Virtual Book Club. Click the photo below to see our review of the book and learn more about The Poppin's Book Nook! </div>
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I put some water and green food coloring into a spouted jug so the boys could refill their potions as they wanted, plus they both think it's fun to pour the water from the spout. I set many bowls, cups, and utensils on a small table along with some paint chip cards that we pretending to use as "potion recipes." </div>
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To see how to make colored and scented epsom salts for sensory play, click <a href="http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2012/12/epsom-salt-sensory-play.html"><b>HERE</b></a>.</div>
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Waterbeads...or "frog eggs"</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-turn uncle Mike into a frog</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-turn ME into a giant bunny</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week we explored the color Brown! I had so much I wanted to do for brown, but I just didn't get to everything due to a hectic week. Please also excuse the lack of "in action" pictures, as it has seemed that time has slipped away from me this week.</span></div>
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As always, the first thing we do on the first day of our color themed weeks, is walk around the house and gather a bunch of our toys and other objects for the color of the week. This serves as a bit of an introduction to the color of the week and we also explore this bowl all throughout the week. I keep it right on the dining room table and we often go through this bowl and talk about the things in it during breakfast, lunch or dinner. For my 20 month old, it serves as a great way to identify and verbalize new objects, experience different shapes and textures, as well as different shades of our color. For my oldest, it's a great tool for encouraging language and communication.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chocolate Scented Rice </b><b>(see how to make <a href="http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2012/12/homemade-colored-and-scented-rice-for.html">HERE</a>)</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">A mixture of them all plus dry beans</span></b></div>
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<b>We have lots of plastic animals so I just gathered the ones with brown and put them inside our fence. This gave both boys the opportunity for pretend play, but also a great way to identify the names of animals and their characteristics.</b></div>
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We didn't get around to a brown themed bath this week, BUT this is our hot chocolate themed bath that we did this past December. The brown water is created with hot chocolate packets and smelled amazing. It would be such a fun brown themed bath! See the details of our bath <a href="http://www.bathactivitiesforkids.com/2012/12/hot-chocolate-bath.html"><b>HERE on Bath Activities for Kid</b>s</a>.</div>
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I made some Chocolate Play Dough using <a href="http://nurturestore.co.uk/easychocolate-playdough-recipe-cupcakes-and-icecream"><b>Nurture's Store's Chocolate Play Dough Recipe</b></a>, but also adding a bit of chocolate extract as well. Man did this smell amazing! <a href="http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2012/09/chocolate-playdough-and-bakery-pretend.html">This wasn't our first time</a> making chocolate play dough, but it STILL blew me away how delicious it smelled. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><b>-</b>-We identified brown ALL over the place. If something was brown, frequently I identified it and said it outloud. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">"The table is brown." "The dirt is brown." "What color is our couch? Our couch is brown!" </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">You can never have too much repetition! However, we didn't leave out or ignore other colors though. In our everyday play I still identified other colors, I just put a lot of focus on brown specifically!</span></span></div>
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I created this dinosaur garden for a friend's two little boys who love dinosaurs! We've made fairy garden's before (see<b> <a href="http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2011/06/fairy-garden.html">HERE</a></b> and<b> <a href="http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2011/09/more-fairy-gardens.html">HERE</a></b>) but this was also so fun to make and I know that I can't wait to make one for my own two dinosaur lovers :) It's a fun way to add a bit of pretend play to giving a child the gentle responsibility of caring for their own plants. </div>
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I used a large ceramic pot, some amazing and unique succulents, regular (don't use fertilized soil for succulents) potting soil, plastic dinosaur fossil skulls, and plastic dinosaurs. </div>
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Oh I just love succulents! I made sure I picked some very unique ones that the boys would find interesting. My oldest (4 1/2) loved these! Especially the ones that look like they have teeth and the other ones that look like they have spider webs on them. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We explored Purple this week! Little B (20 mo) really got the hang of this color very quickly! </span><span style="font-size: large;">Purple was a really fun color to explore!</span></div>
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This week I used sand and Kool-aid as our main play "ingredients" and just used them in different ways to explore purple. I wanted to do more with a lavender approach, but realized I was out of lavender essential oil, so grape (kool-aid) became our signature scent this week! </div>
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As always, the first thing we do on the first day of our color themed weeks, is walk around the house and gather a bunch of our toys and other objects for the color of the week. This serves as a bit of an introduction to the color of the week and we also explore this bowl all throughout the week. I keep it right on the dining room table and we often go through this bowl and talk about the things in it during breakfast, lunch or dinner. For my 20 month old, it serves as a great way to identify and verbalize new objects and experience different shapes and textures as well. For my oldest, it's a great tool for encouraging language and communication.</div>
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Our first purple themed sensory bin was really simple...purple aquarium sand bought from the pet store. </div>
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After little B played with just the sand bin as you see above for a while, I introduced some purple plastic gems into the mix which jumpstarted his interest again and revitalized and extended his play experience! I know i've said this a million times before over the last few years, but the secret to getting many kids to prolong their play experience is to not introduce all the play "ingredients" right at the start. </div>
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I didn't find time for a more elaborate purple bath setup, but the boys loved their simple purple bath. I scented and colored the water with a few packets of grape kool-aid which smelled out of this world amazing! The polka dots are craft foam (which sticks to wet surfaces by itself) and I wrote on the walls with washable paint which the boys loved washing and cleaning off with rags. </div>
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This was perhaps MY favorite activity this week. Our<b> purple themed lunch</b> was a big hit with the boys! They had peanut butter and (grape) jelly sandwiches, plum slices, purple grapes, beet chips, and grape juice. I decorated with some purple streamers and a purple tablecloth that I purchased at the dollar store and then just used the items that were in our purple exploration bin to decorate the table with. </div>
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In many sensory bins I give L a paintbrush to uncover it's contents. I've learned that this is just something he LOVES to do. It all started with the<a href="http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2013/02/dinosaur-fossil-dig-sensory-bin.html"> Dinosaur Fossil Dig Sensory Bin</a>. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can never have too much repetition! However, we didn't leave out or ignore other colors though. In our everyday play I still identified other colors, I just put a lot of focus on purple specifically!</span></div>
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I made some <b>Grape Scented Sand Paint</b> during our<a href="http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2013/04/color-of-week-purple.html"> Purple Themed Week, in the Color of the Week Exploration Series</a>. It was kind of a happy accident in which the ingredients were all just kind of sitting right beside each other and I decided to mix them together. We were just going to finger paint with purple paint, then I had the Kool-aid out from a few of our other activities from Purple Week so I mixed that in with the paint, and then I saw that our purple sand sensory bin was close by so I grabbed some sand and mixed it in as well. The result was fantastic! </div>
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Mix together any paint color and flavor of Kool-aid (or essential oil, or extract) and some sand. </div>
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I had purple aquarium sand, but any sand will do. It's the texture your going for. The scent is such a cool and easy addition, but even just adding the sand is such a unique painting experience. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can never have too much repetition! However, we didn't leave out or ignore other colors though. In our everyday play I still identified other colors, I just put a lot of focus on blue specifically!</span></div>
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I put together this Feather and Cotton Ball Sensory Bin during our White Color Themed Week. It was so simple, but such a lovely sensory experience! This sensory bin was so rich with adjective opportunities! Obviously, the bin was "white themed" but we also explored lots of other words such as pretty, soft, smooth, milky, clean, fuzzy, fluffy, light, delicate, airy, thin, silky, cottony, etc. </div>
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I created this simple sensory bin with regular epsom salt and plastic diamonds and jewels. We did this during our <a href="http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2013/04/color-of-week-white.html">White Themed Week</a> in our<a href="http://www.playcreateexplore.com/p/color-of-week-series.html"> </a><a href="http://www.playcreateexplore.com/p/color-of-week-series.html">Color of the Week Series</a>. Epsom salt is sparkly on it's own and it smells perfum-y as well, but to see how we've colored and scented it in the past, click <a href="http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2012/12/epsom-salt-sensory-play.html"><b>HERE</b></a>.<br />
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