Candy Canes/Peppermint
Fizzing Candy Canes: The first picture below is where I got the inspiration for our project. Click here for a tutorial of fizzing candy canes. Of course, we didn't have candy canes today, but we did have a lot of peppermint candies. I used a muffin pan and filled each tin with baking soda (snow) and peppermint candies. Then, I filled three plastic cups with vinegar and used food coloring to color the vinegar - blue, red and green. We initially used a medicine dropper to fill with vinegar and squirt into the baking soda. After a while, we just poured the cup of vinegar into the baking soda. Easton kept wanting to do more and more. We'll just say baking soda and vinegar are on my grocery shopping list. Easton LOVED this. See the bottom picture to see the fun we had today.
Candy Cane Play Dough: Play dough is always a hit at our house. Candy Cane Play Dough is essentially salt dough mixed with red food coloring and peppermint extract. The dough smelled so good the entire time we were playing with it! We used our Christmas Cookie Cutters and play dough accessories today. After we were done playing with it, I placed the dough in a ziplock back to keep it from drying out so we can use it throughout the Christmas season.
Peppermint Oobleck: Oobleck is a combination of water and cornstarch. It can be a liquid or solid depending on how you play with it. You can really add anything to Oobleck, so we decided to add Peppermint Candies to go along with our Christmas Theme. After playing for a while, I brought out our play kitchen tools (measuring cups and spoons, whisk, spatula, etc.) to add to the fun. Easton had a great time and spent over an hour doing this activity! Click here for a tutorial.
Candy Cane Color Matching: We did some color matching today. I found the candy cane color matching, size ordering and numbers from the same Christmas Pack. Click here to print.
Candy Cane Size Ordering: Easton also ordered candy canes from smallest to largest. He still needs some assistance, but is definitely getting the hang of it. Click here to print.
Candy Cane Numbers: Easton counted the number of candy canes and matched the correct number. These type of activities are never his favorite, so I often bring out a few chocolate chips to make him excited about doing them. Click here to print.
Do-a-Dot Candy Cane: I like how simple this art project was. I just drew a candy cane with circles in the middle on a piece of paper, but you can print a candy cane pattern card as well. Easton used Do-a-Dot Markers to fill in the circles - although Christmas candies or colored counters would be fun, too. On a similar thought, I also loved a Fingerprint Candy Cane (second picture below).
Candy Cane Play Dough: Play dough is always a hit at our house. Candy Cane Play Dough is essentially salt dough mixed with red food coloring and peppermint extract. The dough smelled so good the entire time we were playing with it! We used our Christmas Cookie Cutters and play dough accessories today. After we were done playing with it, I placed the dough in a ziplock back to keep it from drying out so we can use it throughout the Christmas season.
Peppermint Oobleck: Oobleck is a combination of water and cornstarch. It can be a liquid or solid depending on how you play with it. You can really add anything to Oobleck, so we decided to add Peppermint Candies to go along with our Christmas Theme. After playing for a while, I brought out our play kitchen tools (measuring cups and spoons, whisk, spatula, etc.) to add to the fun. Easton had a great time and spent over an hour doing this activity! Click here for a tutorial.
