Bubble Solution

OK! Seriously can't get any easier than this.

Materials:

Bubble Wands

Shallow Dish or Pan

Dish Soap

Combine two squirts of dish soap and enough water to cover the bottoms of your pan. Enjoy!

I found these bubble wands in a 10 cent box at a garage sale.  The little white wand is from a wedding we attended this summer.  Hurray for free!!

Approx Cost: $0.30

Mini Sandbox

 I found these sand toys on clearance last summer at the end of the season for super cheap. We don't have a sandbox and it's a beautiful March spring day so I decided to make one quick.

Gather:

Bin or large plastic container

Sand toys

Sand

Step One: Find some sort of large plastic container to be used as your sandbox. I used the lid from one of those large catering trays. You know the fruit and veggie, or meat and cheese trays that you get at the grocery store for events.  I do wedding coordinating on the side, and this one was leftover from last weekend. You could also use a rectangular storage bin.

Step Two: Fill with sand and toys. I bought several of these at Michael's for $.25, and the large purple shovel in the Target bargain section for $.50.  The sand was from a pile we have in our backyard left over from some relandscaping.

Step Three: Find a nice sunny place outside and play.

Phone

Once again a second hand find for $2.  

Little girl loves pushing buttons, and this old school 'old person' phone with jumbo buttons allows for just that. A good disinfecting wipe and we were good to go.

Play Idea:

Teach your children proper telephone manners.

Xylophone

So this breaks my traditional DIY mold, but it's a two dollar toy so it's worth blogging about.

I was at the Goodwill today looking for a few good toys with buttons and came across a little xylophone for...you guessed it...$2!

After getting it home I added an eye hook from a misc. bits and pieces bin in the basement. I then used yarn given to me by my sister-in-law to attach an old cocktail stir stick that I'd had lying around since college (even though I did not drink in college...just used for fancy punch). The octave is not in tune but does a one year old care? Nope.

Viola! A $2.25 toy. (If you want to be liberal about the price)

Egg Shakers

After last Easter I made these simple shakers for my 7 month old. She loved them!

Gather:

Sturdy Plastic Easter Eggs

Super Glue

Rice, Beans, etc.

Step One: Place a small handful of rice or beans in the bottom of a plastic egg. (Make sure whatever you use is non-toxic and non-cholkable just in case the egg should break)

Step 2: Run a bead of super glue along the latch edge of the egg. Close egg to secure contents. Allow to dry.

Step 3: Repeat steps above with different  items in the eggs to make different sounds.

Step 4: Shake away!