The theme for this weeks Unplugged project was flat. I had a hard time coming up with something to do for this one, but I had this other project in my freezer for a while and figured out a way to make it work. I had seen this project on several other blogs and knew that the boys would love it, so a few weeks ago I put it together and have just been waiting for the right time to pull it out. Basically, I got a cake dome tuperware container and filled it with water and toys and froze it. Then I let them work like little archiologist to get their toys out of the ice. It was perfect timing because we saw our friends in Dallas the day before and he had just gotten back from a dig in Isreal and we talked about how they were doing work like Mr. Cameron.
For the "flat" aspect of the project we talked about how the sides and top of the ice were flat and smooth, but as they got the ice to melt and got their toys out it became bumpy and rough.
They used all kinds of "tools" to get at the toys, paint brushes, medicine syringes, squirt bottles, tooth brushes, etc, but in the end we just ended up pouring warm water on the ice to melt it. It was taking sooooo long to get at the toys.
They had a great time and we'll definitely do it again.
Reece really enjoyed licking the ice
Wyatt was excited about his first "treasure" he found
Seth was most excited about the Donald Duck he found
By the end of it Reece was moving rocks from the porch to the empty tuperware container
Reece really enjoyed licking the ice
Wyatt was excited about his first "treasure" he found
Seth was most excited about the Donald Duck he found
By the end of it Reece was moving rocks from the porch to the empty tuperware container
4 comments:
Wow, that is some huge block of ice! :) We did this a few weeks back with a cool whip container, and it still kept her busy for 45 minutes! But yours had the added benefit of being able to bury big things. Fun!
That is such a great idea and that is one huge chunk of ice! I don't think I've even got enough room in my freezer for a big one :) I'm going to add this to my to do list. Thanks for sharing.
We did one of these and it was so much fun for the kids. Great Job. Your Reece looks like my little guy. He was licking ours alot to.
Oh, that looks like so much fun!! I wish my daughter was a little younger again... :-)
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