Just Playing with Play-Doh and Forts

Henry has been having a lot of fun just playing.

I think doing all these activities and crafts with him lately has increased his independence.

We pulled out the Play-Doh tub again and he's starting to explore a little more with it. 

He still made his usual - cookies. They were M&M this time. I tried making it a little educational and had him count his M&Ms as he put them on the cookies. 


I made number sheets with cookies with the corresponding M&Ms on it - and I printed out the numbers 3 and 4 (I thought it might be better to only do a couple at a time instead of overwhelming him with all 1-9.


He just wanted to make his own cookies - instead he wanted me to put the right number of M&Ms on the cookie print outs.

Henry wanted a snake - So I made him a nice long snake (sometimes it was a worm). He rolled it up in a spiral and said he was 'sleeping'. Then he stretched it out and decorated it (made it 'pretty').

He also wanted to make balls (like Grandma does) - and he played catch with Blue Dog (he's right next to him in all of these pictures, but I didn't get him in any of the pictures). Over and over he rolled the ball back and forth between him and Blue Dog.

I cannot wait until he's able to make these more by himself. That's how all the activities and crafts are that we do - a lot of me doing it, and Henry assisting. It will make my day when he does the majority of it, and me doing the assisting.

Henry's also been really into forts (again, built by me or Dad). He tries building his own, but can never get the cushions to stay in the right place. Right now, the only place he tries to build a fort is on the couch. Almost every day, the cushions come off - he gathers all the blankets he can find and asks me to build his fort. It becomes his house - he has a basement, attic and a roof. Sometimes he has more specific rooms. Most of the time he likes to be completely shut up with his flashlight, a pillow or two, and Blue Dog.

What activities do your kids like to do over and over?