It's Playtime! : Beat the Heat

I realize that we're not the only people going through a heat wave these past few weeks.
I've noticed in many posts linked up to It's Playtime lately, especially last week,
that my playdate pals have found creative ways to beat the heat too!

[Come Together Kids, using the heat like an oven to melt crayons: Hot Car Crayons!]

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Art : Frozen Painting

Beating the Heat has been fun last week. 

Even though it was miserably hot, we used lots of ice to keep us cool.

So far, George has played with ice cubes [a simple sensory activity for babies] and Henry discovered a healthy snack of fruit in a frozen ice excavation.

We even managed to keep cool while creating art!

I've seen a lot of ice cube paintings out there, 

where you color some ice cubes with some food coloring.

It often gives a watercolor effect, often very pastel.

For this paint project, I was looking for a something a little more... vibrant!

So we got artsy with some frozen paint.

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Sensory Play : Frozen Excavation

In order to Beat The Heat last week, we froze some berries and excavated them out!

Using tools to find hidden treasures is thrilling for a preschooler! 

Henry was so excited to dig out his buried treasure.

We got started by making the buried treasures together.

We had some leftover fruit in the fridge: blueberries, black raspberries and grapes.

Add them to an ice cube tray partially filled with water and freeze them again.

[We also made a larger buried treasure in a Pyrex dish.]

I think Henry snacked on as much of the fruit as he did burying them.

[This might be a sneaky way to get in a healthy snack!]

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Baby Play : Ice Sensory

I'm claiming this week as Beat The Heat Week here on hands on : as we grow. This past week has been miserably hot and humid here, 100+ degrees and add on 95% humidity. Miserable. This week doesn't look like its going to be much better either.

Along with breaking out the pool to cool off every day, we found some other activities to do outside and make the heat more tolerable. We beat the heat.

Something easy for George to do [that Henry enjoyed as well] that kept him cool was simply a bowl of ice cubes. Though they didn't stay frozen long, we added to them to keep the activity going.

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