Candy Towers

Alyssa came home from her play school with a plate of Spice Drops and toothpicks. She couldn't eat the candies because they were old but she wanted to make more towers so we went to Walmart and got some more spice drops. Then after dinner, for our family activity, we made Candy Towers. It was really fun and Alyssa loved eating the candy - then again, so did I :)
These are a few of our creations.

Daddy's creation

Cost: $2. $1 for the Spice Drops and $1 for the toothpicks.

Stars: 5/5 - this was really fun and age appropriate for all of us.

Time: We spent about a half hour on this but we could have gone longer. We will definately do this again. Alyssa has already asked for this.

This was really fun.

Making Bracelets

Excuse my daughters hair, she hates having it brushed unless I tell her she'll look like a princess.

We were saying good bye to a friend of hers so we decided to make her friend a necklace and bracelet. It was a fun activity and really good for her fine motor skills.

We taped the end of the elastic to the table and wrapped a little tape around the top of the elastic to help with the putting on of the beads. Alyssa had a great time and loved the final products.

Cost: About $7 for the beads and elastic - it helps when Joann's has sales.

Stars: 4/5 - would have been a little better for older kids.

Time: Took about an hour or so. We had to stop because she would get bored after a little while so we left it on the table and she would go back to it.