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Tag Archives: Halloween activities

Witch’s Brew Play Dough Kit

10 / 15 / 1810 / 19 / 18

Witch s Brew Play Dough Kit | Mama Papa Bubba

Oh how I love putting together play dough kits!  After years and years of them being one of our play staples {as well as our go-to homemade gift}, Miss G sort of moved onto really loving other types of play around the time Sam was born {#sadday}.  Then when Sam was finally ready for it, we stuck with our taste-safe baby play dough and our go-to no-cook play dough for a long while before moving onto full-on play dough kits with loads of fun loose parts included, so it’s been a minute.  Recently we’ve done a really awesome Little Blue Truck play dough kit {which I’ll be sure to share soon} as well as an autumn spice dough with whole spices, but this witch’s brew play dough kit is our newest kit and it’s been oh so much fun.

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To make it, I started out by making three separate batches of our go-to super squishy, no-cook play dough.  This time around, I skipped the Kool-Aid and Frosting Creation packs and simply made unscented doughs in vibrant Halloween-inspired colours using my favourite Wilton gel colourings.

Witch's Brew Play Dough Kit | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

Then it was off to our Halloween bin downstairs to find some fun loose parts to add to our kit.  Here’s what Sam and I found {all purchased at Dollarama in previous years}…  Some small plastic rats, mini spiders, flies, and ants, some purple bats, and some monster googly eyes.

Witch's Brew Play Dough Kit | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

Of course a play dough kit means a GLIS divided container from Ikea, so we dug one of those out too.  {Seriously one of my very favourite things to buy at Ikea.  So much so that I always keep a few extras on hand for gifts and fun projects.}

Witch's Brew Play Dough Kit | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

Alright, so here’s how we organized our kit!   Our freshly made play dough in one of the big spots {I’d first place this in a big zip-close bag if giving the kit as a gift or storing it for any amount of time as the containers aren’t air-tight}…

Witch's Brew Play Dough Kit | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

Our little creepy loose parts in the small slots in the front…

Witch's Brew Play Dough Kit | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

And some mini ‘cauldrons’ {aka apple sauce containers} and some play kitchen utensils for stirring the brew along the side.

Witch's Brew Play Dough Kit | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

We also tucked our rats in with the cauldrons and utensils as that’s where we had space.

Witch's Brew Play Dough Kit | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

Here’s the finished kit!  Wouldn’t this make a lovely gift when paired with a copy of Room on the Broom?  Especially for a kiddos with a birthday or party around Halloween?  I also love the idea of making these and gifting them to your child’s preschool or Kindergarten class… I mean which teacher wouldn’t appreciate a ready-made sensory activity for her munchkins to enjoy??

Witch's Brew Play Dough Kit | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

The best thing about play dough kits like these?  ANYTHING GOES.

Witch's Brew Play Dough Kit | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

Miss G opted to use one of the big cauldrons we use for Halloween goodies for her witches brew…

Witch's Brew Play Dough Kit | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

And Sam stacked his brew up nice and high and layered creepy crawlies in between.

When they were done, the kiddos removed the little bits and bobs from the play dough, sorted them back into the container {awesome sorting practice for kiddos Sam’s age}, and I popped the play dough into a zip-close bag before putting it back into our divided container and closing it up.

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Mini Pumpkin People {An Invitation to Create}

9 / 30 / 1510 / 6 / 15

Mini Pumpkin People Invitation to Create | Mama Papa Bubba

Yesterday while visiting The Apple Barn out in Abbotsford, Miss G fell in love with the itty bitty pumpkins scattered throughout the u-pick pumpkin patch.  While we’re planning a family trip to pick the pumpkins we’ll carve later in the month, she totally convinced me to buy a couple of mini ones by telling me all about her grand plans to decorate Rosealina and Harold {yes, she even had names for them} with some of the fun craft supplies we keep on our art cart.  {I mean how can you say no really?}  

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Spider Web Slime Halloween Favours

9 / 23 / 159 / 24 / 15

Spider Web Slime Halloween Favours | Mama Papa Bubba

Slime…  It’s probably Miss G’s favourite thing to give to her friends when Halloween rolls around each year.  I don’t blame her – it’s stretchy and gooey and just plain fun.  In the past we’ve done mini mason jars of pink sparkly slime for her ballerina friends and little Franken-SLIME containers for the kiddos that live in our building, and this year we’ve decided on two new types of slime giveaways for her buddies – the first of which is these spider web slime halloween favours.

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Slime Monsters

10 / 5 / 1410 / 8 / 14

Slime Monsters | Mama Papa Bubba

As I was looking back at some of the fun things we did last October, I came across our Franken-SLIME Halloween favours.  It’s been a long time since we whipped up a new batch of slime and we adore playing with it, so today was the day!  While I did think about making green slime and adding some loose parts to stick with the Franken-slime theme, I changed my mind part way through and decided that we’d do several Halloween-ish colours of slime paired with googly eyes and foam parts in order to create slime monsters!   …Oh my goodness, am I ever glad I did because Gracen just loved it.

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A Spooky Bug Swamp

10 / 24 / 1310 / 27 / 13

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A bin of green oobleck and a handful of creepy crawlers = messy Halloween-inspired fun for the kids in the courtyard.  The bugs slowly sunk into the oobleck and disappeared in the sticky swamp, so retrieving them was great fun.

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Halloween Footprint Bunting

10 / 22 / 1310 / 26 / 13

Halloween Footprint Bunting | Mama Papa Bubba

A couple of mornings ago during breakfast, Miss G turned to me with the sparkle in her eyes that means she’s got a brilliant new idea bubbling, and said, ‘Mama, I have an idea…  We should decorate our whole apartment with Halloween stuff!  Like ghosts and bats and jack-o-lanterns and all that spooky stuff.’  I agreed and got to thinking about all of the fun holiday items and decorations we had to leave in Canada when moving to the Middle East.  

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Super Spooky Buggy Water

10 / 20 / 1310 / 20 / 13

Super Spooky Buggy Water | Mama Papa Bubba

Sometimes I do weird things just to see Miss G’s reaction.  I don’t know…. I can’t help myself I guess.  Seeing her little face light up with excitement {or crinkle up in total confusion} makes my heart happy.  So today when she asked for a glass of water during her quiet play time, I surprised her with a Halloweenified glass of what she’s deemed ‘buggy water’.  {Doesn’t it look sort of like a glass full of baby spiders?  Yum!}

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Candy Jewellery

10 / 10 / 1310 / 8 / 14

This week, Miss G and I are participating in a candy play series with several other mamas  and munchkins…  On Monday we created beautiful glossy paint using Skittles, on Tuesday we created mouldable and edible candy clay, and yesterday we sorted, counted, and graphed SweeTARTS.

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Gracen and I have been having so much fun coming up with interesting ways to play, learn, and create with candy this week.  Since we almost never have it around, she thinks being able to play with candy is really cool, and with Halloween coming up, I’m thrilled to have some tried and true ways to put her candy stash to good use without it going into her belly or the garbage can.  Today’s activity was crazy simple {in a good way}, and we had a ton of fun with it.  Not to mention that it was perfect for my little lady who adores dress-up, jewels, and crafts.

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