Name: Chrissy
Location: United States

Non-working mom of two girls under two years old. I'm always on the look-out for new activities to engage my daughters in. Here you'll find some of the activities that we've enjoyed together. Have any suggestions for toddler fun? I'd love to hear from you! Email me at chrissy(at)toddlebits (dot)com.

Monday, May 12, 2008

Newspaper Streamers

Hooray for newspapers!

What a great theme for this week's Unplugged Project. So many possibilities...we made streamers!

We used strips of newspaper, a round plastic lid with the center cut out, a popsicle stick, and yarn and tape to hold it all together.

This picture shows pretty well how it all came together:

This is what it looked like.

I think this was Little Bit's first experience with streamers and it was an instant hit! She loved swishing her new toy all around her body...

Swish! Wee! Swish!

or just carrying it around with her.

 Come with me, Streamers.

And, not wanting to leave Bitty Baby out of the newspaper fun, we folded a newspaper hat!

One scoop or two?

We had actually planned on doing a couple other newspaper projects, but Little Bit fell sick at the end of the week and we just didn't get to them.  But never fear, I'm sure we'll do them soon!

Go check out what other folks did with newspaper at Unplug Your Kids!

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13 Comments:

At May 12, 2008 7:16 AM , Blogger Michie said...

First of all, that picture of your baby with the newspaper hat is priceless! So cute. Secondly, I LOVE the paper streamers! I think Paige and I will have to make some of those. I bet she'd love them.

I wish we could get together for a playdate - wouldn't we have fun? :)

 
At May 12, 2008 8:10 AM , Blogger morningstar said...

I wanna play too! What fun!

 
At May 12, 2008 3:11 PM , Blogger Pam said...

I love the picture of your baby and the hat. Streamers are a terrific idea. What fun to carry around.
pam
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/hip2schoolathome

 
At May 12, 2008 3:37 PM , Blogger MamaGeek said...

Chrissy, I'm always impressed with your green, fun ideas. And that shot? Oh that shot is a FRAMER my friend!

 
At May 12, 2008 6:05 PM , Blogger Kelsey S said...

That is so cute! What a great idea!

Kelsey
mysweetlife.org

 
At May 12, 2008 6:17 PM , Blogger Jenny said...

Yay for streamers! How fun.

Love the photos.

Hope you're all doing well!

 
At May 12, 2008 7:22 PM , Blogger Gottfredsen said...

Streamers are so much fun. I love the baby picture. That expression is priceless. So sweet

 
At May 12, 2008 8:07 PM , Blogger CC said...

Cool, great fun!! What tricks are you using to get those totally awesome photos?!! Photoshop or your actual camera!? I'm so envious of your skills.

 
At May 13, 2008 8:28 AM , Blogger Chrissy said...

CC- I just downloaded a free trial of Adobe Lightroom and used a preset called "direct spotlight" on these pics. I'm in love with this program! Thanks for coming by!

 
At May 13, 2008 3:20 PM , Blogger Mom Unplugged said...

First of all: Love that hat! Too cute!!

Streamers are a great idea. I hadn't thought of that one. I'm glad that LB enjoyed herself!

 
At May 13, 2008 6:18 PM , Blogger just jamie said...

Oh my GAWD, those babies are cute. Phew. Seriously. I think I remember there being something to do with newspapers in here, but all I can remember are those darn cute kiddos.

 
At May 14, 2008 11:24 AM , Blogger Our Green Nest said...

LOVE the pics and what a great idea! Your babies are beautiful!

 
At May 14, 2008 2:36 PM , Blogger mah-meeee said...

you take beautiful pictures!

 

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