Operation Playtime Day 11 of 12: Sugar chalk

January 30th, 2009

Posted by Melitsa in Education, Homemade, Operation playtime, play activities, Thought of the week

This is a guest post from Shannon of Teachingtots. She is a SAHM with 2 wonderful girls! I was a preschol teacher for 11 years before I decided to stay at home with my oldest LO. I dug out all my teacher books and started teaching her at home. She is in 2nd grade now and getting all A’s! When I had my littlest girl I started all over again but this time with a twist I started a blog about our homeschool adventures: TeachingTinytots

My girls love to color with Chalk and i love it too for 1 because we always have chalk around the house! But lets face it chalk drawings smear and smudge! Well not anymore: Sugar Chalk will be bold and bright and it won’t smear or smudge!

You will need: sidewalk chalk or regular chalk, bowl, water, sugar, construction paper

To make: place water and 1/2 cup of sugar in the bowl and stir until it is dissolved. place the chalk in the bowl ( make sure the bowl is big enough and there is enough water to cover the chalk. Let the chalk soak a few hours or overnight.

Take the chalk out and give your LO’s construction paper and the chalk and them create pretty masterpieces! Black or dark blue construction paper makes the most bold chalk masterpieces but any color will work!!!

This idea and recipe came from my favorite art book for little kids First Art by Mary Ann Kohl

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Melitsa Avila is a former teacher, mother of three boys and military wife who talks about living an intentional play lifestyle using practical and everyday play activities to do with the under 5s. She publishes related ebooks & newsletters. Melitsa is the host and producer of a weekly Early Childhood radio show: Raising Playful Tots bringing parents and carers together with Early childhood practitioners. Thanks for reading!

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