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text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-rbjA6fREbgk\/VhPnnlpgBqI\/AAAAAAAAD2k\/36j0FQgeGFc\/s1600\/decorating%2Blittle%2Bpumpkins.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-rbjA6fREbgk\/VhPnnlpgBqI\/AAAAAAAAD2k\/36j0FQgeGFc\/s640\/decorating%2Blittle%2Bpumpkins.jpg\" width=\"456\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EFirst we decided to paint our pumpkins with some orange paint. \u0026nbsp;This was the most obvious choice and something that both of the children enjoy doing. \u0026nbsp;So Ethan and Ivy each had their own little pumpkin to paint, and they were both really focused on covering the whole pumpkin with paint.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-WIfSQvXGWew\/VhPofZTtRHI\/AAAAAAAAD2s\/vEs-m2HK72Q\/s1600\/decorating%2Blittle%2Bpumpkins%2B-%2Bpainting.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-WIfSQvXGWew\/VhPofZTtRHI\/AAAAAAAAD2s\/vEs-m2HK72Q\/s400\/decorating%2Blittle%2Bpumpkins%2B-%2Bpainting.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003ENext we used some watered down PVA glue and orange tissue paper to decorate our pumpkins. \u0026nbsp;We started by painting the pumpkins with the glue mixture, then carefully stuck on some small squares of tissue paper. \u0026nbsp;Ethan was really good at carefully covering his pumpkin with the tissue paper, but Ivy just did the top of hers!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-t109H8x01Ys\/VhPoiwmlD8I\/AAAAAAAAD20\/fgIoYlK0bdU\/s1600\/decorating%2Blittle%2Bpumpkins%2B-%2Bsticking.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-t109H8x01Ys\/VhPoiwmlD8I\/AAAAAAAAD20\/fgIoYlK0bdU\/s400\/decorating%2Blittle%2Bpumpkins%2B-%2Bsticking.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EAnd for our last two pumpkins we decided to do something very different, and decorate them with red lentils (which actually look quite orange!) \u0026nbsp;Again we painted our pumpkins with glue and then picked up the lentils to sprinkle on (as a sort of alternative to glitter) little did I know that this would be much trickier than I thought as the lentils were sticking to everyone's fingers more than the pumpkins! \u0026nbsp;We decided that if we used a little pot to pour the lentils on, or if we rolled the pumpkins around in the lentils it worked a lot better.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-oTS3aTkaE00\/VhPomxFO0JI\/AAAAAAAAD28\/ozaalqbZkQc\/s1600\/decorating%2Blittle%2Bpumpkins%2B-%2Bsticking%2Blentils.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-oTS3aTkaE00\/VhPomxFO0JI\/AAAAAAAAD28\/ozaalqbZkQc\/s400\/decorating%2Blittle%2Bpumpkins%2B-%2Bsticking%2Blentils.JPG\" width=\"398\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EI'm really impressed with how lovely and different all of our little pumpkins turned out, they're going to look fantastic in the window for Halloween!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; 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Learn Everyday's board Halloween Fun for Kids on Pinterest.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E    "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.playlearneveryday.com\/feeds\/952432745079189327\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.playlearneveryday.com\/2015\/09\/decorating-little-pumpkins.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8759386125390251217\/posts\/default\/952432745079189327"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8759386125390251217\/posts\/default\/952432745079189327"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.playlearneveryday.com\/2015\/09\/decorating-little-pumpkins.html","title":"Decorating Little Pumpkins"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Play \u0026amp; 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text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-cq2VK4Kco1s\/VhPeDwAacdI\/AAAAAAAAD2E\/J0vRH3r3AMs\/s1600\/halloween%2Blanterns.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-cq2VK4Kco1s\/VhPeDwAacdI\/AAAAAAAAD2E\/J0vRH3r3AMs\/s640\/halloween%2Blanterns.JPG\" width=\"460\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EWe love the kits from Baker Ross for days that we just want an easy craft that doesn't need a lot of supplies, and these lanterns didn't disappoint. \u0026nbsp;All that we needed was to use our own glue, everything else was supplied for us. \u0026nbsp;We started by putting some glue around each of the four pictures on the lantern.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-VIgdmqPXmY0\/VhPeLo8ww3I\/AAAAAAAAD2M\/BOA9H03tT00\/s1600\/halloween%2Blanterns%2B-%2Bglueing.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-VIgdmqPXmY0\/VhPeLo8ww3I\/AAAAAAAAD2M\/BOA9H03tT00\/s400\/halloween%2Blanterns%2B-%2Bglueing.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EThen Ethan took a piece of tissue paper and placed it over each of the pictures. \u0026nbsp;He was very careful and made sure that the picture was covered entirely with the tissue.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-DswvFrxu2kg\/VhPeQlFklsI\/AAAAAAAAD2U\/X4V3XvX_J_8\/s1600\/halloween%2Blanterns%2B-%2Bsticking.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-DswvFrxu2kg\/VhPeQlFklsI\/AAAAAAAAD2U\/X4V3XvX_J_8\/s400\/halloween%2Blanterns%2B-%2Bsticking.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EThen I helped Ethan to stick the sides of the lantern together and to tie a string through the top to attach the pole, and that was it, our lantern was finished!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E* This is a review post, we were sent the lantern kits from Baker Ross to make and to write our opinions about.*\u003C\/span\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.playlearneveryday.com\/feeds\/3701884862293528796\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.playlearneveryday.com\/2015\/09\/halloween-lanterns.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8759386125390251217\/posts\/default\/3701884862293528796"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8759386125390251217\/posts\/default\/3701884862293528796"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.playlearneveryday.com\/2015\/09\/halloween-lanterns.html","title":"Halloween Lanterns"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Play \u0026amp; Learn Every Day"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14115514683282801983"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-cq2VK4Kco1s\/VhPeDwAacdI\/AAAAAAAAD2E\/J0vRH3r3AMs\/s72-c\/halloween%2Blanterns.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759386125390251217.post-888725198838043497"},"published":{"$t":"2015-09-29T22:08:00.002+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-09-29T22:16:23.364+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"19 months old"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"3 1\/2 years old"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"knowledge and understanding of the world"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"play"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"preschooler"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"toddler"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Miffy's Adventures"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EWe love \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.miffy.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMiffy\u003C\/a\u003E, and so we're very excited that she's getting her very own TV show on Tiny Pop starting this Friday 2nd October. \u0026nbsp;It's called \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.tinypop.com\/programs\/miffys-adventures-big-and-small\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMiffy's Adventures Big and Small\u003C\/a\u003E and we can't wait to watch it on Friday evening. \u0026nbsp;We've even got a Miffy toy to giveaway (details below).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-p8l-TSH1j0Q\/VgrobqvEouI\/AAAAAAAADuY\/A0oLblILrws\/s1600\/Miffy%2Bon%2BTiny%2BPop.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"291\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-p8l-TSH1j0Q\/VgrobqvEouI\/AAAAAAAADuY\/A0oLblILrws\/s400\/Miffy%2Bon%2BTiny%2BPop.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EThe show couldn't come at a better time, with Miffy's 60th Birthday celebrations this year (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.playlearneveryday.com\/2015\/07\/happy-birthday-miffy.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewe made her a cake!\u003C\/a\u003E) And it just looks like it's going to be fantastic! \u0026nbsp;(See the sneak peek video below.) \u0026nbsp;Miffy's Adventures Big and Small will be short episodes of just 7 minutes each, perfect for little ones to just have a nice quiet show before bedtime. \u0026nbsp;The show features Miffy and her friends going on adventures together and learning about the world around them.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/video.g?token=AD6v5dy94oHJ7cTv4f0UNMD5htWN20Z9KGS1C6eXjwvgddyDiHOd18VhV_0ttydiUghqZKZK1vs--mlB9lf2PEcYLA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EIf you're too excited about the show to wait, you can join in on a Twitter party on Friday afternoon at 1pm. \u0026nbsp;Just follow\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Miffy_UK\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E@Miffy_UK\u003C\/a\u003E for more details. \u0026nbsp;There are prizes to be won and a chance to find out more about the show, I'll be taking part too, so be sure to follow me\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlayLearnToday\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E@PlayLearnToday\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-nNTyN1nqi2E\/Vgr1pnTZLzI\/AAAAAAAADu8\/11OqVCA2l7s\/s1600\/Sensory%2BMiffy%2B%25283%2529.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-nNTyN1nqi2E\/Vgr1pnTZLzI\/AAAAAAAADu8\/11OqVCA2l7s\/s400\/Sensory%2BMiffy%2B%25283%2529.png\" width=\"266\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EAnd because I just want to spread some Miffy love, I get to give away this adorable Miffy Sensory Toy! \u0026nbsp;So head over to my Instagram page\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/playandlearneveryday\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E@playandlearneveryday\u003C\/a\u003E and find the photo of Miffy for more details.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E* This is a collaborative post, Miffy have provided me with this sensory toy to giveaway so that I could write the post.*\u003C\/span\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.playlearneveryday.com\/feeds\/888725198838043497\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.playlearneveryday.com\/2015\/09\/miffys-adventures.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8759386125390251217\/posts\/default\/888725198838043497"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8759386125390251217\/posts\/default\/888725198838043497"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.playlearneveryday.com\/2015\/09\/miffys-adventures.html","title":"Miffy's Adventures"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Play \u0026amp; 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text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-7i384lxftfs\/Vghfp0NJy4I\/AAAAAAAADt0\/thdYR5ujbAo\/s1600\/cardboard%2Bbox%2Brocket%2Bship.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-7i384lxftfs\/Vghfp0NJy4I\/AAAAAAAADt0\/thdYR5ujbAo\/s640\/cardboard%2Bbox%2Brocket%2Bship.JPG\" width=\"454\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EIt's so simple to get him started but just opening up the box for him, putting him inside and giving him some crayons and markers to start creating. \u0026nbsp;He wanted to draw controls for the rocket ship, buttons and a steering wheel so that he could drive it. \u0026nbsp;I wrote the numbers from 10 to 1 for him so that we could point at the numbers as we did a countdown. \u0026nbsp;Ivy joined in and scribbled around the rocket as well. \u0026nbsp;Ethan asked me to cut a window into the rocket so that they could see the moon.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-pBRdjXsPWt0\/Vghfycfe1cI\/AAAAAAAADt8\/o6HSF8uY694\/s1600\/cardboard%2Bbox%2Brocket%2Bship%2B-%2Bdrawing%2Bcontrols.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-pBRdjXsPWt0\/Vghfycfe1cI\/AAAAAAAADt8\/o6HSF8uY694\/s400\/cardboard%2Bbox%2Brocket%2Bship%2B-%2Bdrawing%2Bcontrols.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EThey both climbed inside and pretended to take off and fly into space together. \u0026nbsp;They closed up the door so I couldn't even see them, but I could hear them playing and having fun together. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-GDN8K_vW-3o\/Vghf62qqqlI\/AAAAAAAADuE\/dTyKXDFLjRk\/s1600\/cardboard%2Bbox%2Brocket%2Bship%2B-%2Bclimbing%2Bin.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-GDN8K_vW-3o\/Vghf62qqqlI\/AAAAAAAADuE\/dTyKXDFLjRk\/s400\/cardboard%2Bbox%2Brocket%2Bship%2B-%2Bclimbing%2Bin.JPG\" width=\"398\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EWe didn't end up with something that looked like a rocket ship to anyone else, I could have got out the silver paint and spent the whole day making the box look like a rocket, but instead they just got to play in it all day long. \u0026nbsp;We put the boxes away and Ethan continued to ask to have them out to play in every day. \u0026nbsp;It really doesn't take much to create a fun place to play and learn.\u003C\/span\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.playlearneveryday.com\/feeds\/137029107740546680\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.playlearneveryday.com\/2015\/09\/cardboard-box-rocket-ship.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8759386125390251217\/posts\/default\/137029107740546680"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8759386125390251217\/posts\/default\/137029107740546680"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.playlearneveryday.com\/2015\/09\/cardboard-box-rocket-ship.html","title":"Cardboard Box Rocket Ship"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Play \u0026amp; 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text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-FRV0i-777pU\/VgcOwD5_x6I\/AAAAAAAADtk\/zxJXDSpYrwA\/s1600\/ellie%2Band%2Beddie%2B-%2Bdry%2Bskin%2Blessons%2B-%2Baveeno.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"395\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-FRV0i-777pU\/VgcOwD5_x6I\/AAAAAAAADtk\/zxJXDSpYrwA\/s400\/ellie%2Band%2Beddie%2B-%2Bdry%2Bskin%2Blessons%2B-%2Baveeno.png\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EThis time Ellie and Eddie are handling their dry skin in the autumn when they're back at school in \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.aveeno.co.uk\/skin-stories-book-3\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EThe Dry-ventures of Ellie and Eddie - Dry Skin Lessons\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026nbsp;It's a great little story showing how Ellie takes her cream to school with her, how she keeps track of when to put it on and just how many children need to use cream for their dry skin. \u0026nbsp;Ethan was really interested in it and asked lots of questions about Ellie's school in relation to his preschool. \u0026nbsp;It's definitely a good reminder for him that he's not the only one that needs to put cream on during the day to keep his skin feeling nice.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EThis is the third book in the series of books that Aveeno has put out to help children with dry skin to understand why they have to use their cream and how much it helps them by relating to the characters in the stories, which can all be \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.aveeno.co.uk\/childrens-dry-skin\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Edownloaded from their website\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026nbsp;We've reviewed the previous two books \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.playlearneveryday.com\/2015\/02\/aveeno-and-dry-ventures-of-ellie-and.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBye Bye Dry Skin\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.playlearneveryday.com\/2015\/04\/our-sunday-storybook-dry-ventures-of.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EHappy Skin Holiday\u003C\/a\u003E and have found them really helpful.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E* This is a review post, we were sent a copy of the book and a sample Aveeno product to try out and to write our honest review.*\u003C\/span\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.playlearneveryday.com\/feeds\/7698707092728247393\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.playlearneveryday.com\/2015\/09\/back-to-school-with-ellie-and-eddie.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8759386125390251217\/posts\/default\/7698707092728247393"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8759386125390251217\/posts\/default\/7698707092728247393"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.playlearneveryday.com\/2015\/09\/back-to-school-with-ellie-and-eddie.html","title":"Back to School with Ellie and Eddie"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Play \u0026amp; 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text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-LGoCSCllDio\/VgRhJHvkZOI\/AAAAAAAADsc\/Z6zEG9uB3rQ\/s1600\/making%2Bour%2Bown%2Bmemory%2Bgame.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-LGoCSCllDio\/VgRhJHvkZOI\/AAAAAAAADsc\/Z6zEG9uB3rQ\/s640\/making%2Bour%2Bown%2Bmemory%2Bgame.JPG\" width=\"458\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EYou don't need to have a set to use, you could just some heavy card or even cardboard cut into equal sized squares. \u0026nbsp;For Ivy I drew some simple shapes and let her use her markers to colour them in. \u0026nbsp;We've been learning shapes, so it was good for her to use the words to identify them but also to have the freedom to colour them however she liked.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-2VFcCXVepaw\/VgRjfmPRDTI\/AAAAAAAADso\/20lf_e1ORGk\/s1600\/making%2Bour%2Bown%2Bmemory%2Bgame%2B-%2Bcolouring%2Bstars.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-2VFcCXVepaw\/VgRjfmPRDTI\/AAAAAAAADso\/20lf_e1ORGk\/s400\/making%2Bour%2Bown%2Bmemory%2Bgame%2B-%2Bcolouring%2Bstars.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EFor Ethan I explained that we wanted to have 2 cards that were exactly the same. \u0026nbsp;I only gave him 2 cards at a time and made sure that we talked about what he was going to draw and what colours he was going to use first. \u0026nbsp;It was definitely a challenge for him to draw 2 identical pictures, he kept wanting to draw different pictures on each card, but with reminders and encouragement that he would get to play the game at the end he was convinced to follow instructions.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-EJoXEkmmuxA\/VgRjpFe_Z9I\/AAAAAAAADsw\/45Bl8Vo4L2s\/s1600\/making%2Bour%2Bown%2Bmemory%2Bgame%2B-%2BEthan%2527s%2Bdrawing.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-EJoXEkmmuxA\/VgRjpFe_Z9I\/AAAAAAAADsw\/45Bl8Vo4L2s\/s400\/making%2Bour%2Bown%2Bmemory%2Bgame%2B-%2BEthan%2527s%2Bdrawing.JPG\" width=\"398\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EOnce the kids had each drawn and coloured in 5 pairs I wrote each of their names on two cards so that we had a full set of 24 cards to play with, and Ethan shuffled them all around ready for us to play our memory game.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-rQswt_cTJUM\/VgRkF4deQbI\/AAAAAAAADs4\/otRQkLuMWSs\/s1600\/making%2Bour%2Bown%2Bmemory%2Bgame%2B-%2Bmixing%2Bup%2Bcards.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-rQswt_cTJUM\/VgRkF4deQbI\/AAAAAAAADs4\/otRQkLuMWSs\/s400\/making%2Bour%2Bown%2Bmemory%2Bgame%2B-%2Bmixing%2Bup%2Bcards.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EIvy is new to playing games like this so my main focus for her is to teach her how turn taking games work and to follow instructions. \u0026nbsp;She kept wanting to turn over all of the cards at once, so we kept saying 'wait' and then counting own cards to turn over '1, 2' then turning them back over. \u0026nbsp;She didn't make any matches, but she did start to wait a little bit longer between turns at least!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-YnjHQjeoNJQ\/VgRkLa_iV3I\/AAAAAAAADtA\/ELE-dVY3nbw\/s1600\/making%2Bour%2Bown%2Bmemory%2Bgame%2B-%2Bplaying%2Btogether.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-YnjHQjeoNJQ\/VgRkLa_iV3I\/AAAAAAAADtA\/ELE-dVY3nbw\/s400\/making%2Bour%2Bown%2Bmemory%2Bgame%2B-%2Bplaying%2Btogether.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EEthan didn't mind that at all, as he was able to match all of the pairs on his turns and end up winning the game! \u0026nbsp;He was quite good at remembering that he had seen certain cards already, but sometimes forgot where he had seen them and needed a few tries to find them. \u0026nbsp;He was so excited to make matches and stack them all up in front of him!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-c2ydZ5Ul_0w\/VgRkSRCqW0I\/AAAAAAAADtI\/RPvjGFwRBzc\/s1600\/making%2Bour%2Bown%2Bmemory%2Bgame%2B-%2Bmatching%2Bpair.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-c2ydZ5Ul_0w\/VgRkSRCqW0I\/AAAAAAAADtI\/RPvjGFwRBzc\/s400\/making%2Bour%2Bown%2Bmemory%2Bgame%2B-%2Bmatching%2Bpair.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EWe had so much fun making our own memory cards and playing with them, we'll definitely be adding to our cards and playing again soon.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.playlearneveryday.com\/feeds\/2013480044860899031\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.playlearneveryday.com\/2015\/09\/making-our-own-memory-game.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8759386125390251217\/posts\/default\/2013480044860899031"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8759386125390251217\/posts\/default\/2013480044860899031"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.playlearneveryday.com\/2015\/09\/making-our-own-memory-game.html","title":"Making our own Memory Game"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Play \u0026amp; 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