Moot Thoughts & Musings

Window Decals!

I got these rolls of translucent plastic in primary colors in the window treatment section of IKEA. One side is kind of grippy so they stick to the window. Though I think if you use a little moisture it would stick better. When the colors are overlapped, they create secondary colors with the light shining through.

I cut out shapes freehand for Ellis to stick on. This activity was a moderate hit with him. He had difficulty managing small sticky bits, and was more interested in unrolling the rolls of plastic. I think if I had shapes manageable for his hands already cut out that would've helped. And in that case, would also make it a good activity for a younger kid as well. An older kid might get into some of the things I was trying to do, like make a little face with eyes, nose, mouth. That was just way too detaily for Ellis and he does have pretty good fine motor skills for his age (27 mos).

I also tried the butterfly, which was a little more successful. I just kind of whipped it together, taping it up. If I were to do it again, I'd make two silhouettes of the butterfly and "sandwich" the colors between them with glue or maybe even on contact paper.