Welcome to Growing a Jeweled Rose, if this is your first visit then check out our Popular Posts and come and join us on Pinterest and Facebook.

May 16, 2013

Play Recipes- Homemade Bounce Balls


Some of you may be familiar with the creative glowing RAINBOW activities and play recipes we have shared over the last few months.  Some of my favorites have been glowing rainbow eruptions, glowing rainbow water beads, and glowing rainbow rice.  Today, we are adding a simple and fun play recipe to the glowing RAINBOW collection.

How to Make Glowing RAINBOW Bounce Balls
Play Recipe- How to make your own glowing bounce balls

May 14, 2013

May 13, 2013

Summer Fun- Magic Treasure Ice


It was another beautiful and HOT day here in Maryland yesterday, and we had lots of fun keeping cool with more Summer sensory play.  If you have missed any of the FUN Summer play activities we have been sharing as part of our Summer Play Series, be sure to check the list at the end of today's post.  Today, we are excited to share a Super Summer FUN activity using ice- not just any ice either but MAGIC ICE!



Summer Fun with MAGIC Ice
Easy to Make MAGIC Ice & Treasure Ice- A great way for kids to stay cool while having some SUPER Summer FUN!

May 12, 2013

Play Recipe- Freezy GOO


Today we are continuing with our Summer Sensory Play series, and we have been having so much fun.  So far in this series we have made an amazing frozen dough that melts, made freezy paints, had fun exploring Science with silly erupting watermelon heads, and played with Summer snow.  Today I am super excited to share an amazing freezy GOO play recipe!



FREEZY GOO Play Recipe
Amazing FREEZY GOO Play Recipe from Growing a Jeweled Rose- Freezy goo is icy cold and acts as both a liquid and a solid interchangeably. (A SUPER fun way o beat the heat this Summer!)

May 10, 2013

Play Recipe - Freezy Paints


We have been having so much fun this week as we rolled out our Summer Sensory Play Series!  In case you missed it, so far we have played with summer snow, made a super fun freezy dough that MELTS, and explored a bit of silly science with erupting watermelon heads.  Today, I am excited to share a simple play recipe to help kids beat the heat this Summer!



Freezy Paints Play Recipe
Easy to make FREEZY PAINTS - Create beautiful works of art with these super fluffy, icy paints - a perfect way for kids to beat the heat this Summer!!!

May 9, 2013

Play Recipe - Freezy Dough


Yesterday we shared Summer Snow, the first of many play recipes that will be part of our new Summer Sensory Play Series.  Today the fun continues with another fun play recipe perfect for the warm weather months.



 Freezy Dough Play Recipe

Freezy Dough- Icy COLD super fluffy sensory dough perfect for Summer play!
Pin It


While Rosie played with her Summer Snow  I thought about how we could use the idea of frozen shaving cream further.  I tried adding scent and color and it transformed this sensory material from a fluffy clean snow to an icy cold & super fluffy dough.  


Freezy Dough is AMAZINGLY fun for kids, and super simple for parents to make, too!  


To make Freezy Dough you will need:

May 8, 2013

Play Recipes - Summer Snow

The other day we kicked off a new series here on Growing a Jeweled Rose, and I could not be more excited about it!  All Summer long we will be sharing super fun sensory activities and play recipes as part of our Summer Sensory Play series!  We began the series with silly erupting watermelon heads, and today we are sharing a new Summer play recipe!


Summer Snow Play Recipe 

play recipes Summer Snow

May 7, 2013

May 6, 2013

Summer Sensory Play


Summer might not be here quite yet, but the hot weather is upon us here in the eastern United States, and we could not be more thrilled!  We have been having so much fun outside playing, and I have tons of Summer play ideas I just can't wait to share!  Today I am introducing a new Summer Play series here on Growing a Jeweled Rose, and we are kicking the series off with a SUPER fun Summer Activity for kids!




Summer Sensory Play
Summer Play

May 4, 2013

Play Recipes- Magic Mud


Today is the last day of our week long Play inspired by Nature series with Housing a Forest.  We have had such a blast!  If you have missed any of the fun we have shared, be sure to check the list of activities from the series at the end of today's post.  Today, Tammy is sharing about how sticks are nature's greatest toy, and we are sharing another fun mud play recipe.


Make Your Own MAGIC MUD
Magic Mud- A NEW Play Recipe from Growing a Jeweled Rose

Pin It
A NEW Play Recipe 

Earlier in the week we
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)