Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Monster Madness!

We had a monstrous good time today at casa de Sense of Wonder with a terrifying array of monster related fun! First, we practiced our gross motor skills with a game I like to call Monster Invaders. The girls were charged with the task of defending the house from the hideous monsters which had invaded. The girls were armed only with their trusty bean bags and the famous "point, aim, shoot" technique taught to me and my fellow classmates by Mr. Woods the gym coach at Highland Park Elementary. The girls did amazingly well, knocking each of the hideous beast to the floor.






Our next activity involved magnets. Lots and lots of magnets, which I used to make these monster face magnets for the girls to play with. They each had a set of eyes (made from googly eyes and poker chips) mouths, noses, ears, horns, and hair which they could arrange in all manner of different ways to create these creepy creatures.

The final monster related activity was monster goo, the recipe for which can be found here.
 This is of course assuming that you follow directions. Birdy and CC prefer a more experimental approach, mixing a little of this and a little of that, so our goo was probably not the right consistency. But it was gross all the same.

I gave the girls googly eyes and let them play. They loved it! They would laugh and squeal with a mixture of disgust and delight. I shall call our Monster Madness day a complete success!
I linked up with...
Rainbows Within Reach Monster Linky party

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4 comments:

  1. I found your post through the Playtime linky. I love all of your monster activities! My son will love them too. I'm pinning this. Thank you so much for sharing!

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  2. Kristin@Sense of WonderSeptember 30, 2011 at 9:04 PM

    I love Pinterest! I need to get set up on there. So far I'm just a stalker, checking out what other folks are pinning!

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  3. I saw this being shared on Facebook via Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational and had to check it out!

    We have a monster themed week coming up right after Halloween so I have been brainstorming ideas. Love the game and magnets!!!!

    I would love for you to share this on my weekly child centered linky party - The Sunday Showcase - http://momto2poshlildivas.blogspot.com/search/label/Sunday%20Showcase

    Great Fun!
    Bern

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  4. Kristin@Sense of WonderOctober 2, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    Oh I hope you have fun, I actually have some more monster stuff, I just didn't get it posted. Does that ever happen to you? I get so far ahead of myself and I can't catch up.

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