Sweet Snowman

 By far his favorite craft yet.

He made a snowman by licking each marshmallow and sticking it on to the outline I drew.  Then we added the carrot nose and other snowmanly accessories.  He was super proud!

Play-Doh

He wasn't quite sure what to think at first.

But eventually the squishy red stuff grew on him and he decided he might actually like this Play-Doh Mama had put out on his tray! We cut out shapes, rolled out some "worms" and Mama reluctantly attempted an Elmo face. And nothing like the smell of Play-Doh to take Mama back to the olden days!

For the Birds

I decided Sam was ready for a project.

I have a book called "Toddler Busy Book" full of ideas of fun things to do with toddlers. One suggestion for 18-24 month-olds was to make a pinecone bird feeder. We had pinecones that Great-great Aunt Carol had given me long ago and plenty of peanut butter in the pantry, all we needed was birdseed and we were ready to feed the birds.

Despite my attempts to keep from making too big a mess, we got peanut butter and birdseed everywhere. But we had fun. And Sam did really well. I was surprised at how good of a job he did spreading the peanut butter and sprinkling the birdseed on.  His favorite part was playing with a bowl of birdseed after we hung all the feeders! And now...we wait for birds!