Tuesday, Brendan and I made shadow puppets on the wall. We talked about the differences between dark and light. I even pointed out our silhouettes on the wall and pointed out that Brendan was little and mommy was big. We had an hour of fun; turning our heads, dancing, waving and twirling all while watching our shadows. I think discovering your shadow is such a fun part of childhood. It also helps develop an image of self.
Wednesday, I made a Halloween “I Spy” bottle. I used some small Halloween erasers, some orange and black beads, small googly eyes, spider rings, small black beans and some white beans that I painted black eyes on (they resembled ghosts!). I combined all of the items in a plastic bottle. We shook the bottle and found the pumpkin over and over. I’m not exaggerating when I say we searched for the little pumpkin about fifteen times in twenty minutes. He kept pointing at all of the pumpkins throughout the house all day, so needless to say we found the pumpkin in the bottle many more times.
Thursday, we made Mickey Mouse Halloween cookies. My son absolutely idolizes Mickey Mouse, so as soon as he saw the Mickey Mouse shaped cookies the biggest smile immediately spread across his cute little face. “Mouse, Mouse!” He kept yelling. I allowed him to smear orange and black frosting all over the cookies anyway he chose. We then took turns pointing out Mickey Mouse’s ears. I loved making these cookies with Brendan, they brought back wonderful childhood memories of my own.
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