'Noculars

A little look at life today . . . 

Ava made some binoculars! (or, "'noculars" as she likes to say). We love doing little art projects around here, and what's better than some good ol' TP tube binoculars? She had such a fun time making them!

She actually started them last night -- after hot-gluing them together, she chose her paint palette - purple, pink and white. She did pretty well with painting for awhile . . . 

. . . but then got distracted by the idea of fingerpainting! We had to take a binocular break so she could create another little project. Cute! 

Eventually, she came back to it and glopped some more paint on . . . so I helped her spread it out a bit. The half-inch thick paint job wasn't really drying out. :) Anyway, we ended up with a nice, swirly pinkish-purplish color. Lovely! After she went to bed, I added a little glitter spray for a fun surprise.  

 

This morning she said, "Ooo . . . it sparkles, Mama!" :)

She chose some lavender ribbon to attach, and presto! Time for exploring!

She had lots of fun discovering things through her binoculars today. She told me all the different colors of houses she could see on our street, found trees, looked at snow (lots of it!), cars . . . all kinds of things! 

 Have you done any exploring today? :)