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The bubble snake is a super fun and simple way to up your bubble game! It’s easy to make, using items you probably already have around the house, and it provides tons of fun for little ones. You can use the bubble snake outside, or try using bath friendly soaps for an exciting experience during bath time! See the bubble snake in action in the Caitie’s Classroom episode Staying Clean & Healthy – Caitie shows us how the bubble snake makes bathtime so much fun! 

Things You Need 

• sock 
• dish soap (for outside use) or bath friendly soap (for bath use)
• small dish with water 
• rubber bands 
• small empty water bottle 
• craft knife 
• scissors 

Steps

Using a craft knife, pierce a hole at the bottom end of a water bottle. Cut into the hole with scissors, and continue cutting around the bottom until it comes off. 

Pull a sock over the bottom opening of the bottle. Make sure you have about 2” of sock from the bottom of the bottle, and cut off the excess. Secure the sock in place with rubber bands.

Mix some dish soap with water in a small dish so the soap is diluted. Dip the sock end of the water bottle into the soap mixture. Blow out through the mouthpiece of the water bottle to make your bubble snake! 

Have fun! How long can you make your bubble snake? Can you make it slither like a snake in the air? Try it in the bathtub for extra bubble fun! 

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Who doesn’t love a good bubble bath? For little ones, bubbles may be the highlight of bath time, or the reason to get into the bath in the first place! For them, bath time isn’t always about getting clean, but about having fun in the water. And why not? These days, with a great variety of bath toys and bath activity ideas available, bath time can be fun, productive and educational to boot! Win-win-win! So why limit all the fun to when it’s time to get clean? With this colourful foam, you can make a bubble bath sensory experience that is great fun any time. Kids will love to get their hands on the foamy bubbles! Try out some of our suggested activities to add in some practice with colours, too. Fun and educational? That’s another win-win!

• Make a two different colours and see what happens when they get mixed together. What new colour did it make?
• With a few different colours, ask your little one to identify each one. You can also call out a colour, and they can blow some bubbles of that colour into the air – flying foam!
• Gather a few bath friendly items and get them give them a bubble bath in the foam! You can even ask your little one to match the colours of the toys to the right coloured foam, like we did in the Bath Time episode of Caitie’s Classroom!

Have fun!

Materials

• food coloring – liquid or gel
• water
• dish soap
• measuring cup
• hand mixer
• tablespoon
• large bowl

1. Add two tablespoons of dish soap and cup of water to a large bowl.

2. Add a few drops of food coloring into the bowl.

3. Mix with hand mixer on high speed of a couple on minutes.

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Crayons are fun all the time! Imagine being able to take them into the bath, how fun would bathtime be!? Parents not to worry! Even though we would love to keep all of our children’s  masterpieces we know that’s just not always possible. This play time will be super easy to clean up: a quick wipe down with a cloth and warm water and it’s gone.

This is a fun project to get the kids involved with parental supervision, please keep in mind that melting the soaps base makes the soap very hot. Kids 5 and under can participate by choosing scent and colours, while kids older than 5 can mix in the colours and scent and help pour in the mold.

Lets get started on the list of materials and ingredients.

What you will need :

• Melt and Pour Soap base
  (I used Life of the Party Shea butter, this base be found in your local art supply store or on Amazon)
• Skin safe colorants
  (In this case I used Life of the Party colors, also can be found together with the soap base at your local art supply store)
• Silicone mold
  (I used ice cube molds I got from IKEA, but you can easily find these in craft stores and on Amazon)
• Essential oils, Optional
  (can be found at local health food store)
• Dropper Optional for measuring the essential oil drops
  (Also be found at local craft store)
• Microwave safe jars (to melt the soap base)
•  Knife to cut the soap base
• Skewer to mix in the colorant

Recipe: this recipe made 13 small crayons

• Soap base 9 oz
• Colorants 10 to 15 drops for each color
• Essential oil 2 drops per crayon

Step One

Use a knife to cut the  Melt and pour into cubes, each cube’s weight is 1oz ,

In a glass microwave safe jar, melt the soap base in 30 seconds spurts, until fully melted. If using multiple colors use one jar per colour and do this one at a time (you can also use a double boiler to melt down the soap base).

Step Two

Mix in the colour and the scent to the melted soap base, the soap base will harden as soon as it starts to cool off, you have to move quickly and carefully. Add in the colorant and the scent, the colour must be dark and bold in order for it to draw onto the tub and tiles.

Older kids can join in and help mix the colors and the scent.

Step Three

Let the soap base fully cool off and dry before trying to remove the soaps form the mold. To speed up the process you can put the mold in the fridge.

Once fully dry, remove from the mold just like you would ice cubes from their mold, and your new bath crayons are ready to use. If packaging these for a later use or for gifting use an airtight container. Melt and pour soap can sweat if left in open humid or hot air.

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Born in Brazil, Jaqueline Leal now lives in Toronto, Canada. She is a wife, mother to two amazing children and the founder of JBL Natural Skincare. She handcrafts each item she sells, creating small batches using all natural, vegan ingredients. Using choice oils, butters, and plant infusions, Jaqueline’s creations are sold through her website and in local markets and shops. You can follow her on Instagram here.

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• This is a great song to use for classroom management. Play this song whenever it is time to clean up.
• After hearing this song a few times, it will act as a musical cue so you’ll just have to play the song to let your students know it is time to clean up. As soon as they hear it, they will start to put their things away.
• If your students are familiar enough with the song, encourage them to sing along as they clean so they are practicing their vocabulary too!
  Remember that clean up time is a great opportunity for language learning and review. It allows you to use common vocabulary in a natural context, so don’t feel the need to rush through clean up time! As you pick up items to put away, say what they are!
• This song is also great to use at home. Play the song in the background whenever you have your littles cleaning up.
• You can also sing the song without the music for a quick clean up, and switch out the words during the bridge of the song to suit your needs. For example, we sing, pick up your toys, pick up your books, and pick up your shoes, but you can swap out those words for anything at all. For example, pick up your crayons. Pick up your cup. Pick up your blocks. Put your things away!
• For a fun challenge, encourage your students to finish cleaning before the song is over. If you reach the end of the song and they need more time, simply repeat the song so it continues until they are done.

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