DIY sensory toys for babies - Part 1

Now that B is almost 6 months old, she is much more alert to her surroundings and are always interested in the activities that we are engaged in.

I had previously DIY 2 toys for her, ie: toilet roll shaker (filled with millet) and glitter glue sensory bottle.

The current DIY toy in progress would be a lava lamp. I could still remember the red/green lava lamp my Mom bought for me eons ago. I had great fun playing with it,especially during moments when I need to sort through my thoughts.

I didn't want to spend money to buy blue dye (food dye etc) to create the 'blue' lava lamp that I had in mind as I am pretty sure I would never use the dye again especially while cooking.

*who would be interested in blue coloured food? Perhaps only for rainbow cakes*

My solution is to 'break apart' 2 of my blue magic pens and soak the ink filled cotton-like tubings into a bottle of water. Within 10 mins, I have my blue coloured water!

New addition to the family!

As you might have guessed from my previous blog entry, we are expecting a new addition to the family. There are so many things that I wanted to DIY for the new baby arrival:

 1) Cot mobile

Source: http://www.littleredfarm.com/2011/10/homemade-munari-mobile-tutorial.html

2) Quiet book

Source: http://www.bubblesandbobbins.com/2012/05/activity-book-quiet-book.html

3) Refurnish the torn baby chair seat cover (gift from a forum mummy)

Source: http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2009/12/recovering-high-chair.html

4) Refurnish the torn padded changing mattress of Lucky Baby changing table (gift from a forum mummy)

Source: http://specialtoysshop.blogspot.sg/

Will also be attending a talk and baby fair (part of Rise and Shine event) tomorrow at Suntec. Hopefully, we can stock up on some baby essentials!