If there is one word that Wugs has pronounced with absolute clarity since he has been talking, it is the word "chocolate". He absolutely loves it! I have been thinking of ways to incorporate chocolate into a small world play without having a sick child on my hands. I came up with the idea of using the powder from the chocolate drink, Milo and mixing it together with baking soda, as I wanted the small world to bubble and fizz. Originally I intended to mix the Milo and baking soda together thoroughly, but where the baking soda was partly clumpy, I left it as it was, as the clumps looked like stones in the ground. I added some actual stones, vegetation and dinosaurs.
I let Wugs explore his dino world to begin with and then I passed him a jug of water for him to pour onto it. He sloshed the water around making a big muddy mess and then I passed him spoonfuls of vinegar which he added to the mix to create a fizzing effect.
An hour and forty minutes later, he was still standing there working his hands through the chocolatey mud. This must have been his favourite small world play yet!
What we used:
Large shallow container
Chocolate powder drink
Baking soda
Distilled White Vinegar
Stones
Plastic vegetation
Dinosaur figurines
Jugs, scoops, spoons
This looks super fun and can be messy. Looking forward to giving it a try.
ReplyDeleteThanks Natasha, it was messy but really easy to set up. Probably one of my son's favourite small world plays.
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