A Tablet Cover



We recently bought an el cheapo tablet for the family to use.  But once we bought it we found it is seriously limited in its downloads ~ it is an android device but you can't access Google play on it.  So we have decided that Matilda can use it. 

 

Along with it being inexpensive and limited it also only came with a felt cover.  It also doesn't fit in an standard size cover I could find. Definitely not product I wouldn't endorse ha ha. It's very basic.

 

As we'll be taking it out of the house and on our holiday I needed to come up with a solution to make it portable.  I searched and came up with this idea;

 

I found a notebook in Target and et voila it was the right size.  Now to repurpose it.  I had to figure out how to attach the tablet to the notebook cover and it couldn't be permanent.  I thought the Command Strips would be perfect.

 

 

 

 

I separated the notebook from its cover with a Stanley knife. 

 

 

 

I found some cute scrapbook paper I had at home and covered where I removed the notebook with ribbon.  It's not perfect (ignore the glue marks) but it works and it is cute.  And it makes the tablet portable and safe. 

 

 

 

 

 

Holiday Fun List

Every school holidays we make a list of things we want to do, to make and to see.  Every holidays we forget half of it.  We either don't have the things we need to do the craft we'd planned or we just get busy.

So this holidays I decided that was to change.  I went searching for a printable that looked fun, inviting and we would display to get excited.  I found quite a few especially on Pinterest but the most gorgeous one we loved was thanks to the clever Bianca at a little delightful, you can find it here.

Miss M and I sat down and made a list of the things we wanted to do, make and see and popped them on the planner.  It's been great.  It meant that I could buy or gather the supplies in advance.  We went for craft which were low cost or from supplies which we already had.  It means we've planned our days and don't really wonder what we're going to do.  I also work two days a week even during the holidays so it gives us both something to look forward to.

Here are our ideas;

 ~ Grow grass heads (I had the seeds last holidays and totally forgot to do them)
 ~ Make pancakes with chocolate sprinkles
 ~ Make dance rings (thanks again to Bianca - see her Rainbow Rings here)
 ~ Make bunting - we're making alphabet and number bunting for M's school corner
 ~ Go to Story Time
 ~ Have Mummy/Daughter Pamper Night
 ~ Bake cookies for movie night
 ~ Movie Nights
 ~ Bake muffins and go on a picnic (if the weather turns bad we'll have a carpet picnic)
 ~ Decorate a library bag
 ~ Make paper plate rainbows with condensed milk
 ~ Make snow play dough (perfect in the lead up to our snow trip)
 ~ Board games night
 ~ Fly in a plane to the snow
 ~ Learn to ski
 ~ Build a snowman!

Along the way I'll share our little Holiday Fun List adventures.

Cloud Dough Play

Matilda and I had a great day at home yesterday, we stayed in our pj's for most of the day, we watched Wizard of Oz.  We also played.  I found this idea on pinterest (of course) and given how cheap it was to do and how it would be a great indoor activity I went for it.

The recipe on pinterest said to use 8 cups plain flour to 1 cup of baby oil.  I used around 6 cups of flour to 3/4 cup of baby oil.  Baby oil can be toxic so I wouldn't be doing this with kids who are likely to put it in their mouth but Matilda is well past that age.

I mixed it for a few minutes making sure the oil was thoroughly mixed with the flour and held together when squeezed.

Matilda had a great time with it and played for a lot longer than I thought she would.  She built sandcastles, ran her fingers through it (while enthralled with Wizard of Oz) and we made huge snowballs with it..so much fun for around $2! Perfect!

Easy to mould

Our perfect snowballs

Watching Wizard of Oz while playing

I've popped it into a ziplock bag so we'll see how it lasts, if it doesn't,

 it was so cheap we'll just do it again.

You could also use cooking oil to replace the baby oil but it won't smell as nice