I got this book out of the library in preparation for the summer holidays. Of course, Toby being Toby, he instantly pounced on it and wanted to do every activity right that minute. So we found a few that we had supplies for... 1) Milk planets! Of all the bizarre things... but it was cheap and easy and actually worked pretty well. The idea is simply that you swirl drops of food colouring in a jam-jar lid of milk to create a planet-like effect. I think liquid food colouring would have worked better than gel, but we got some rather nice marbling. It also showed me how far Toby's concentration has come: a year ago he would have swished a few around and gone on to something else, but this time he spent a while on it and asked for more to do. 2) Gunge! Cornflour (cornstarch) plus water equals shear thickening (ie it gets stiffer when you stir it) plus general gorgeous gloop. An outside activity for sure. 3) Milkshakes! F...
Getting through life one cake at a time.