Sensory play for S!!

I've been seeing a lot of emphasis being put on sensory play for babies and kids around the internet. It looks fun. It makes me wonder we dint have any such fancy sensory play activities while growing up .. but I feel we were allowed to play in dirt ... go around gardens ... explore stuff at home ... nowadays parents are more reluctant about letting kids play in mud. Hmmm let me not try to draw comparisons.

I like the ideas I see online and wanna let my baby try them. So yesterday we did painting...

There was this simple recipe of mixing flour, food colouring and water to form a paste and that's what I went with. ( I've found a better one today at Learn Play Imagine which is cooked and can be stored)

So here's how it went.
I set her up with 3 colours red, yellow, green and a piece of cardboard on an old plastic sheet of hers.
You can see enjoyed herself completely and painted her leg too!

Here's the end result:

T-shirt painting

I had painted these t-shirts with some fabric sketch pens for my then boyfriend now hubby.

That's me in a saree. There was an exhibition in office for which they were displayed. 
Oh 2 of those t-shirts were mine

Life is a gift, Enjoy it!!

Snow Mountain

Seeing a friend's beautiful paintings, I think I should try my hands on it too. So I am thinking what do I paint? - don't have any particular ideas. Then all of a sudden I wonder how would one paint a snow mountain? So my curious self logs on to you tube and the first tutorial that i come across is of painting a snow mountain... Fate!! I had to try it. Its not much compared to the one in the tutorial ... nonetheless  its My First Oil Painting!

Leisure thoughts

Once when some leisure time I had,

Remembering the old trips I sat,

With color pencils in my hands,

This is what i drew

And here's what my friend wrote when she saw this piece of art:

As the blue skies darken,the clear waters beckon,
Miles have I to go, days before I alight on the shore.

A hope that the distant land,has promises galore.
the hope that has led me leave my homely shores.

Leaving aside all despairs of the past,
Have I sailed to make memories that last.

The world here was nice to be,
But mebbe the world out there will make a better me.

Miles have I to go, days before I alight on the shore,
Dreams, n promises n wishes all my future for me shall store.

Thanks Joe!