Sticky Paper Play

It's been cold here and we are getting a little stir crazy in the house.  In addition to it being a bit chilly outside for extended play, we have eliminated Zayit's nap!  Ugh.  It was so nice when he would sleep for 2 hours in the afternoon, but it was becoming very unpleasant when he wouldn't go to sleep until after 9pm.  So, nappy is gone... enter high-intensity, cranky afternoons with a 3 year old and a 11 month old!  Oh, joy.  (and did I mention that Ziva has gone from 2 naps a day to 1 nap a day at the same time???)

Time to be creative with what we have.  Out comes the sticky paper, AKA contact paper.  This stuff is great.  We have used it to create art with paper shapes, explore the sense of touch, make hand/foot prints and see how many different toys we can make stick to the wall.  I initially had a good size piece taped to the kids' table, but Zayit immediately wanted it moved to the window.  He had a little bucket of cut shapes in different colors and sizes.  He spent a lovely 20 independent minutes designing his masterpiece.  

 The bucket of paper shapes...

Using a hand...

How about an elbow?

 Lots and lots of colors and shapes...

I left the paper up on the window for a couple of days.  He would periodically add shapes to it, touch it, stick his whole hand on it and put toys on it.  We had Elmo hanging for a bit.  It was kinda funny to watch him reposition Elmo's arms and legs over and over.  Zayit asked me for a new piece and I was happy to oblige.  The second piece is still on the window, although has not had as much play as the first.  I'll be taking it down tomorrow and saving more sticky play for another day in the future.

Giving Elmo a hug...