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Keikisitting Kit
A fun kit for Parents to have in their home or for Sitters to bring on the job.
The Kit price is $10 plus shipping. Please Contact Us to place your order Includes: Bubble recipe with empty bubble container, balloons (assorted sizes & colors), stickers, Easy & fun recipes for kids & activities booklet, 10 Bouncy balls of assorted sizes & colors, Cleaning Kit for small stains & dirty fingers & 8x10 plastic table cloth to sit on while making fun messes.
Fun Things To Do
Dance to music
Have a picnic in the backyard
Create a hula show
Take a walk
Play hide & go seek
jump rope
Help the children make a fun recipe for their parents
Make a fort using sheets, blankets & chairs
Tell stories in the fort
Bring toilet paper & let them decorate (TP) the inside of the house (make sure ya clean this one up before the parents get home!)
Finger paint
Cut a sponge to the design they request (example: star, square, puppy) & sponge paint
With a flashlight, make hand shadows on a wall or in a blanket fort
Fun Recipe's for Keiki's
Bring your own ingredients when cooking. To let the child help stir add ingredients to a cool pan or bowl. Bring the items down to the child's level (he/she can sit on a waterproof plastic spread out on the kitchen floor, far from the stove. Do not him/her stand on a chair).
High-quality Bubbles: Mix together 1/3 cup Corn Syrup, 3/4 cup *Joy (liquid dish washing soap), & 2 cups water.
*Joy can be subsitituted with other liquid soaps.
This bubble recipe produces thicker bubble juice than what is available in stores, making it easier for younger children to blow bubbles.
Peanut butter balls: Combine 1 cup corn flakes - crushed, 2 tsp flour, 1/2 cup peanut butter, 2 tsp honey, 1/2 tsp vanilla, & 1/2 tsp cinnamon. Blend with hands. Roll into small balls and refrigerate on waxed paper. (Is the child allergic to peanuts?)
Blubber: Do not use cheap glue that has too much water in it. Mix 1/2 cup water with 1/2 cup glue In a separate container, mix 1/2 cup water with 2 T Borax (You'll find this hidden away in a tiny recess of your detergent aisle) Now, while stirring the Borax mixture constantly, add the glue mixture. It should immediately glump up and look like blubber (Or at least what we imagine blubber to look like.) If it isn't really glumpy and tough, mix up more Borax mixture and add that to it. Use the same toys as with silly putty. This does not stick to things as much as silly putty.
Play dough: Combine 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup salt, 1 cup water with liquid food coloring added, 1 tbsp oil, & 1 tsp cream of tartar. Mix in pan. Cook, stirring over low/medium heat until ball forms. Depending on the child's age, you may want to let them mix the ingredients, then cook it at home & bring it back for the next visit.
& more to come...
Crayon Leaf Imprints
SUPPLIES: Large crayons (with papers removed)
white tissue paper (pre-cut into 7 inches x 9 1/2 inches)
2 Similar leaves (freshly picked so they will not be brittle)
Instructions: Go outdoors together and find ivy leaves or leaves with large veins. Let the child pick them and carry them to the art table. Place the leaf upside-down underneath the tissue paper, the bumpy veins are facing up. Using your own sheet of paper, demonstrate to the child how to hold the crayon on its side and then drag it across the paper. Move the paper over & repeat the procedure until there are several imprints. Overlapping is alright. Now, let the child choose at least 3 different crayon colors & begin.
The finished product can be taped to a window so light will shine through.
Tips: Bring extra tissue paper in case of errors. Pick 2 leaves in case one becomes torn.
Homemade Magazine Puzzle
SUPPLIES: Magazines, 2 or more with pictures of flowers, animals, airplanes, trains, etc.
Small scissors, rounded on the ends (for the child's safety and for yours)
computer paper (one sheet for each child),
glue
pencil with an eraser
white out (optional)
Instructions: Have the child cut 6 of his favorite pictures out of the magazines. The pictures can be various sizes and shapes, but no larger than 3 inches x 3 inches. Now the child can glue these pictures down, evenly spaced apart. With the pencil, he can draw an uneven line between the pictures. He can make some simple jagged edges that will make the puzzle interesting, but easy to match up. With his scissors, let him cut along his pencil line. If the cut pieces are not exactly along the pencil line, it is alright. You can erase the pencil line or use white-out.
Tips: Bring extra paper in case errors are made when cutting out the puzzle pieces. Those same favorite pictures can be re-cut and re-glued if necessary.
Oil & Water Experiments
SUPPLIES: A clear jar with a lid (leak-proof with a tight seal).
A tablespoon
1/4 cup Liquid vegetable oil
1/4 cup water
1st Experiment - You will not need the jar's lid for this one. Let the child pour oil into the empty jar. Let him/her gently pour a spoonful of water into the oil. Watch the water form balls and sink.
2nd Experiment - Add 3 or 4 more spoonfuls of water to the oil in the jar. Screw on the lid and shake. Watch 2 layers form. Which one is on top?
These are kitchen experiments in case of spills.
Tips: Bring your own oil from home unless you have permission to use the parent's oil.
Indoor Fort
SUPPLIES: 1 large flat bed sheet (without elastic corners)
1 pillowcase (provides special flooring or a flap-door)
12 clothespins (may be safer than book supports)
Furniture
A flashlight
Instructions: Draping the sheet over a small table with 4 legs is ideal. Then sit or crawl under the table. If weights must be used, then a few books would be safer than a lamp. If the fort is not tall enough then bring some dining chairs over & place the sheet over the back of the chairs. This could be a fun place to read some books together using the flashlight or to make shadow puppets.
Note: Bring the sheet, pillowcase, clothespins and flashlight from your own home.
Warning: Be aware that some children will try to jump onto the top of the fort to collapse it. Injuries will occur when they land wrong or if a piece of furniture used to hold up the fort falls on top of them.
Nighttime Finger Shadows
Instructions: After sundown, turn on the flashlights, or a lamp without a shade. Turn off the other lights in the room. (This is not meant to be scary. Everyone must be in a sitting position or standing stationary...no running around in the dark).
Sit or stand between the light and the wall. See what familiar shadows you can make on the wall by curling your fingers or closing your fists, etc.
For example 2 straight fingers on one hand will look like rabbit ears when placed behind the fist of your other hand.
Note: Bring your own flashlight.
Paper Plate Masks
Drinking straws are the handles for the masks (one for each plate)
Crayons or felt pens are for drawing facial features on to the masks.
Sticky tape is used to attach ends of straws onto backside/middle area of masks
Thin ribbon is used to tie bows around the crimped paper (hair) for the girl masks
**Crimped paper is glued around the upper edges of the plates as hair
Glue is used to attach the crimped paper hair onto the plates
Small scissors which are rounded on the ends (for the child's safety & yours)
Tiny, sharp-tipped scissors in order to help cut slits for eyes and eyelashes. The child should be able to look through one of the eye-holes for safety.
White computer paper is used if you are drawing features to be glued onto plates.
You could make a mask too & leave it for the family. Bring extra plate in case of errors. Role-play so the child will know how to use his new mask. For example, from behind your mask you could say, "Aloha! My name is Mike and I'm new to the island. What is your name? Will you be my friend?" Keep it fun & positive.