Despicable Me 2 Week: Minion Puppets and Play

You can't have a 

Despicable Me 2 week of fun without honoring...

...the original little yellow "men."

So,

we had a few activities  

that I hope showed the Minions some love...

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First up,

we used the fingers from some

yellow rubber gloves

and permanent markers...

...to craft up...

...to Minion Finger Puppets.

They are so very fun...

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Another afternoon,
the kiddos and I played...

...Pin the Eyes (or Eye) on the Minion.

Using poster board and markers,

I drew a Minion body

for the kiddos to put

THESE laminated goggle eyes on...

...while MOST of them were blindfolded, of course!

It's always good to have a good helper

during clean up...

;0)

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Finally,

and perhaps most importantly,

I put together...

...a Despicable Me Explorer Box.

This has been our most played with box

BY FAR.

I think it is because of the...

...colored rice.

(I used THIS tutorial to color the rice.)

Along with the rice,

I put in a set of characters from the movie:

I also cut out and laminated

the back of the box the figures came in

and included it the box,

so we would know all the minions names.

In another box,

I put several spoons, bowls, sifters, etc.

to use with the rice.

Let me just caution you:

If you are a Mommy who can't take a mess,

don't make rice for your kiddos to play with.

It doesn't bother me-

in fact,

since the kiddos played with the box almost daily...

...I have vacuumed/swept almost daily.

This is the cleanest my floors have been in a LONG time!  ;0)

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I have a couple more items 

from Despicable Me 2 Week

to share with y'all,

so make sure to come back tomorrow!

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