Thursday

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 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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2 comments:

  1. Now you just need a purple glove to stick inside, and you'd have a super easy reversible minion!

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  2. I love the minion puppets, that is so incredibly cool!

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