Mike’s grandma sends us a subscription to Country magazine, and it’s always full of stunning photography. I picked out a few favorites, and laminated them. Those laminated photos have become some of Emma and Johnny’s favorite possessions – so much so that Emma hid one of them in one of her secret hiding places, forgot where it is, and is now begging me to help her find it. They use them as “I Spy” pages, they tell stories about the animals, and dream about the landscapes. And they have me and Mike make up stories about the pictures, too. Such a simple play prop, with so many possibilities!
MaryAnne is a craft loving educator, musician, photographer, and writer who lives in Silicon Valley with her husband Mike and their four children.
Helpful blog, bookmarked the website with hopes to read more!
I love how the simple ideas are often the best. We have a small picture album of similar pictures and photos which my toddler loves ‘reading.’
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A great idea and a perfect way to encourgae them to get them chatting. We have one with photos of our favourite people. Thank you very much for sharing with us at the Play Academy.
Love this idea, easy och accessible for the children!
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they are great for getting little ones to tell their own stories aren’t they
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I love this idea! Now…I just need to get my hands on a laminator….
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I love the idea of doing this for ISpy–thank you!
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I can imagine this would keep them busy for ages! Great idea
@Kellyi – I hope your kids enjoy them as much as mine do!
This is such a good idea!
I have a laminator and a whole heap of magazines just taking up space…putting this on my rainy day list of things to do!
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What a great idea to laminate them! They should last a long time unless they get lost in secret places first! :)
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I love this idea! As if I need one more reason to head to the teacher supply store where I do my laminating…I LOVE laminating!
@Maile – Isn’t laminating stuff addictive?
@Katherine – This was my solution for collecting them but not really doing much with them…
@Two Chicks and a Hen – I only recently acquired a laminating machine, so I used to use contact paper instead. It works nearly as well; it’s just harder to get right!
What a great idea. I don’t have a laminating machine, but I might use contact paper to cover a few things for my toddler.
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Too funny about a very secret spots, and it’s great that the photos appeal to all three kiddos.
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For a while I was saving National Geographic photos and we were gluing them into a spiral note book, but they got wrinkly and not very pretty. This is a much better thing to do.
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Beautiful! Sometimes the simplest things are really the best. I love seeing your family all snuggled up together! :) Precious.
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I used to laminate cool looking pictures back when I was teaching.
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Oh that’s a great idea. I love the thought of using them for I spy games and stories.