Mama Loves To... Craft A DIY Hungry Hippopotamus Game
Jessica Anderson aka Mama Loves To is a mama who can't sit still, a producer of awesome crafts, and a pretty clever kitchen improviser. At mamalovesto.com, she showcases successful crafting projects to inspire you and recipes that she loves sharing with anyone who wants to play along! If you have any questions or want to share some of your fun projects, leave a comment below! Today she is sharing her best tips for taking great holiday photos at home.
As a Mother, I must share a bit of advice...be careful what you put on your adorable toddler's gift wishlist. The title alone should have tipped me off, "Wooden Four-in-One Fishing Log Board". This item has everything my daughter is down with: Colors, shapes, rings, sorting, and counting. Perfect! 85 pieces of perfect. Eighty-five. 8 and 5. There's 4 rows of 10, but the last row is made of little stackable rings, and the rings are what you get you. Listen, this game is great for kids, but as a parent I've had to pick up 85 pieces 5 times a day for about 4 months now. That's roughly 47,600 little pieces, and her love for dumping this entire game on the floor is growing. I know. It makes me shudder as well. One day last week though, I got creative. I thought "how can we make this mess a game that tiny people can be tricked into playing?". Hungry Hippo popped into my head! We had 4 toy shovels of various sizes. (Which seems like too many shovels for a 2 year old. What is she burying? I digress.) I grabbed a bowl, tossed some doodles of the shovels in it so we could choose our weapons, and BAM! Success! We've now played Hungry Hippopotamus 5 times, and I'm full.
