A Monstrous Afternoon

While Aiden was napping earlier this week I came across an interesting article on how to calm little people's fears about monsters. So far Aiden loves monsters (Elmo being his favorite) so I don't think I will need to put the strategies listed in the article into action. But the article did give me an idea to have a monster themed afternoon.

Here's a list of the things I came up with for our monstrous afternoon:

Monster Activities
1. Play five little monsters jumping on the bed with Elmo, Cookie Monster, Snuffy, Aiden Monster and Mommy Monster.
2. Catch an Aiden Monster with a monster catching sheet: Make an open space in your playroom. Using a colourful bed sheet, place one side of the sheet underneath you and put the rest of the sheet over your shoulders. Have your little monster run towards you while you throw the sheet over top of both of you like a parachute.
3. Play monster tag, Mommy monster versus Aiden Monster.
4. Dress up like monster hunters. Aiden was the blue monster hunter and Mom was the red monster hunter.
5. Go on a hunt for the monsters that were hiding in the basement.
6. Have a Monster Moves Danceathon: Play some music and dance like monsters.
7. Go on a monster parade: Grab some instruments and play them while marching through the house.
8. Create a monster identification poster: Draw the monsters that we encountered.

Happy Monstering,
Creatively yours,
Maya