BarbecueMom Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Are the beans actually supposed to stay in the box? Or in the same room? Is the sound the beans make when falling down the heat vents supposed to be part of the sensory experience? Would an empty kiddie pool contain the mess, or am I just kidding myself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 :lol::lol: This is why I stick with rice - it's easier to vacuum up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristinaBreece Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 :bigear: I've learned that the sound of anything going down the heating registers is part of DC's sensory experience. Their favorite parts, in fact. :glare: There is nothing that my children won't drop into our ventilation system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobela Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 LOL I know how that goes! I found that sitting the box in the middle of a huge blanket makes clean up easier. Long vacuum hoses work wonders at sucking beans from vents. They don't however suck up forks or pencils or pens. :tongue_smilie: Rice and beans mixed together give a whole new experience. Kiddie pools can help, but unless the sides are taller than the child, I can guarantee that my kids would create sometime similar to a waterfall at the sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormy weather Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 :lol::lol::lol: I have some experience with this as well, only our vent was belived to be a DRAIN! Two children who shall remain nameless , had a tea party complete with cream and sugar. When they were finished they poured the whole lot down the "drain". Sometime later, days?, weeks?, I began to smell the most horrific smell. :ack2: It was verrry hard to get rid of, and involved lots of baking soda and the shop vac, and many rantings and ravings on my part that that thing was NOT a drain.:lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 :lol::lol::lol: I have some experience with this as well, only our vent was belived to be a DRAIN! Two children who shall remain nameless , had a tea party complete with cream and sugar. When they were finished they poured the whole lot down the "drain". Sometime later, days?, weeks?, I began to smell the most horrific smell. :ack2: It was verrry hard to get rid of, and involved lots of baking soda and the shop vac, and many rantings and ravings on my part that that thing was NOT a drain.:lol::lol: :ohmy:!!! He seems to be enjoying himself, I'm just worried I'll miss some when cleaning up and the 16-month-old will find them after nap time. Next time I'm just going to use cat food. I already have a cleanup crew to help with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormy weather Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 :ohmy:!!! He seems to be enjoying himself, I'm just worried I'll miss some when cleaning up and the 16-month-old will find them after nap time. Next time I'm just going to use cat food. I already have a cleanup crew to help with that. :lol: Dogs are handy that way too, some even clean up play doh :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
---- Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Our bean box came out one time. That's it. What a mess! We still find random beans around the house and it's been 3 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 :lol::lol::lol: I miss walking on rice. ;) Well, not really, but your post made me miss those days. Toddlers also love playing with the whisk broom and dust pan when they are done with the beans. Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 I used a king size sheet under the box, with something heavy on each corner to keep it from moving around. Chairs worked great as we used the area in our kitchen by the bar stools. One time we did a bird seed box and then just swept it all outside when they were done. It took a few months before it dwindled to the point of needing reloaded and then we switched back to peas, rice, or beans. We used to change it up or even mix them together depending on what was cheapest at the time. I think the favorite of dd4 was the peas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasMom Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 The one time my husband gave the kids beans to play with, I later looked in my younger son's room and discovered he had pulled all of his clothes out of his dresser drawers and filled the drawers with beans. After that, we only did rice on the kitchen floor on top of a big vinyl tablecloth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 You give your kids beans and rice to play with on purpose? :svengo: Here playing with that stuff is a reward for figuring out how to defeat Daddy's Childproofing Efforts. Ds hasn't figured out how to get the wing nuts off and dd can't be bothered doing it because it's easier to open the bottles from the pantry and some of them are immediately edible. I've caught her eating from a cup of sweet chilli sauce before and last night I caught her with a tumbler of nutritional yeast... Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Okay, explain this concept to me...I am scared just thinking about it. I think my dd 22 months would pick up handfuls of beans and sling them across the room, going over/out of any barrier. I give her a box of buttons and different-sized bottles and such to put them into, as well as other small objects, which occupies her for awhile until she decides to sling handfuls (always while I am involved with something else and don't notice until the damage is done...) but really, tell me about sensory boxes because they sound intriguing. The worst time was when she slung handfuls of her sister's Moon Sand around the room...:lol: LOL Yes it is definitely a supervised activity until they are old enough to not sling (too much). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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