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Tropical island getaway in the oven
⏱️10 min
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About this idea
Your elf has turned the oven into a mini beach vacation! Set up a small beach towel or washcloth as a blanket, add toy palm trees or green paper cutouts, create a tiny pool using a clear bowl with blue water, and place small toy animals as vacation buddies. Add sunglasses to your elf and a tiny paper umbrella. Leave a note: 'It was getting chilly at the North Pole, so I made my own tropical island!'
What you'll need
- Small beach towel or washcloth
- Toy palm trees or green paper cutouts
- Clear bowl
- Small toy animals
- Sunglasses
How to set it up
- Lay a small beach towel or washcloth flat on the oven surface to act as a beach blanket.
- Place toy palm trees or green paper cutouts around the towel to create a tropical setting.
- Fill a clear bowl with blue water and set it in the center as a tiny pool, then place small toy animals around the pool as vacation buddies.
- Put on the elf a pair of sunglasses and add a tiny paper umbrella next to it.
- Leave a note nearby that reads: 'It was getting chilly at the North Pole, so I made my own tropical island!'
Tips & variations
- Use food coloring to make the water in the bowl more vibrant blue for a better tropical effect.
- If you don’t have toy palm trees, you can cut small palm trees from green construction paper and tape them together.
- For extra fun, let your preschoolers help arrange the toys and draw their own paper umbrellas to add to the scene.
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