I bought a box of Froot Loop cereal the other day. I wanted to use them for graphing and sorting with Hailey. When Hailey was a baby she would have nothing to do colored cereal. One time a lady in an airport offered her some and she turned up her nose like lady you are nuts. Those don't look like my Cheerios! I have no problem with this as they are just full of dye and sugar. Funny thing is now she will eat them now on occasion. She does not like Honeynut Cheerios. She says they are sticky. Hunter is willing to try just about anything though and was all game for these colored delights!

So after I got Hunter situated this morning as he still isn't feeling too great, I decided Hailey needed a quiet activity. I thought she might like to make a fruit loop necklace. A classic school activity I have done many times before UNTIL TODAY! I went searching for some yarn in my cabinet.  I didn't want to use her sewing supplies and I didn't feel like stringing her plastic needle onto my white string or putting masking tape on one end. I looked in her craft supplies and spied her pipe cleaners. PERFECT! I wish I would have thought about this years ago. I could have given those little Kindergartners a less stressful opportunity. Not only does the wire in it act like a needle, they don't get crushed into a million pieces as they are getting strung. I would have purchased the really long ones and would have turned this simple act into lots of learning opportunities. 

So come Fall when Hailey starts  Kindergarten, I hope she passes this tip along!

By the way, she wouldn't eat it. She said some parts had fuzz on it. O-well!