Crafty, I am not. Thankfully my sister-in-law and
brother-in-law are. I saw this post on a redneck waterbed on another blog (find
it here http://playathomemom3.blogspot.com/2012/02/redneck-waterbed.html
) and thought it was a fabulous idea for Boo. I figured we could use it as a
balance / sensory mat.
Except, I am seriously impaired in the craft department! I
am so seriously impaired that Allie will not even let me help her with school
projects. She calls Auntie for that. So when I saw this online and realized how
we could adapt it for Boo, I immediately sent the link to Auntie.
Auntie did even more research and found that it could be
adapted with bath toys (http://playathomemom3.blogspot.com/2012/04/i-spy-redneck-waterbed.html)
making it even more fun!
Yesterday in the 90-degree weather she and Uncle came over
with the mat. As it was filling we found that the edges will seep, so they
recommend if anyone wants to try this at home, to fold over the corners a
couple of times when taping. They also used Gorilla Duct tape.
It took Boo a bit to
get onto the mat. But once Allie coaxed her on it, she had a fab time!
She loved laying on it and finding her bath toys. They moved
around a lot so it kept her crawling around the mat. Also, thanks to the Gorilla tape, the mat
held her and Allie rolling around on it. Even better, when I woke this morning the water hadn't leaked out at all over night.
Special thanks to Auntie & Uncle who made this happen!
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