Wind Tubes

I have been on the look out for some fun stuff for us to do, both to get some of Babygirl's energy out and to keep me sane. It turns out there are a ton of fun things to do around here for little kids, and a lot of them are free! (Bonus for us!) We came across the Wind Tunnel exhibit for kids at the local art museum and we were hooked!

The art museum has a whole upstairs area dedicated to this kid's exhibit...complete with doors to keep roaming kids in and a little area just for wee ones. Babygirl had a blast with her little buddy (who has taught her SO many cute things!). There are tunnels to crawl through, pads to climb up, and a table with mini wind tubes to make balls float, pinwheels spin and see how high your creations can fly!

It's perfect for them to toddle around and start to learn the basic concepts of gravity and wind. 

Like most of our crafts, Babygirl "helps" to create a great little flying machine with a styrofoam ball and some feathers provided by the museum. They have a huge assortment of supplies and some of the contraptions built are quite impressive.

Then you stick them in the wind tubes and watch them fly up to the ceiling! It took a few trips and showing her how to do it, but now Babygirl loves to put the ball in the tube herself and watch it fly up. She gets quite the kick out of it. 

It's amazing to see this little girl grow and learn. She knows when we are at the wind tunnels and insists that we make something and put it in the big kid wind tunnels before she'll go play in the 2 and under area! But she has such a great time playing with all the kids there.