May You Have a Happy and Creative New Year

 Cleaning up after a fun New Year's Eve sleepover had me counting all the ways we included creative STEAM play during our holiday this season.    Can you spot 10  ways in this picture of our living room on New Year's morning.   Scroll down if you need help finding them all.  (You might need to zoom in) 

Can you spot  

1)  the copper tape and paper circuits lighting up the star on our Christmas tree window decal

2)  3D printed Candy Cane base

3)  Pokemon Pikachu Handmade Ornament - a gift from our grandson

4)  ChompSaw with so much Cardboard

5)  Coding Book to learn more ways to create

6)  Legos to build a Ball Retrieval System for Dash

7)  Dash Robot with Launcher

8)  Dash  Robot with Xylo

9)  Cardboard Creations Targets for the Launcher

10) Alphabet in Motion Book   (I got that for Christmas from my thoughtful husband)

 

The ChompSaw did not disappoint as a Christmas Gift for my two youngest grandchildren this year.  It was a big part of our creative New Year's Eve sleepover which started with the boys showing up in tuxedos!  Of course that meant that Grandma and Grandpa had to up our game and go change into fancy clothes, too!   Funny how fancy clothes makes Mac & Cheese and Chicken Fingers taste so much better! 

Fun treats throughout the night! 

Coding the Dash robots to play the xylophone and launch balls! 

The ChompSaw sparked all types of creative ideas! 

So did colorful tape! 

Creative Creations
Targets for Dash to launch balls at! 

Legos came in handy when creating a ball retrieval system! 

Creative way to experience the New Years Countdown-
Watch it in Dubai (3 hrs before NYC) 
It was amazing and the boys loved it as they toasted
with root beer floats and sparkling cider

The next morning, they asked if they could get back in their Tuxedo!
Of course! 

And now time to clean up from a very fun and creative New Year's Eve sleepover!

Resolved to making 2026 full of creativity.  Hope you will join me!