![]() ![]() Just be sure that you use something bright enough for light to pass through the salt, but not too hot for the box. If these didn’t work I would have used Christmas lights. My husband has a thing for lights so I raided his stash and we came up with these interesting bookcase light strips from IKEA that worked really well. Granted, these lights aren’t cheap, but we already had them so it didn’t really cost me anything. Run your string of lights into the bottom container String of Lights - Make sure that they’re bright enough yet not too hot to be placed in the container.I’ve also spotted really nice boxes at IKEA, which may be worth hunting down. Large Plastic Storage Container like this one. This Rubbermaid Storage Box is fantastic and this one with a snap top lid also looks great.Acrylic box frame or storage container- Try looking in a thrift store, or maybe you already have one at home.If you don’t have any acrylic box frames lying around (who does?!), I’ve found that this can easily be replaced with a basic plastic storage container like this. So when I spotted a large, gently used acrylic box frame - like this - at SCRAP (San Francisco’s reuse center for artists and teachers), I knew I had my answer. It also had to be simple to assemble and economical. I had a few rules: No paint, no saw, and no nails. *Note: This post contains Amazon affiliate links for your convenience.Īfter seeing the beautiful glow that illuminated from the easy light table at Teach Preschool and the pop-out pictures created in salt over at Child Central Station, I’ve been on the hunt for some DIY materials to make my own easy light table. For a flat-top light table, see this tutorial: Homemade Easy Low-cost Light Table Note: This light table is designed to hold salt or sand in the top layer. So.Have you ever wanted a light table, and wondered if there was an easy way to build a DIY light table yourself? Well, this easy DIY light table could be your answer! Once I figured out which materials to use, the whole thing took about 10 minutes to assemble. So the purpose of this blog entry is to show our love and appreciation for Magna Tiles in all their glory! ![]() I enjoy them too, we have a lot of fun with Magna Tiles here. They play with them occasionally now though. I am really sorry that I did not know about them when my older children (16, 14, 12) were young. Graham and Parker became really big Scooby Doo fans recently! They prefer the Scooby Doo series than ran from 1969-1971, awesome huh!! I am impressed, they have great taste!! I love that Magna Tiles are so versatile for educational play and can also be used for math purposes too! Kids are involved in critical thinking, tactile sensory, problem solving, etc. They had watched the Halloween episode of Little Einsteins and then ended up building this the next day! Once you add LED lights and dim the lights, the results are amazing! The second set of pics is a Haunted Mansion for Scooby Doo & the gang. We have been collecting Magna Tiles for a couple of years now, they are so awesome! Magna tiles are great on the light table, or in dim light with LED lights, on the floor play tray with the sun peeking through the window to make them reflect color onto the floor, on a magnet board, and pretty much anywhere! Here are a few impressive structures that my twins, Graham and Parker (age 4) have built recently! The first set of photos is their version of Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany. They have a nice sized set of them to build all sorts of spectacular creations with them.
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