{"id":20026,"date":"2022-07-06T08:42:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T13:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/?p=20026"},"modified":"2022-07-06T12:16:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T17:16:25","slug":"summer-fun-therapy-in-disguise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/2022\/07\/06\/summer-fun-therapy-in-disguise\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Fun&#8230;Therapy in Disguise!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For any therapy to be affective you don\u2019t have to go to a medical provider or do boring exercises!\u00a0 Like many GiGi\u2019s programs, therapy can be fun, creative, and purposeful!\u00a0 Check out these 2 colorful options put together by our very own PT, Leslie, that you can do outside on any summer day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Erupting Ice Chalk Paint<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20028 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/files\/2022\/07\/Chalk-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/files\/2022\/07\/Chalk-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/files\/2022\/07\/Chalk.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20029 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/files\/2022\/07\/Chalk2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/files\/2022\/07\/Chalk2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/files\/2022\/07\/Chalk2.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What you need:<\/p>\n<p>1\/4 cup baking soda<\/p>\n<p>1\/4 cup cornstarch<\/p>\n<p>liquid watercolor paints<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 cup water<\/p>\n<p>Spray bottle<\/p>\n<p>4 cups vinegar<\/p>\n<p>Directions: mix all items well then pour the mixture into an ice cube tray and stick the trays in the freezer until froze. A great tip is to hose off your painting area as it helps the ice chalk melt and spread faster ultimately blending colors more easily. Take your spray bottle filled with vinegar and become Picasso!<\/p>\n<p>Benefits: fine motor skills when not only using the spray bottle but mixing the ingredients. Color recognition and sensory fun!<\/p>\n<p>This next activity is so simple yet so much fun!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Giant Window Painting<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20030 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/files\/2022\/07\/Capture-300x172.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/files\/2022\/07\/Capture-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/files\/2022\/07\/Capture-768x440.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/files\/2022\/07\/Capture.jpg 814w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What you need:<\/p>\n<p>Windows<\/p>\n<p>Dry erase markers<\/p>\n<p>Water based paints<\/p>\n<p>Directions: Have your kids pick what they want to paint. Draw the item on the inside of the glass and then let them paint with washable paint on the outside! Simple and fun, just like we said!<\/p>\n<p>Benefits: While it may look like simple art activity \u2013 there is so much more going on here! First off, kids are getting to work on a vertical surface which is important for young kids (helps to build arms strength and shoulder and elbow stability). In addition, fine motor skills, eye hand coordination, color recognition, and decision making!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For any therapy to be affective you don\u2019t have to go to a medical provider or do boring exercises!\u00a0 Like many GiGi\u2019s programs, therapy can be fun, creative, and purposeful!\u00a0 Check out these 2 colorful options put together by our very own PT, Leslie, that you can do outside on any summer day. Erupting Ice&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":342,"featured_media":20031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[234,238],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-programs","category-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/342"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}