Showing posts with label Toddler activities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Toddler activities. Show all posts
Monday, December 1, 2014
Tae Kwon Do Photos
I have never been so proud in my life to see how far my son has come in Tae Kwon Do! He had the opportunity to get his pictures taken at the Team Chip Center (they only come around once every two years) These pictures are from right before he tested for his Yellow Stripe Belt! Enjoy!
Monday, September 1, 2014
DIY Toddler Activity Ideas Part 7
It has been another long weekend that I wish I would have made more time to accomplish some DIY projects. Here are some of the great ideas that I have come across,
please feel free to share any of your own activities as well!
This is a great activity now that September is here, and it is easy and fun looking :)
Toilet Paper Roll
Paints
Paper
Printable fall tree sheet (or draw your own tree)
Tape
Scissors
Directions:
Start by cutting an empty toilet paper roll down the middle and continue cutting until it makes a small leaf shape. Bend the edges to get the corners pointy and tape it together.
Print out the tree sheet and cut that same toilet roll into three parts so they can be used for each color paint.
Once once all of the leaves are stamped you can use a small paintbrush to color in the leaves. You can also add more leaves at the bottom of the tree to make it look like they fell off.
This looks like such an amazing fun time. I really want to do this with Liam.
1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1/2 cup water
Rolling pin
Cookie sheet
Magnetic Alphabet Stamps (such as would be on the fridge)
Paint Brush
Container with Sand
*Dinosaur Toys
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 250° F.
Mix together salt, flour, and water until dough is formed.
Knead the dough on a floured surface until the mixture is elastic and smooth. If dough is too sticky, sprinkle with flour, continue to do so until stickiness is gone. *Do not add too much flour, as this will dry out the dough and will cause it to crack before you get a chance to bake it.
Roll out the dough to about 1/4” thick with a rolling pin that has been dusted with flour.
Use the Letter stamps to imprint each letter, or you can also use a toothpick to create them.
Bake for 2 hours and allow to cool completely before using. *If you don't want to bake them you can also leave them out for a good 3 days to dry completely.
You can then bury the letter fossils and any additional dinosaur toys and allow your child to excavate for them. The paint brush is useful for brushing off any remaining sand.
You can then place them in alphabetical order or use them to spell words.
I LOVE lava Lamps, so this is one I definitely want to try
Ingredients:
Empty Water Bottle
Food Coloring
Vegetable Oil
Water
Alka Seltzer
Directions:
Fill each bottle about 2/3 with the oil. Fill the rest of the way with water leaving about an inch of air to the top. Add 10 drops of food coloring. Break the Alka Seltzer into 4 pieces. Drop the pieces in one at a time. *Wait until the bubbles stop before adding in another piece or it will start to get cloudy.
Supplies
Cardstock
Glue
Nature items
Directions
Hand each person a brown paper lunch-sack or even a plastic bag
Go out in nature (your backyard, a park, campground, the beach, anywhere!) and find things that you can use to create the letters of your name: such as sticks, rocks, leaves, grass, pine needle, flowers, berries, shells, bark, dirt etc.
On a piece of cardstock, write your name (or have it prewritten).
Use glue to get your nature items to stick to each letter to spell your name!
If you would like to see the past DIY activities that we have completed together, check them out here:
Jello Ocean Bath
Homemade Liquid Sidewalk Chalk
Penguin Activity Game
Kool-Aid Dyed Pasta
Cardboard Owls
Alphabet Train
Make Your Own Rainstorm
Orange Sugar Scrub
Meditation Bottle
Toilet Paper Leaf Stamps
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| crafty morning |
This is a great activity now that September is here, and it is easy and fun looking :)
Materials:
Toilet Paper Roll
Paints
Paper
Printable fall tree sheet (or draw your own tree)
Tape
Scissors
Directions:
Start by cutting an empty toilet paper roll down the middle and continue cutting until it makes a small leaf shape. Bend the edges to get the corners pointy and tape it together.
Print out the tree sheet and cut that same toilet roll into three parts so they can be used for each color paint.
Once once all of the leaves are stamped you can use a small paintbrush to color in the leaves. You can also add more leaves at the bottom of the tree to make it look like they fell off.
Alphabet Fossils
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| playdough to plato |
This looks like such an amazing fun time. I really want to do this with Liam.
Ingredients:
1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1/2 cup water
Rolling pin
Cookie sheet
Magnetic Alphabet Stamps (such as would be on the fridge)
Paint Brush
Container with Sand
*Dinosaur Toys
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 250° F.
Mix together salt, flour, and water until dough is formed.
Knead the dough on a floured surface until the mixture is elastic and smooth. If dough is too sticky, sprinkle with flour, continue to do so until stickiness is gone. *Do not add too much flour, as this will dry out the dough and will cause it to crack before you get a chance to bake it.
Roll out the dough to about 1/4” thick with a rolling pin that has been dusted with flour.
Use the Letter stamps to imprint each letter, or you can also use a toothpick to create them.
Bake for 2 hours and allow to cool completely before using. *If you don't want to bake them you can also leave them out for a good 3 days to dry completely.
You can then bury the letter fossils and any additional dinosaur toys and allow your child to excavate for them. The paint brush is useful for brushing off any remaining sand.
You can then place them in alphabetical order or use them to spell words.
Homemade Lava Lamp
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| slsmithphotograpy.com |
I LOVE lava Lamps, so this is one I definitely want to try
Ingredients:
Empty Water Bottle
Food Coloring
Vegetable Oil
Water
Alka Seltzer
Directions:
Fill each bottle about 2/3 with the oil. Fill the rest of the way with water leaving about an inch of air to the top. Add 10 drops of food coloring. Break the Alka Seltzer into 4 pieces. Drop the pieces in one at a time. *Wait until the bubbles stop before adding in another piece or it will start to get cloudy.
Nature Names Craft
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| littlefamilyfun.com |
This is such an excellent idea for teaching letters in names and for playing outside. I love thus one.
Supplies
Cardstock
Glue
Nature items
Directions
Hand each person a brown paper lunch-sack or even a plastic bag
Go out in nature (your backyard, a park, campground, the beach, anywhere!) and find things that you can use to create the letters of your name: such as sticks, rocks, leaves, grass, pine needle, flowers, berries, shells, bark, dirt etc.
On a piece of cardstock, write your name (or have it prewritten).
Use glue to get your nature items to stick to each letter to spell your name!
If you would like to see the past DIY activities that we have completed together, check them out here:
Jello Ocean Bath
Homemade Liquid Sidewalk Chalk
Penguin Activity Game
Kool-Aid Dyed Pasta
Cardboard Owls
Alphabet Train
Make Your Own Rainstorm
Orange Sugar Scrub
Meditation Bottle
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Jello Ocean Bath: DIY Kid's Activity
Supplies:
4-5 Boxes Blue Raspberry Jello
Small bag of Smooth Round Stones (Such as used for candle accents)
Variety of sea life toys
Directions:
Mix the jello together. Let the jello set up. Put it into the bottom of the tub and add some warm water to make the bath warm enough to play in. Add the stones and toys and let them get in and have a ball. This makes for a great sensory and learning experience!
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| Pour the jello into a large mixing bowl |
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| Add the hot water (according to amount on the box) and stir |
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| Let the jello set in the fridge |
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| Put the jello in the bathtub and add some warm water, rocks and ocean themes toys |
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| My son playing in the "ocean" |
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| He thought it was so fun and squishy |
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| Trying to save all of the jello from dissolving |
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| Jello collecting |
If you would like to see our past DIY activities, check them out here:
Homemade Liquid Sidewalk Chalk
Ombre' Egg Dying
Penguin Learning Game
Kool-Aid Dyed Pasta
Cardboard Owls
Alphabet Train
Make Your Own Rainstorm
Orange Sugar Scrub
Meditation Bottle
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
DIY Toddler Activities Part 6
After a long weekend in the house, I keep wondering why Liam and I didn't get more DIY projects done, so now it is time to plan for next weekend! Here are some of the great ideas that I have come across, please feel free to share any of your own activities as well!
Supplies
Cardstock
Glue
Nature items
Directions
Hand each person a brown paper lunch-sack or even a plastic bag
Go out in nature (your backyard, a park, campground, the beach, anywhere!) and find things that you can use to create the letters of your name: such as sticks, rocks, leaves, grass, pine needle, flowers, berries, shells, bark, dirt etc.
On a piece of cardstock, write your name (or have it prewritten).
Use glue to get your nature items to stick to each letter to spell your name!
Yay, we can finally use our Kool-Aid Dyed Pasta for fun :)
SuppliesPipe Cleaners
Pasta
Pony Beads
Directions
Start off with a loop fastened at the bottom of the pipe cleaner there is an end to catch the beads as you work. Bead the pipe cleaners to make their bracelets! This activity also works on fine motor skills too: fitting the beads on the pipe cleaners. Once you are about 3/4 of the way up the pipe cleaner, take the end of the pipe cleaner through the hole to latch them together and weave the excess pipe cleaner through the last bead.
My son has an insane love of all things firetruck. In fact I am already planning his December birthday party to be firetruck themed. So of course I had to jump at this opportunity when I cam across it.
Supplies
Printed Fire Truck Template (or you can freehand your own)
Construction paper
Glue
Scissors
Yellow Straws (or pipe cleaners)
Black paint and brush
Something sparkly for the light like sequins or glitter glue
Directions
Trace the template onto red construction paper and cut it out. Cut out the windows from the template (they will be white if you printed the template out on white paper). Glue the windows in place on the red fire truck and glue the fire truck onto a piece of construction paper.
Use straws (or pipe cleaners) to make the ladder. Cut two long pieces for the sides, and small pieces for the rungs. Glue in place on your fire truck.
Glue something glittery to the top of the truck for the flashing light. You can use a glittery pom pom, a few sequins or glitter glue.
Now it's time to paint on the wheels with black paint! If you don't want to use paint in your collage you can also cut wheels from black paper to stick on, or you can buy self-adhesive foam and just stick the wheels on!
This
is a great and easy way to have a fun painting time at home with not
too much of a mess. I have seen a lot of people try this and similar
things out in the past and have been wanting to try it with Liam since
he is totally into creating different works of art.
I keep wanting to do this one and find that I need to buy salt haha.
Supplies
-Construction paper/cardstock
-Paintbrush and/or medicine dropper
-Colored water (we used about a tablespoon of water with 6-7 drops of food coloring)
-Salt
-Glue
-Little bowls for colored water
Directions
Have your child draw a picture with glue.Then sprinkle the glue with salt. We did this on top of a piece of cardboard, but a baking sheet will work well too. Next have your child take a paintbrush or a medicine dropper and drop colored water, one drop at a time onto the salt.
Some tips: Make sure they lightly touch the salt with the brush. It also helps to have a bowl to clean the brush in between colors...otherwise you lose the colors start blending together and you lose the vibrant colors because they become murky.
If you would like to see the past DIY activities that we have completed together, check them out here:
Homemade Liquid Sidewalk Chalk
Penguin Activity Game
Kool-Aid Dyed Pasta
Cardboard Owls
Alphabet Train
Make Your Own Rainstorm
Orange Sugar Scrub
Meditation Bottle
Nature Names Craft
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| littlefamilyfun.com |
This is such an excellent idea for teaching letters in names and for playing outside. I love thus one.
Supplies
Cardstock
Glue
Nature items
Directions
Hand each person a brown paper lunch-sack or even a plastic bag
Go out in nature (your backyard, a park, campground, the beach, anywhere!) and find things that you can use to create the letters of your name: such as sticks, rocks, leaves, grass, pine needle, flowers, berries, shells, bark, dirt etc.
On a piece of cardstock, write your name (or have it prewritten).
Use glue to get your nature items to stick to each letter to spell your name!
Pasta & Beads Bracelets
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| Kiwicrate.com |
Yay, we can finally use our Kool-Aid Dyed Pasta for fun :)
SuppliesPipe Cleaners
Pasta
Pony Beads
Directions
Start off with a loop fastened at the bottom of the pipe cleaner there is an end to catch the beads as you work. Bead the pipe cleaners to make their bracelets! This activity also works on fine motor skills too: fitting the beads on the pipe cleaners. Once you are about 3/4 of the way up the pipe cleaner, take the end of the pipe cleaner through the hole to latch them together and weave the excess pipe cleaner through the last bead.
Fire Truck Collage
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| busybeekidscrafts.com |
Supplies
Printed Fire Truck Template (or you can freehand your own)
Construction paper
Glue
Scissors
Yellow Straws (or pipe cleaners)
Black paint and brush
Something sparkly for the light like sequins or glitter glue
Directions
Trace the template onto red construction paper and cut it out. Cut out the windows from the template (they will be white if you printed the template out on white paper). Glue the windows in place on the red fire truck and glue the fire truck onto a piece of construction paper.
Use straws (or pipe cleaners) to make the ladder. Cut two long pieces for the sides, and small pieces for the rungs. Glue in place on your fire truck.
Glue something glittery to the top of the truck for the flashing light. You can use a glittery pom pom, a few sequins or glitter glue.
Now it's time to paint on the wheels with black paint! If you don't want to use paint in your collage you can also cut wheels from black paper to stick on, or you can buy self-adhesive foam and just stick the wheels on!
Salt Painting
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| http://jugglingwithkids.com |
I keep wanting to do this one and find that I need to buy salt haha.
Supplies
-Construction paper/cardstock
-Paintbrush and/or medicine dropper
-Colored water (we used about a tablespoon of water with 6-7 drops of food coloring)
-Salt
-Glue
-Little bowls for colored water
Directions
Have your child draw a picture with glue.Then sprinkle the glue with salt. We did this on top of a piece of cardboard, but a baking sheet will work well too. Next have your child take a paintbrush or a medicine dropper and drop colored water, one drop at a time onto the salt.
Some tips: Make sure they lightly touch the salt with the brush. It also helps to have a bowl to clean the brush in between colors...otherwise you lose the colors start blending together and you lose the vibrant colors because they become murky.
If you would like to see the past DIY activities that we have completed together, check them out here:
Homemade Liquid Sidewalk Chalk
Penguin Activity Game
Kool-Aid Dyed Pasta
Cardboard Owls
Alphabet Train
Make Your Own Rainstorm
Orange Sugar Scrub
Meditation Bottle
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Homemade Liquid Sidewalk Chalk: DIY for Kids
My son (Liam) loves sidewalk chalk and painting, so this was a fantastic and easy way to put both of those things together. It was really easy to make and we had so much fun. I was a little hesitant about what it would look like when it dried, but it still shows very clearly! Such a great thing to try!
Ingredients:
1 Cup Water
1 Cup Cornstarch
Muffin Tin
Food Coloring
*Paint Brush(es)
Directions:
Mix the water and cornstarch and then pour into a muffin tin or small cups. Add food coloring to make the colors and stir. Now paint.
*I suggest also taking a cup of water and a paper towel outside with you to wash your brush in between colors.
If you would like to see our past DIY activities, check them out here:
Ombre' Egg Dying
Penguin Learning Game
Kool-Aid Dyed Pasta
Cardboard Owls
Alphabet Train
Make Your Own Rainstorm
Orange Sugar Scrub
Meditation Bottle
Ingredients:
1 Cup Water
1 Cup Cornstarch
Muffin Tin
Food Coloring
*Paint Brush(es)
Directions:
Mix the water and cornstarch and then pour into a muffin tin or small cups. Add food coloring to make the colors and stir. Now paint.
*I suggest also taking a cup of water and a paper towel outside with you to wash your brush in between colors.
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| Get your supplies set up |
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| Pour the water into a mixing bowl |
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| Add the cornstarch |
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| Stir it together |
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| Once it is mixed thoroughly you can get ready to pour it into the muffin tin |
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| Pour the mixture into the muffin tin |
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| Add a couple drops of food coloring to each cup |
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| Stir them together to mix the color into the chalk paint |
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| Have fun making some of your own colors also |
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| Go outside and start painting! |
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| Cheer with glee at how fun it is |
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| Draw a pretty picture |
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| Add in some snakes (Here you can see how the chalk shows up once it is dry) |
If you would like to see our past DIY activities, check them out here:
Ombre' Egg Dying
Penguin Learning Game
Kool-Aid Dyed Pasta
Cardboard Owls
Alphabet Train
Make Your Own Rainstorm
Orange Sugar Scrub
Meditation Bottle
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
DIY: Toddler Crafts Part 5
As we are nearing the end of the month I thought it was time to throw out some new toddler DIY activities! I hope you enjoy them I have spent a lot of time scouring the Internet for some great new ideas we haven't used before. Please feel free to submit any of your ideas that you may have for future blogs.
It's fun, it's easy and it's bubbles, Liam will love it!
Ingredients:
Empty Water Bottle
Duct Tape or Rubber Band
Sock
Dish Soap
Food Coloring
Directions:
Start by cutting the bottom of the water bottle off. Next slide the sock over the bottom of the bottle. You can use duct tape or a rubber band to secure the sock. Pour some dish soap into a shallow container with a little bit of water and gently mix. Dip the sock covered bubble blower into the solution and gently blow. If you want to add some color you can drop the food coloring onto the sock.
Please remind your kids to blow air out not suck air in! If your child sucks in, they will be eating bubbles. Please be careful when doing this with your kids. My kids had a blast playing with these bubble snakes. We did not have any trouble with the kids inhaling, but I have had a few readers mention that their younger kids needed continual reminders. The fun will quickly end if the bubbles are inhaled!
Sidewalk Chalk is so fun and messy for outside play, this looks like a great one to try.
Ingredients:
1 Cup Water
1 Cup Cornstarch
Muffin Tin
Food Coloring
Directions:
Mix the water and cornstarch and then pour into a muffin tin or small cups. Add food coloring to make the colors. Now paint.
I LOVE lava Lamps, so this is one I definitely want to try
Ingredients:
Empty Water Bottle
Food Coloring
Vegetable Oil
Water
Alka Seltzer
Directions:
Fill each bottle about 2/3 with the oil. Fill the rest of the way with water leaving about an inch of air to the top. Add 10 drops of food coloring. Break the Alka Seltzer into 4 pieces. Drop the pieces in one at a time. *Wait until the bubbles stop before adding in another piece or it will start to get cloudy.
Yay, we can finally use our Kool-Aid Dyed Pasta for fun :)
Ingredients:
Pipe Cleaners
Pasta
Pony Beads
Directions:
Start off with a loop fastened at the bottom of the pipe cleaner there is an end to catch the beads as you work. Bead the pipe cleaners to make their bracelets! This activity also works on fine motor skills too: fitting the beads on the pipe cleaners. Once you are about 3/4 of the way up the pipe cleaner, take the end of the pipe cleaner through the hole to latch them together and weave the excess pipe cleaner through the last bead.
If you would like to see the past DIY activities that we have completed together, check them out here:
Penguin Activity Game
Kool-Aid Dyed Pasta
Cardboard Owls
Alphabet Train
Make Your Own Rainstorm
Orange Sugar Scrub
Meditation Bottle
Rainbow Bubble Snake
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| Housingaforest.com |
It's fun, it's easy and it's bubbles, Liam will love it!
Ingredients:
Empty Water Bottle
Duct Tape or Rubber Band
Sock
Dish Soap
Food Coloring
Directions:
Start by cutting the bottom of the water bottle off. Next slide the sock over the bottom of the bottle. You can use duct tape or a rubber band to secure the sock. Pour some dish soap into a shallow container with a little bit of water and gently mix. Dip the sock covered bubble blower into the solution and gently blow. If you want to add some color you can drop the food coloring onto the sock.
Please remind your kids to blow air out not suck air in! If your child sucks in, they will be eating bubbles. Please be careful when doing this with your kids. My kids had a blast playing with these bubble snakes. We did not have any trouble with the kids inhaling, but I have had a few readers mention that their younger kids needed continual reminders. The fun will quickly end if the bubbles are inhaled!
Liquid Sidewalk Chalk
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| Domesticcharm.blogspot.com |
Sidewalk Chalk is so fun and messy for outside play, this looks like a great one to try.
Ingredients:
1 Cup Water
1 Cup Cornstarch
Muffin Tin
Food Coloring
Directions:
Mix the water and cornstarch and then pour into a muffin tin or small cups. Add food coloring to make the colors. Now paint.
Homemade Lava Lamp
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| slsmithphotograpy.com |
I LOVE lava Lamps, so this is one I definitely want to try
Ingredients:
Empty Water Bottle
Food Coloring
Vegetable Oil
Water
Alka Seltzer
Directions:
Fill each bottle about 2/3 with the oil. Fill the rest of the way with water leaving about an inch of air to the top. Add 10 drops of food coloring. Break the Alka Seltzer into 4 pieces. Drop the pieces in one at a time. *Wait until the bubbles stop before adding in another piece or it will start to get cloudy.
Pasta & Beads Bracelets
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| Kiwicrate.com |
Yay, we can finally use our Kool-Aid Dyed Pasta for fun :)
Ingredients:
Pipe Cleaners
Pasta
Pony Beads
Directions:
Start off with a loop fastened at the bottom of the pipe cleaner there is an end to catch the beads as you work. Bead the pipe cleaners to make their bracelets! This activity also works on fine motor skills too: fitting the beads on the pipe cleaners. Once you are about 3/4 of the way up the pipe cleaner, take the end of the pipe cleaner through the hole to latch them together and weave the excess pipe cleaner through the last bead.
If you would like to see the past DIY activities that we have completed together, check them out here:
Penguin Activity Game
Kool-Aid Dyed Pasta
Cardboard Owls
Alphabet Train
Make Your Own Rainstorm
Orange Sugar Scrub
Meditation Bottle
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