Kanda was also known for starring in the 1999 David Greenspan short film Bean Cake, which won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival. She was just getting started and I wish she could have lived longer.’ Leading tributes for the actress, Elsa voice actress Takako Matsu said: ‘The time we spent together is an irreplaceable treasure for me.’Īmon Miyamoto, who directed Kanda’s first stage performance, said: ‘I feel really sad and regretful. Kanda was the daughter of Masaki Kanda, a famous actor, and singer Seiko Matsuda. What a wonderful way to spend a warm, spring morning! Get the 3-5 Playful Preschool e-Book!Ģ5+preschool activities by 25 bloggers, 10 printables, 50 links to activities not featured in the book all for $8.Her body was found at the hotel she had checked into and was rushed to hospital where she was pronounced dead. They dug and chopped and picked and poured until they’d freed almost every last treasure from their icy hands.
The girls worked away for about an hour using all of the equipment I’d set out for them. I have visions of another water-play activity following close on the heels of this one, and it will definitely involve these syringes! And they’re not just used to melt the ice! Much fun was had trying to jet a perfect stream of water out across the yard or up above their heads. The syringes are always very popular as well. There’s quite a knack, as you know, to drawing water up into a baster, but even the youngest ones catch on quite quickly. A baster is a great tool for helping with co-ordination and muscle control. Quite quickly, they were able to start digging away at the frozen treasures. They had a blast scooping, pouring, shaking and squirting the salt and water to start the melting process. I placed a bowl of water on the table, and they got to work! It works wonderfully as an outdoor activity table.Įach hooligan received her frozen hand in a shallow baking dish, along with a set of tools for excavating, a bowl of driveway salt coloured with food colouring, and a shaker of plain table salt. I set the activity up on our old thrift shop coffee table in the backyard. *For the record I broke one thumb – all in all, not bad. Use the cold water to help melt away any stubborn bits. It’s important to work gently so you don’t snap the fingers. Using scissors to cut away the latex, slowly slide the gloves off the hands. To remove the gloves from the hands, run them under a light flow of very cold tap water.
Removing the latex gloves from the frozen hands: The girls inspected them closely, and were fascinated by how cold and frosty they were. This is what the gloves looked like before they went into the freezer:Īnd here they are after. *You want to space the fingers out before they go into the freezer so the gloves are easy to remove once frozen. For fun I added some curling ribbon to the top, and I placed all of the hands on a baking sheet and set it in the freezer over-night. Then I filled the gloves with water, and secured each one tightly with a twist tie. This was a great fine-motor activity in itself. The hooligans first dropped all of their treasures into the latex gloves.
I’m embracing this fleeting (it is fleeting, isn’t it?) passion, and to give ’em more of what they love I came up with this frozen hand activity the other day. We are ALL about Frozen-themed activities these days! I have some huge Elsa and Anna fans here in my daycare.
This Melting Elsa’s Frozen Hands activity is a blast whether you’re a “Frozen” fan or not! It’s a great science experiment for kids, and easy to prep using a latex glove and odds and ends from the craft room. 75+ Best Chapter Books for Girls Ages 5-13.Best Books for Boys – 40+ Fantastic Reads for Boys ages 8-16.Happy Hooligans Accessibility Statement.