{"id":2571,"date":"2018-08-02T22:27:07","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T22:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/?p=2571"},"modified":"2018-08-06T15:44:59","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T15:44:59","slug":"twinkling-stars-sensory-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2018\/08\/02\/twinkling-stars-sensory-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Twinkling Stars Sensory Box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Materials<br \/>\n<\/strong>Large cardboard box<br \/>\nString of mini lights (50\u201300)*<br \/>\nScissors or sharp knife<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions<br \/>\n<\/strong>Using scissors or a sharp knife, poke holes in the top of a box large enough for your infant or toddler to lie down in. Scissors tend to make bigger holes that makes it easier to push the lights through.&nbsp; Push the lights through the holes so that they can be seen when inside the box.&nbsp; Plug the lights into a nearby outlet and lay your infant or invite your toddler in the box.&nbsp; Your infant or toddler will love observing the twinkling lights about their head. Close supervision is needed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*Note:<\/strong> I recommend you not use ultra-bright lights and always test the lights for heat before your child enters the box. Most mini lights do not get warm, but it&#8217;s always a good practice to test them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Materials Large cardboard box String of mini lights (50\u201300)* Scissors or sharp knife Directions Using scissors or a sharp knife, poke holes in the top of a box large enough for your infant or toddler to lie down in. Scissors tend to make bigger holes that makes it easier to push the lights through.&nbsp; Push &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2018\/08\/02\/twinkling-stars-sensory-box\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Twinkling Stars Sensory Box&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":2572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-and-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2571"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2602,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571\/revisions\/2602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}