Spider-Man Bubble Blower

Junior loves all things Spider-Man and also loves bubbles.  He has had a Buzz Lightyear adapted bubble blower for a few years but has decided he is too big to play with Buzz.
I found a Spider-Man bubble blower and though it is still a younger kid toy being Spider-Man means he thinks it is okay for him to play with.  Hey your never too old for bubbles and Spidey.

Things are a little crazy(lol, actually that would be a whole lot) here so I did not have time to switch adapt this from scratch and instead used a battery adapter I already had on hand(the yellow stick is Junior's head switch).

 This is the battery adapter and you can find them in most special needs catalogs.

Slide the disc between the end of the battery and the metal in the toy.

I then cut a small notch in the battery cover so the cord could slide through.


With this toy the handle has to be pressed to activate the bubble blower.  To allow the switch to work with the way I have it adapted with the ready made adapter you need to tape the handle down.  I used a piece of blue electric tape so it matches the blue on Spidey. 

 Spidey all ready for some bubble action. 

A short video of Spidey blowing bubbles from his web shooter. It is being activated using Junior's head switch.

Sweat Band Pulsox Probe Holder

I thought I would share this just in case anyone else has the same problem.  Junior is on seizure medication which causes his platelet levels to fluctuate and he bruises very, very easily.  Much of the time he wears sweat bands because his worst area for bruises is on his wrists.  He cannot move his hands so when he wants something he pushes with his arm and hits things with his wrist.  The sweat bands provide some protection.  Much of the time while at home he is attached to his pulsox(oxygen monitor). We cannot use tape to keep it in place and if we place the line under the sweat band it leaves a mark on his skin(he has super sensitive skin). 
To take care of this I attached a piece of velcro to the top of the wrist band to hold the pulsox cord in place.
A pair or Junior's sweat bands

 I stitched a oval shaped piece of velcro to the top of each sweat band.  Then stitched a second piece on top of it.  For the second piece I only stitched one end so it opens for the cord. 

 

  
Junior with the pulsox prove in place and being held with his sweat band.

   

I know many people only attach the probe to the finger but with Junior we have found that the probe gets easily knocked off and damaged that way(he loves to try to get it off). He only gets 4 of these probes each month so we have to make them last as long as possible. 

Feeding Bag Adaption

Today I was checking out the clearance rack at our local store and spotted an insulated back pack.  It is one of those hydration bags for carrying water.  I knew it wouldn't work for carrying the actual feeding pump but Junior also needs an insulated bag for overnight feeds and for that he doesn't need it to hold the pump.  With him being on the blended diet instead of formula all his feeds need to be in an insulated back pack with ice packs.(I know there are a few places who now sell adapted feeding bags but doing them myself saves money) 
For overnight feeds it looked to be perfect. 

I took out the insert which holds water.(this pic was taken after I had already cut and put the seam in the side of the bag which is what the orange material is) 

 

 I then cut a slit on the lower portion of the side of the bag. I couldn't get my sewing machine to sew a seam across the back pack edge so ended up using a piece of material(the orange) over the cut edge.  With the material over the cut edge my machine would then allow me to put a straight seam across.  Everything else I had to hand stitch.  If you have a heavy duty machine then you likely could do all of it with the machine.  For the back side I just cut right along the edge where there was already a seam.

 I stitched a strip of velcro along the back edge.

 A couple of velcro strips sewn to the underside of the front edge

 The side with the velcro strips fastened.  I made the side slit fairly large to make it easier to get the bag in and hooked up so I added the velcro to be sure the bag is held closed so it doesn't warm up to quickly.

 Here it is with the feeding bag inside.  It had a velcro loop already inside so that was perfect. 

 The bottom of the bag where the tubing is coming out. 

 I like how the top of the bag sticks out to easily refill during the night.

 In this pic the feeding bag is full and there is and ice pack with it.  It still easily fits in the back pack. 

 

3 D Flower Craft

A couple years ago I posted about the 3d flower craft Junior likes to do.  Last week we were doing this craft again so I thought I would do a post revisiting the craft since we changed it a bit. 
Typically we do it with just 3 layers but this time we had 5 and Junior really thinks it looks cool. 

This year we just did one giant flower.  We used markers, dot markers, crayons, glue, 2 sizes of coffee filters, 2 sizes of cup cake liners, 1 paper plate, and glitter. 

We started with a giant piece of construction paper and colored a stem and grass on it.  Usually we use green construction paper for the stem but I discovered we were out of green.  You could also use a green pipe cleaner.  

We then decorated each layer of flower petals.
  
We stuck with mainly markers this time but you could use paints, and various other things to decorate.

We then glued the paper plate on and followed with the other layers according to the size, largest first.

 The finished flower.  Junior loves glitter so we added glue and glitter to the very center of our flower. 

 I took this picture so it is easier to see the layers.