All three of my kids love to build and create and ask to take their Lego bricks with them into the tub and the pool. To give them blocks that can easily go in and out of water and won't get lost down the drain I made them blocks made out of pool noodles! My kids had so much fun with them that I decided to make sets to give out to my friends at one of our Moms Night Out Busy Bag Swaps! To make the bags my husband and I cut up pool noodles into … [Read more...]
Kids Nature Craft: Rock People and Pets
Rock people and pets are one of those classic crafts that you just have to make when you're a kid--so, of course, we had to include them on our "Old School Summer" bucket list! All I had to do was ask the kids if they wanted make rock friends and they were off! They collected rocks from our yard and use Sharpies, glitter glue and foam stickers to turn them into rock people and rock pets. Then they raided the recycling stash to create houses for … [Read more...]
25 Glow in the Dark Kids Activities
My kids have been having so much fun this summer with glow in the dark activities! Staying up and playing after dark is always great and adding anything that glows to it doubles the fun. Here are 25 glow in the dark ways to learn, play and create with your kids! Glow in the Dark Learning Activities 1. Glow in the Dark Secret Messages 2. Glow in the Dark Alphabet Eggs 3. Letter Practice: Glow in the Dark Letter Hunt 4. Glow … [Read more...]
Fine Motor Weaving Busy Bag
For this month's Busy Bag of the Month I am sharing a fine motor skills busy bag that I got at my last swap! One of my friends made this weaving busy bag and we have had so much fun with it I asked her if I could share it with everyone. How to Make a Weaving Busy Bag 1. Collect ribbons, pipe cleaners, string, yarn, whatever you have. 2. Tie the end of each one to the end of a dish rack mat. 3. Show your child how to weaving the ribbon in … [Read more...]
Easy DIY Dress Up Costumes
We love pretend play! My kids can happily spend hours imagining and playing together and I love to see what scenarios they come up with. They also love dressing up so we were excited that Sprout sent us some craft supplies to use to make our own costumes to encourage kids to dress up and play! They sent us a box of supplies and instruction cards and the kids (and their Nana) used them to come up with their own version of a pirate, a scientist, and … [Read more...]
Family Card Games: How to Play Spoons
Do you know how to play Spoons? It's so much fun! I remember playing with my family during the summer when I was younger so it was one of the games I was excited about introducing our children to this summer as part of our "Old School" Bucket List! It's a fun family card game that is probably best for ages 5 and up, but our 3 1/2 year old was able to play with us as long as we slowed the pace down. How to Play Spoons: 1. Gather a deck of … [Read more...]
Orange Creamsicle Dough
My kids love playing with play dough and it is one of our go to kids activities. They also have become popsicle obsessed this summer. I thought it would be fun to make some kind of popsicle play dough recipe to for them and came up with orange creamsicle dough! How to Make Orange Creamsicle Play Dough 2 cups of cornstarch 1 box orange Jell-O 3/4 cup of vanilla conditioner We mixed the ingredients together and loved how yummy it … [Read more...]
Glow in the Dark Tic Tac Toe!
It's summer time here and my kids, who normally go to to bed very early, are enjoying being able to stay up a little later! We've been having fun swimming and playing outside and roasting marshmallows in the backyard at night. Since they are staying up later they are also loving playing with anything that glows! Glow in the Dark Tic Tac Toe We love glow sticks so decided to use them to play one of our favorite games--Tic Tac … [Read more...]
