Watermelon + Popsicles = an awesome summer kids snack! One of the items on our "Old School" Summer Bucket List was to make our own popsicles and it was a total success! Instead of using juice we came up with our own popsicle recipe that is both healthy and yummy! How to Make Healthy Watermelon Popsicles 1. Blend chunks of fresh watermelon in the blender until it is smooth and juicy. 2. Pour the juice into popsicle molds or small paper cups. … [Read more...]
Busy Bag Activities for Preschoolers: Ladybug Math Game
Preschoolers love hands on math activities and need many opportunities to try out and practice new skills. That's why busy bag activities for preschoolers are so effective, they give kids a chance to play and have fun with math concepts. This ladybug math busy bag lets kids work on number identification, counting and more. Ladybug Math Busy Bag Supplies 10 oval rocks red and black acrylic paint black Sharpie marker Mod Podge … [Read more...]
Pool Party Games: Marco Polo
One of my favorite pool games when I was younger was Marco Polo. When we were making our "old school" summer bucket list I realized we had never taught the kids how to play! So this weekend we taught them the rules to Marco Polo and had lots of fun playing in the pool. How to Play Marco Polo 1. Choose one person to be "it". 2. That person closes his eyes and counts to 10. 3. The rest of the players swim away from him. 4. The person who is … [Read more...]
Old School Summer Bucket List
Even though we've never done one before we've decided to make a bucket list for the summer! Usually we like things to be low key and laid back in the summertime, but then we came up with the idea of old school activities for children! You know what I mean--all of the fun summertime activities that we used to do when we were younger. We decided to come up with an old school summer bucket list! Some of the activities on … [Read more...]
How to Make Peanut Butter Play Dough
We love homemade play dough recipes! Homemade play dough is a lot less work to make than you would think, lasts a really long time, and can be customized to fit your kids' needs and preferences. For example, if you have a toddler you may have asked yourself, "How can I make play dough that is safe for kids to eat?" As long as your child has no allergy to peanut butter recipes then peanut butter play dough would be a great choice! Edible Peanut … [Read more...]
Art Activity for Children: Frog Foot Prints
Learning all about frogs has been so much fun! My kids have been totally intrigued by the frog life cycle and have spent a lot of time reading different frog facts. One day while they were looking at the differences between frog feet we decided to turn it into an art project, so we made big frog foot prints! And it has turned out to be one of our favorite big art activities for children! The kids each looked at photos of frogs in our frog … [Read more...]
Screen Free Week Activities: Busy Bags!
Are you looking for some fun Screen Free Week activities to do with your kids next week? Then you've come to the right place! A bunch of kid bloggers have gotten together for a Screen Free Activities and Resources Blog Hop. If you are used to letting your kids watch a TV show here and there for some downtime then the thought of going screen free for a whole week might seem a little intimidating. None of us can be "on" all day long! Busy … [Read more...]
Kids Craft Acts of Kindness for the Earth
In honor of Earth Day, on this week's Acts of Kindness for Kids series we shared kids craft and project ideas that double as act of kindness for the Earth! This week's guests were +Carolyn Elbert from The Pleasantest Thing, +Erica Momandkiddo from What Do We Do All Day? and +Jackie Higgins from Ready-Set-Read. I loved their kids crafts so much we already have plans to make them all this weekend. Check it out! For more information on the Earth … [Read more...]
