We had a ton of fun with July's Summer Virtual Book Club for Kids' author Audrey Wood. And yes, I know it's already August. Better late than never! There are so many great books by Audrey Wood and her husband Don, but we became obsessed with the series of books based on the alphabet that she did with her son Bruce. Alphabet Adventure, Alphabet Mystery, and Alphabet Rescue follow the adventures of a set of precocious lowercase letters. In the … [Read more...]
Colorlicious Color Game
This month's challenge for The Little Book Adventure was to create a game based on a book. When I explained it to my 6 year old she immediately said, "Oh, let's do a game for Pinkalicious!" They decided that they wanted to make a game where the players pretended to eat food and then turned the color of the food. So that's what we did! They collected food in different colors and we made a color die to roll to decide which food to eat. To make the … [Read more...]
Olympic Snack Necklaces
When I saw these in Target I could not pass them up even though I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do with them. And then it hit me--necklaces! A red, white and blue craft and dessert rolled into one. The kids threaded the Fruit Loops onto plastic strings with post its around the end. Then they wore (and ate) them while watching the Olympics! Do you have any fun Olympic themed ideas? Add them to the Blog Hop! … [Read more...]
Busy Bag Swap Ideas for Kids
A couple weeks ago I invited some friends to kick off the summer with a busy bag swap! What better way to get ready for summer travel than to stock up on new activities? If you've never heard that term before a busy bag is a self-contained activity or project for kids. For this swap the activity did not have to be reusable, it just had to have all the pieces and instructions needed for kids to complete. There were 6 moms who could make it so … [Read more...]
Letter P Pancake Themed Activities
After school got out for the summer my oldest went to camp each morning for a week. The younger two were bummed they were missing out on all the fun so we invited some of their friends over for a pancake themed play date! Everyone wore their pajamas to get into the letter P and pancake spirit and we started off the fun by making pink pig noses! (Did you catch all the P words so far?) We talked about the sounds animals make and how letters make … [Read more...]
4th of July Muffin Tin
The kids helped me make super easy red, white and blue muffin tin meals for dinner last night. They loved using the star cookie cutter to cut out the bread and cheese (and to eat the leftover bread and cheese while they worked!) and had lots of fun washing the fruit and deciding which cup would be just perfect for each food. This would also be an easy 4th of July breakfast for kids, expecially since it's so hot out! … [Read more...]
Red White and Blue Layered Jell-O
We love making layered Jell-O in the summer and have been making red, white and blue Jell-O for the last couple 4th of Julys. This year we decided to shake things up a little bit and make individual servings in 4 oz jelly jars. I included both recipes below if you'd like to try it yourself. Layered Jell-O is as easy to make as boiling water, but does need time to set between the layers so if you are planning on serving this dessert you should begin … [Read more...]
Fingerprint and Footprint Flags!
Last year we made these fun fingerprint and footprint flags for Flag Day! The kids had a blast and they hung on our back doors through the 4th of July. This was the one my then 5 year old made. She only used one foot for the footprints so she wouldn't get red paint on the white stripes. :) The then 3 year old obviously had to put both feet in the paint, but still managed to walk in a pretty straight line! They also did 50 blue fingerprints to … [Read more...]
