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May 6, 2014

Window Paint Recipe for Kids

Looking for a super fun indoor boredom buster? Let your kids paint the windows! Yes. You read that correctly. Let them paint your windows! Window painting is so much fun and not as messy as you think! Our window paint recipe only has two ingredients and is easy to clean up. Really. Window Paint Recipe: washable tempera paint dish soap The second ingredient is soap, don't you feel better about trying it already? Squirt some … [Read more...]

July 4, 2013

Cloud Watching and Cloud Painting

Cloud watching is on our "Old School" Summer Bucket List--you can't beat a totally free bonding activity that allows you to slow down and spend time with your kids. There is no prep required for this old school activity. All you need to do is wait for a day with some clouds in the sky and go outside with your kids. Find shapes and pictures "hidden" in the clouds and point them outo to each other. You can even make up stories about what you see. Then … [Read more...]

June 24, 2013

Healthy Kids Snack: Painted Toast Flags

Healthy Kids Snack Fruit Painted Toast

Painted Flag Toast turned out to be such a fun and healthy 4th of July kids snack!  Instead of using milk and food coloring for our paint like we usually do we decided to try using fruit paint and found it to be delicious!  This is one 4th of July craft you can do anytime of day...especially if you need a snack! To make the flag toast snack we cut the bread into a regular shape and made our fruit "paint".  We had leftover strawberries and … [Read more...]

March 22, 2013

Chalkboard Easter Eggs

I have been loving all of the fun egg decorating ideas for kids I've seen this year!  One of my favorites was this idea from Super Mommy where she dipped her eggs in chalkboard paint.  I wanted to try it with my kiddos, but I was worried that we wouldn't remember to get them back into the refrigerator. So instead of chalkboard painting eggs we used egg-shaped rocks!  Genius, right?  Now they can stay out year round and be used in any way the kids can … [Read more...]

August 21, 2012

Activities for Birds by Kevin Henkes

The author for this month's Summer Virtual Book Club for Kids is Kevin Henkes! (amazon affiliate link) We read lots of Kevin Henkes books this month and especially enjoyed the book Birds, which is beautifully illustrated by Laura Dronzek.  The book may be simple, but it packed full of fun learning opportunities.  In the story Henkes talks about what birds look like, what they do and what they could do.  In the story Henkes talks about what … [Read more...]

July 23, 2012

Camping Themed Kids Activities

Is anyone else shocked at how fast this summer is flying by? It seems like the last day of school was just yesterday.  One of our favorite activities this summer has been doing Camp Whamma Jamma with some of our friends.  The mom had asked me if we wanted to participate in a mom-run home summer camp and I couldn't say yes fast enough!  We picked a couple days in the month of July and took turns hosting a themed camp. I had the first session and did … [Read more...]

July 2, 2012

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...]

March 12, 2012

Make Shamrocks Prints with Peppers

Last week we used green pepper slices and green paint to make shamrock prints!  See how a sliced pepper looks just like a shamrock? To make the prints all you need to do is slice some peppers, pour paint into a dish, and let them create! I gave my two year old the top of the pepper with the stem so she would have something to hold onto, but thick slices of pepper work too. As you can see she had a blast!  She loved experimenting with the pepper and … [Read more...]

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