Today we have invited all of our friends to a Hunger Hero play date at the park in support of No Kid Hungry's Go Orange days. All of the kids are bringing food donations for our local food bank--and turning into Hunger Heroes! I made bright orange capes for all of our Hunger Heroes to wear out of plastic tablecloths from the Dollar store. They were super easy to make! You can get 8 capes out of 1 108 inch table cloth. I began by unfolding the … [Read more...]
First Day of School: Photos and Emotions!
All three of the kiddos started school last week! My oldest had been waiting all summer and was so excited to finally be a first grader. First grader sounds so crazy to me. On one hand she is more than ready for this chapter, but on the other I'm not even ready for her to be in kindergarten yet, much less first grade! The elementary kids start an hour before the preschoolers, but I could not pass up an opportunity for a group shot! (How much … [Read more...]
Back to School Muffin Tin Meal
Monday nights are busy at our house so a couple months ago we started doing muffin tin dinners. Muffin tin meals are usually just a fancy way to serve leftovers, but this week I made a back to school muffin tin meal to celebrate the first day of school! It was very simple to do. I used kitchen scissors to cut out the sandwiches in the shape of a notebook and wrote ABC on the top with an icing pen. I saw the super cute idea for the cheese pencil … [Read more...]
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...]
Sand and Cornstarch Dinosaur Fossils
I hosted an at-home summer camp day full of dino fun last month! We started the day by being palenotologists at a fossil dig and it was a super cool experience. Two nights before dino camp I made a batch of sand and cornstarch fossils. I hadn't made these in years so I kinda winged it and luckily it turned out fine. How to Make Sand and Cornstarch Fossils: Mix 1 cup of sand, 1/2 cup of cornstarch, and 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar in a … [Read more...]
Create an Alphabet Puppet Theater
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...]
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...]
