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Gone (to play) with the Wind
Windy Play…part of our summer fun series Windy days can make for some great fun – here are some of the wind projects from our 100 fun things we plan to do this summer list! Speedy Windsock A very easy project to make we have enjoyed making it each year with left over birthday decorations!…
Pretend Play and Cooking Outdoors
Baking Al Fresco – Part of our Summer Fun Series From making mud-pies to rock soup, transforming our backyard into a kitchen, bakery or restaurant is a surefire way for us to fill many hours of the day in the summer time. I find collecting a few recyclable containers such as yogurt cups, aluminum baking…
Bubble Fun
Bubble Fun Bubble time is practically a given on any day. We have a collection of wands and plastic containers we like to use. In our collection are, traditional wands, self made wands, straw wands and also a battery wand so that even before being able to work a traditional wand my children have felt…
100 Fun Things to do this Summer
The boys, baby and I have put together a huge list of all the things we want to try doing this summer. I tried to organize the list a bit and well here it is… From bubble games to marbling paint to backyard cooking and other adventures check out our ideas and may we all…
Joy of eating…family style
*This article was also featured at at Authentic Parenting* I strive to serve healthy yet yummy and appealing meals everyday. The goal being to not to create kitchen master pieces worthy of Top Chef (what an awesome show) but rather to capitalize on my children’ s adventurous nature and allow them a chance to explore…
Spring Time is Bug Time
For the month of April we are doing a Spring & Bugs theme. Books The Grouchy Lady Bug – Eric Carle The Very Busy Spider – Eric Carle The Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle Art Friendly Ladybugs Giant Spiders Heart Caterpillars Beautiful Butterflies Songs Itsy Bitsy Spider If you are happy and you know it…
15 Play Activities For Rainy Days
15 activities to do indoors on a yucky day! 1. Build a fort 2. Make paper airplanes 3. Paint with cars 4. Build with Lego 5. Build a book city 6. Read stories 7. Play follow the leader 8. Dance 9. Make up a silly song 10. Play music band 11. Set up an obstacle…
vrooooom…car painting
I find this to be a fun activity for a rainy day. I Line a table with an old shower curtain or table cloth or lots of newspapers. Then lay out long sheets of paper or many smaller sheets of paper tapped together. I Place different colored paints on paper plates. Then place one or…
Every day is a great day to say…
I love you. I overheard someone say today “if the love is there, they will know it, there is no need to say it” and it got me thinking, is there a need to say it? At what age to children realize that the love is there no matter what we say? What about other…
Pretend Play and Ice Skating
We Tried out a new activity idea today – “ice” skating indoors. Skates: Wax Paper, Paper Plates, Baking paper. (We tried them all and the best glide was from the wax paper, although the plates stayed under small feet the best) Ice Rink: We moved the coffee table and rolled away the area rug then…
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