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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Celebrate Summer!


Paper Dot Rainbows
Summer means play dates, camping trips, swimming pool visits and kids saying "I'm bored. What can I do?" At least that's how it goes at our house. It seems like no matter how many adventures I plan someone still gets bored. 

I have the habit of making chore lists for when someone says they are bored. But you could also try some of our free crafts, activities and snack recipes too...if you are feeling super nice.


Paper Bag Picnic
This easy craft is fun to create and fun to play with. Use it as a rainy-day boredom buster or take it outside into the sunshine for some make-believe fun!

Colorful Butterflies
This artsy activity is a crowd-pleaser! Marbles, paint, a shoebox and you are set to jazz up your butterflies in a most colorful and unique way.  No paint brushes required!

Bears on the Beach
Summer time is all about snacks. Get creative with teddy grahams, frosting and a few gummy worms and watch the smiles spread as your kiddos create a surf's-up-sort-of snack!

Bugs!
This simple craft uses materials you have on hand including an egg carton, paint, pipe cleaners and glue. (If you don't have pipe cleaners on hand and you have kids under 5 in the house - go get some. You'll thank me later.)

Ants on a Log
Make celery more appealing as a healthy snack choice by adding cream cheese or peanut butter and raisins to create adorable little ants on a log. (Make up a fun little story to go along with it too!)

Visit The Idea Box for crafts, games and snacks to create for summer fun! Connect with us on Facebook where I share more ideas from other crafty bloggers and sites or follow us on Pinterest and create your own pinboard full of kids crafts!

Thursday, May 31, 2012

5 Crafty Ideas for June!

Cupcake Spring Flowers
School is out at our house. How about yours? Are you ready for summer? Are you ready for bored kids telling you they have NOTHING to do? Here are a few ideas to beat the boredom blues.

Paper Bag Picnic
This easy craft is fun to create and fun to play with. Use it as a rainy-day boredom buster or take it outside into the sunshine for some make-believe fun!

Colorful Butterflies
This artsy activity is a crowd-pleaser! Marbles, paint, a shoebox and you are set to jazz up your butterflies in a most colorful and unique way.  No paint brushes required!

Bears on the Beach
Summer time is all about snacks. Get creative with teddy grahams, frosting and a few gummy worms and watch the smiles spread as your kiddos create a surf's-up-sort-of snack!

Flower Pot Decorations
If gardening is your family's forte, let the little ones help by decorating some flower pots (old or new) for showing off your summer flora and fauna!

Enjoy your summer!

Sunday, February 22, 2009

February 27th is Polar Bear Day!


Celebrate Polar Bear Day with these fun activities! Use this day to discuss other bears as well as polar bears. Now is a great time to visit the zoo and share the wonders of polar bears with your kids.

A few quick links:

Bears on the Beach

Adapt this to polar bears by dipping the teddy grahams in white chocolate!

teddy grahams
graham crackers
white frosting
gummy lifesavers
blue food coloring

Take a few tablespoonfuls of frosting and place into a small dish. Add a few drops of blue food coloring to create a nice blue color. Break the graham crackers into squares. Have the child spread the blue frosting onto 1/2 of the cracker - they can be generous! The rest of the graham cracker will be the beach! Stretch out a gummy lifesaver and place around the waist of a Teddy Graham. Then have the child place the teddy into the water (blue frosting).


The Bear Went Over the Mountain

This song is sung to the tune of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow"

The bear went over the mountain, The bear went over the mountain, The bear went over the mountain, To see what he could see

To see what he could see,
To see what he could see

The other side of the mountain,
The other side of the mountain,
The other side of the mountain,
Was all that he could see

Was all that he could see,
Was all that he could see,

The other side of the mountain,
Was all that he could see!

More Resources:

We found this fun craft at FamilyCorner.com: Make a Salt Sough Bear Magnet, instead of painting it brown, paint it white!

They also had some cute coloring pages of a Bear with a Beach Umbrella, one of a zookeeper, and several of zoo animals.

Here's some great ideas for making a Day Trip to Visit a Zoo as well as some advice and zoo tips if you live near Chicago or San Diego and a list several places where you can visit a wildlife refuge.

Have fun on Polar Bear Day, be sure to share any ideas you may have!
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