During snow days from school or even Spring break if you all have one coming up, there are times when the family needs ideas on what to do with the kids to entertain them, keep them motivated and just fill the house with laughter at times. Here are some ideas on what to do with your children during Spring Break or Summer Break .. as well as those unplanned snow days; Local Library Events – All year round there is usually something happened at my local town library for the children. Be it crafts, story time or what not, check out your local town library and see if they have a children’s section with any programs being offered free to resident’s children. Go Outside and Play – Whether it be …
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Fun Time with Preschooler
It’s usually pretty easy to entertain my hyper four year old son during the mornings before preschool … Being that I am and have always been a crafty sort of person, I have a huge supply of various paints, craft supplies and newspaper for times like today when the four year old requested that I paint with him. I recycle my cardboard, paper and plastics. This comes in handy on days when the kids want to do any form of crafting. Seen in picture above, we were painting a cardboard box that was from our recycle bin and using the newspaper from recycle pile for protection of the dining room table. The paints are courtesy my daughter’s supply. Shhh don’t tell her. And when that project was all done, K-man …
Peter Pan Diamond Edition – Do you Believe in Magic?
I believe in the magic of a child’s imagination being able to bring anything to life. I was just talking the other day to my boyfriend about how children are so sweet and innocent, they do not have the experiences from their past that would cause them to be more cautious or weary of life and imaginations. As adults we over think things, that is why I absolutely am all for believing and pushing a love for thinking about fairies and magical pixie dust. It’s the best when my kids faces light up because Mama is talking about how she has to stock up on her magical let’s get dancing pixie dust or an eye roll when I say I need more go to sleep now pixie dust because I …
Searching for new Kid Friendly Craft Ideas
The three kids and I absolutely love doing various crafts. Some of the crafts or things we have ended up doing together are; latch hook, crotchet, baking, friendship bracelets and collages. Honestly that list is small computed to what we do as a family together. Due to the fact that all three kids plus me enjoy crafting, I am constantly on the look out for things we can make or do together. Most recently my Gram started making goat’s milk soap and that got me thinking, while the process sounds like it takes a long time for this type of soap, I knew maybe there is a kind of soap my kids and I can make from home. That is when I happened upon an article that tells me how …
