Tomorrow's our first real day of nothing = summer. I'm so excited!! I have been working on a summer list of fun activities to do with the kids. It's mostly pool and beach, some free movies, some free bowling, the library summer reading program, some school review stuff with Jayne, and I've come up with some afternoon projects/activities to help when the kids are going stir crazy :-) A lot we do anyway, but I like having a list so when I'm just tired I can refer to my list.
Here's some of my ideas: (I'd love some more that work for little kids)
*Make Lemonade/Ready Maisy Makes Lemonade
*Paper Garden- Use pipe cleaner, muffin cup liners, easter grass, cardstock, make your own garden
*Leaf Dieing- Die tea cloths, put flowers in cloth and smash flowers in it with mallet, will die cloth
*Difference in Water- bowl of salt water and fresh water, compare smell, taste, float, freeze
*Waves in a Bottle- Filll a plastic soda bottle half way with blue died water. Next fill the remainder of the bottle with oil. Now they can make waves by tilting the bottle.
*Make Binoculars- take 2 empty toilet paper rolls and glue together and paint
*Scavenger Hunt- go on walk to find flowers, twigs, rocks, make list before you go of what to find
*Catch the Bubble fish- Fill balloons with water and put in buckets or water table and have kids catch them with their hands or little nets
*Plant flowers or Garden Food
*Go Camping or build a fort in the family room. Do puzzles, read stories, and make smores
*Make your own hula skirt or lei- paper bag and yarn, string and tissue for lei
*Make Your own Popsicles
*Make Home Made Play Dough
*Sidewalk Chalk
*Watch the Clouds for Shapes and Animals
*Stargazing and Hot Chocolate
*Wash the Car
*Mix and Match- Cut out two of various circus shapes (clowns, tigers, lions, elephants), put all the shapes in a bowl, have them pull them out and sort however they want (shape, color, size), animal crackers for snack
One of our favorite Sunday evening activities is a walk along the beach. There's a really nice paved path at one of our local beaches just a few miles down the road that is the perfect place to go for a walk.
It's attached to the Ritz Carlton in Laguna Beach and there's a golf course that has a few holes that are right on the beach. This past Sunday, the golf course was closed so the kids got to go run on the course. They actually found a golf ball and had fun throwing it around. I love doing this together! It's a perfect end to the weekend.
