It's about to rain here and a lot of our kids are done with camp which is exactly when I find it helpful to have a few activities lined up. And if these activities utilize stuff you already have in the house, even better!
Have you tried making crystals with your kids? It’s a fun one!
Cereal and pretzel “snacklaces” require little more than kitchen twine. As an activity for little kids, it is a chance to talk about colors or patterning and sequencing...and it is fun! Set out some bowls of cereal or pretzels, all with holes for threading string through. I’ve made these with dried fruit too: this best for kids old enough to use a needle (clean the needle first).
Read MoreMy son requested a comic-themed party for his ninth birthday. He loves Calvin and Hobbes, Big Nate, and Garfield and came up with his own list of fun activities based on these characters! For his cake, above, we made toppers by printing out some comics we found online, trimming and then taping them to skewers and toothpicks.
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©2015 Jodi Levine. All photographs by Amy Gropp Forbes unless otherwise noted.
