FunThingsToDoWithUrKidz

Personally I felt like first thing in the morning was a little to early to cut and paint but my kids did not! Seems like my daughter dreamed of this cause first thing after breakfast she asked me over and over..and over..for a box washer. Lucky we had a empty box sitting around (that in its self is rare) so I got to work taping up the box and painting it. I  tried to go off of our real washer, my thought was maybe then they will learn how to work our real washer and could start helping with wash but in reality our washer is so big that my 4'10" self needs to jump on it to get everything out so that might not be a possibility but we can try. Anyway after I got done with the washer I had a request for felt clothes. That is pretty simple. I just stack the felt in 2's or 3's and cut all shirts at once...all socks at once and so on. (just make sure to have good scissors) 

Today we took out our Legos again, this time making a lego golf course. It turned out pretty fun and even though my son really wasn't into hitting the ball with the club he got in on it and used his hands. (pretty tricky still) After golfing was done it all became roads for lego cars and trucks! Two in one game, can not beat that! 

Our lego ice cream stand. Complete with cones, toppings and many different kinds of ice cream! We started simple and made ice cream sandwich out of brown and white legos then my kids went of making their own things. They used white legos for whip cream and brown ones for sticks to make Popsicle's. My daughter ended up adding way more flavors she thought sounded good and  we even ended up with a train to bring the ice cream on the go.  Really it was neat to see what they could come up with.  

I loved the idea for having lavender bubbles for my kids to play with either before bed or at a time when they just need to relax. I am one of those people who are not good at making home made bubbles though so I went with a different plan. I took cheap non scented bubbles added in red and blue food coloring to make a deep purple and then added in lavender essential oil. It worked! They smelled amazing and the food coloring did not stain. I added in a good amount of oil also and ended up with this shimmer look to the solution. Highly recommend for any down time.

Made from cardboard and paint and can be played a few different ways. Easy way~ Just throw and try to get the food into the  caterpillars mouth. another way~ is to make teams and see who can score more memory game~ First read the hungry caterpillar then see who can throw the right stuff in the correct order as the  caterpillar ate in the book. note~no my circles are not perfect but if you are trying to cut cardboard skip the scissors and use a knife. 

I first planned on doing this activity with my 6 year old but she didn't seem interested on the flip side my 4 year old was...My 4 year old is hyper, really a go go go kid..so I was unsure how this would turn out but who could pass up a time to teach..  So first we picked out some fabric scraps we had and cut out a long rectangle. Really you can make them any shape. We folded the rectangle in half and sewed 2 sides. (one did not need to be sewed as again we folded it in half) The picture above is one of many but the others were very blurry as I was trying to stay away from the needle lol He did pretty well though and really was proud of himself after.  Once the two sides were done we went outside and picked some lavender and mint and filled our bags. We finished by sewing the last side.  Not bad for a first try and he loves rubbing them and smelling what is inside. I am thinking maybe the lavender one can stay between his pillow and pillow case for night time ;...

Easy way to keep everything together..or so I hope...either way I thought this is a nice idea..you take a storage container and draw with sharpie or another permitted marker a stove top on the lid, then you can keep all pieces inside.