Here is a small list of activities to do with young children:

• Play cherades
• Sing songs like Father Abraham; head and shoulders, knees and toes
• Play Simon Says…or Daddy says
• Make popcorn
• Play Candyland
• Make play dough
• Play dress up
• Make and/or play with puppets
• Read books
• Learn portions of scripture
• Sort laundry together. The older one(s) can make sock matches, fold washrags, put clothes away, identify clothes
• Play with bubbles
• Make pictures for grandma
• Set up a fish tank and enjoy it
• Make instruments with paper plates, oatmeal boxes, etc.
• Plant some seeds
• Visit the elderly
• Make butter
• Make ice cream
• Make yogurt
• Bake cookies
• Dance with music
• Play with cars. Make roads.
• Color with you.
• Find a paper plate craft book and make crafts
• Play a board game with them making up the “rules”
• Finger paints
• Play “hide the battery”
• Play hide and seek
• Do sommer saults and stand on your head

Tags: Family, just fun, kitchen cares

Last week, I published this list of ideas for some fun activities to do with your kids. I have another set of them for you. I hope you enjoy!

• Cut pictures out of catalogs and glue onto paper
• Make finger puppets from toilet paper rolls. Draw faces and glue yarn on for hair. Use a sheet over a table for a puppet show.
• Use a long wrapping paper tube to make a slide for small cars, balls or other toys.
• Make a collage by gluing different kinds of beans, cereal, colored toothpicks, rice, foil, macaroni, etc. onto cardboard.

I would love to hear about some of the activities you used to do when you were young and the summer seemed long. Leave me a comment and share with us. Let’s share ideas!

Tags: just fun

1. Choose a location
2. Choose a date
3. Make sure the date works with the location
4. Select a theme or colors
5. Prepare guest list and gather mailing addresses
6. Plan refreshments and how much will be needed
7. Determine activities
8. Mail invitations with appropriate RSVP date
9. Shop for needed items
10. Bake or prepare refreshments
11. Clean house if the party is in your home
12. Decorate and set out refreshments
13. Prepare activities
14. Change clothes
15. Greet company
16. Have fun!

Don’t forget to delegate!

Tags: Birthday, hospitality, just fun

I shared some time ago a few ideas for activities for little ones. These are ideas that my own mother had written down on recipe cards for me when I was young! Click here to see my first post with some ideas.

• Finger paint with shaving cream on colored construction paper.
• Decorate a small clay pot. Plant flower seeds, nurture and watch them grow.
• Paint a fence or side of the house with a clean brush and a bucket of water.
• Make mud pies or mud stew with twigs, rocks and acorns

I’ll be back with a few more soon, so be on the look out!

Tags: Educational Stuff, just fun

My friend over at Evening Shade Morning Latte bestowed the sweetest friend award to me! I am honored and humbled. This is the only award I have received. Wow.

I am going to copy and past the rules from her blog:

The rules of the award are as follows: Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to 8 bloggers that then need to choose 8 bloggers of their own to pass the award to. Include the following text depicting the award…“Each of the following ladies, I simply love. They each have faced their own challenges in their lives & the way they encapsulate their experiences endears them greatly to my heart.”

And now the award goes to…

Emily’s Blog

Vanessa at Creative Counterpart

Anna at Simple Living in Alaska

Tessila at Tessila’s Thoughts

Elizabeth at Everything Elizabeth

Jacque at Walking Therein

Anne at All Things Anne

Kaitlynn’s Journal

If you noticed, most of these are near and dear to me because they are some of my daughters. I had a very difficult time choosing from all the great blogs and friends ! I wanted to give out at least 30 awards!

Tags: just fun