This summer start a bug collection, or a collection of something your kids are interested in. My son loves animals and creatures of all kinds. He spends most of his summer days collecting little critters in old peanut butter jars. His rule is that if he catches something, it will stay in the jar until that evening then he will release it back into the wild. Sort of like the fishing Catch and Release program.So, I thought it would be fun to make a photo album of the kids "critter collection". ... Read More about Picture Collections
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Geocaching
Have you ever been Geocaching? Or even heard of it? Well, if you haven't and are looking for something fun for your family to do together during the summer, you might want to check it out."Geocaching is an outdoor treasure-hunting game in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called "geocaches" or "caches") anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small waterproof container (usually a tupperware or ... Read More about Geocaching
Watermelon Jell-O
Oh my goodness! Can you believe how fun this Jell-O is? I saw this creative idea on a feature done by One Crafty Place here so some of you may have already seen this. The original recipe can be found at Gourmet Mom on the Go here. Both of those blogs have some great ideas if you don't already know about them. Anyways, this would be a hit at an upcoming summer BBQ or party. Just scoop the melon out of the rind of half a watermelon and serve it out of a separate dish. Then whip up some of ... Read More about Watermelon Jell-O
Pop Tarts…Yum!
Make your own Pop Tarts!! I found a recipe for making homemade Pop Tarts here. We do not buy them often, but when I do, my kids devour them. I am not a big fan of the box kind, but these homemade ones are yummy.I used some pastry sheets that had been in our freezer left over from something else I had made. So ours actually tasted a lot more like the Toaster Struedel that you can also buy in the stores (which I like better than the Pop Tarts). We filled them with some of the Homemade ... Read More about Pop Tarts…Yum!
School Work Binders
Have you ever wondered what to do with all the papers that come home with your child from school? How to organize and store the ones you and your student want to keep? At our house, we organize them at the end of the school year in a 3-ring binder.In the kitchen, we have a bottom drawer that all the kids school work goes into when it comes home. After we have thrown away the ones we don't want to keep of course. The drawer continues to fill up during the year as they collect their artwork, ... Read More about School Work Binders