Congratulations to DENISE for winning the $10 Walmart gift card! I'm sure with 3 growing boys at home, she will put it to good use!
Today's topic -- The Fun House -- was a lot of fun! Thanks to Lee for her ideas and inspiration for fun (and inexpensive) ways to play with our kids! In case you missed it, some of Lee's ideas included:
- Fun with a cardboard box... Make it into an airplane, a doll's bed, a car, or decorate it and use it for storing dress-up clothes!
- Make a paper weight... Find a big, heavy rock, and glue pieces of different colored tissue paper to it to make it colorful!
- Make a poster, collage, or paper dolls... Have kids find pictures in catalogs and magazines, cut them out and glue them on. Great way to practice cutting and gluing skills!
- Fun with food... Turn food into fun by making an orange slice into a sailboat by adding a toothpick with a paper sail! Have kids "help" you cook... you might be surprised when they actually eat what they make!
She had LOTS more great ideas to share! Add a comment with another one of Lee's ideas that you liked, or share some of your own fun things you do with your kids!
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I got out the scissors and catalogs for Dalton and Devin this afternoon. We are practicing so they can cut by the time they go to kindergarten!
ReplyDeleteWe have 2 family members sit back-to-back, each with a marker and piece of paper. A third family member tells them things to draw on the paper like, "Draw 3 circles. Draw 1 square. Draw 4 wavy lines." Continue until the papers are filled. When you're done, have the 2 people compare their drawings. It's fun to see how different they look, even though they had the same instructions. This is Ian's favorite thing to do these days!
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In my Discussion Group crafty Jennifer Gordon suggested taking a formula can with a lid or similar container and cutting a slit in the top then using baby food lids to slide through the opening. She wrote the alphabet or numbers, I can't remember, on the lids to add to the learning. I thought that was great idea! SB
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