Collecting seashells is always fun — even bits and pieces of them. Encourage your kids to use them for art and make a design. Here Ryan (left) and Sari (right) decided to make a long track with their shells. When they finished the track, they were very proud of themselves!
It’s one of those really hot days so today’s KIDFUN will be brought to you by WATER! Watery fun — try some of these: In bathing suits, let the kids play outside and: * POUR — bring every plastic pitcher, cup, bowls outside with lots of water and just pour. Have watery tea parties for friends, set up rows of… Read more »
Bath time is fun time for most of parents, depending on the phase your child happens to be in that day! For me, my 2 and a half year old, Sari, has loved and hated bath time and when she hates it, we all hate it. Lately it’s been fun though with bubbles and paint (colored soap) and a boat…. Read more »
Okay, I’m impressed. Look at that mound of lather on Sari’s head!! And, ya’ know what it’s perfect for? Why, of course — painting! What Hope and Joe could have done once that lather was piled, was give Sari a new, clean paintbrush — any size — and paint lather on the bathtub wall. It’s so much fun.It’s actually been… Read more »
See that great shampoo lather? Ya’ know what it’s perfect for? Painting, of course! The lather is the paint — your child’s finger is the paint brush. The tile is the canvas and a handy squeeze bottle filled with water is the receptacle to clean up that lathery artwork! EVEN better … supply a few clean, new, thin paint brushes… Read more »
The weather’s been so crazy — who would think I’d write about Water Play in April (at least on the east coast!) Yesterday I got a video of Ryan squooshed into a bucket wearing a bathing suit. (She’s not so small — but it wasn’t such a small bucket either.) And, I thought maybe it’s time for KIDFUN to think… Read more »
Okay, it’s not really cooking … but collecting fresh new snow in a plastic mixing bowl using a large wooden spoon comes pretty close to it. We must have been busy for a half hour or more “in” the house playing with snow and just the wonder of it all was fun in itself. But, think of all the plastic… Read more »
Okay, this is pretty obvious …. “I’m singin’ in the rain, just singin’ in the rain!” Try it — get out your child’s boots, raincoat and umbrella and join him as you jump in those puddles and skip down the street … AND SING! (Okay, your neighbors might think you’re mimicking that great scene by Gene Kelly swingin’ on a… Read more »
Do what, you ask??? Yep — get some buckets of water, sponges, clean cloths and wash the car with the kids! It feels like the good ol’ days just writing this! Yesterday, Ryan did this … well, kinda’. She scrubbed her dad’s motorcycle with him. Her friend came by and helped and it just reminded me of my brother and… Read more »
Okay — now I am really dating myself! I remember being so hot that my mother would bring a bucket of water outside and we would sit on the step and put our feet in it. They were probably the days before room air conditioners were popular and we did anything just to cool off. Now, I really sound like… Read more »