Items Needed:

Hard boiled eggs
Beets
Red cabbage
Turmeric
Hibiscus tea
Parsley
Vegetable oil, optional, for rubbing eggs after coloring

Instructions:

Prepare ingredients by cutting or grating

Add water to saucepan
Add ingredient and bring to boil

Reduce heat to low, and simmer for 15-30 minutes or until desired color. It should be a few shades darker then you want the color of your eggs.
Remove pan from stove and allow to cool to room temperature
Strain the dye using a fine mesh strainer into a bowl

Transfer dye into glass container

Add eggs and allow to set until desired color. This can even take a few hours depending on how dark you want your color.

Remove from dye and place on wire rack or paper towel
Allow to dry completely and rub with oil to make them shiny if desired

Tips:
Every egg will not turn out the same, even in the same dye color. There will naturally be different shades.
The Parsley dyed very light with 4 hours of soaking, but overnight it dyed darker.
You may need to use cheesecloth to strain the ingredients from the dye, depending on how small the pieces of ingredients are.

Just look at these results!

Rubbing a little oil on Natural Dyed Easter Eggs just makes them glow with their more muted coloring.

While you are having to boil eggs anyway, we have a great tutorial on the perfect way to boil eggs.  Just click on the link to check it out!

I hope that you AND your grandkids will enjoy using natural dyes for easter eggs this year.  We sure did!

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Items Needed:

Popsicle sticks, paint brushes, ceramic paint colors, twine, glue gun (if using this, please do so with supervision with little hands!) or liquid glue.

Instructions:

With two popsicle sticks underneath, glue 11 popsicle sticks close together to make the base of the feeder.

Then layer all four sides with popsicle sticks. Two on the sides, then two on the top and bottom until you have four or five sticks on each side.

With your paint brushes and paint, paint the base and the top popsicle sticks.  This adds such a fun pop of color. Let paint dry.

After dry, tie on four pieces of twine in each of the four corners.  Make sure these are long enough that they will hang nicely below a branch.

Lastly, fill with your bird seed.

Our Easy Bird Craft Feeder is now ready to hang!

Which bird seed attracts the most birds? 

While you can purchase bags of bird seed at most stores, black oil sunflower seeds at your best bet to get the most variety of birds.  They have the thinnest hulls.  Black oil sunflower seeds also seem to be a favorite of Cardinals.

Where should I hang my bird feeder?

Bird feeders are best hung in a place where your visiting birds feel safe from predators. Most important: Avoid open and noisy areas and hang your bird feeders at eye level or a little above. Do not hang feeders too close to any place where squirrels can jump on them, or too low they are within a cat’s reach.

Info taken from www.yardenvy.com

Another easy bird feeder is our Hanging Bird Seed Feeders.

These are a great way to use up any extra bird seed.  Can you see the black oil sunflower seeds?

No matter which bird feeder that you make, your grandkids will love watching to see what birds it will attract!  Thanks to the TOTS Family for a great craft idea!

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Very few items are needed and we purchased most of ours at WalMart.

Items:

Clear Cover contact paper, christmas cookie cutters, fabric paint in your desired colors, flour sack towels, masking tape, fine sharpie, pencils and scissors. (Littler hands will need an adult to cut.)

Instructions:

On the back paper side of the contact paper, take your fine sharpie and trace your cookie cutters.

Cut out your shapes.

Tape the corners of your towel to the table so it will not slip while painting.  It is also a good idea to have something underneath your towel so that the paint does not bleed through to your table!

Peel the paper backs from contact paper and lightly press them onto the dish towel.

Squeeze some paint onto a paper plate and with the erase end of the pencil, dip into the paint and make dots around your cut out shape.

Keep “dot” painting until you have a good coverage around your shape.  Make sure you also add some dots a little looser all around your shape.

Carefully peel off the contact paper from the towel.

Let these completely dry.

I know that your grandkids will love their masterpiece! Plus they will be so excited to give these as gifts.  I think we might also make some of these with their hand print and call them “hand towels”.

Either way that you make these, enjoy the holiday time with your precious grandchildren!

This Christmas Kitchen Towel Craft was adapted by I Can Teach My Child.   Thank you!

Here’s some more fun Christmas kids crafts!

Glitter Christmas Tree Ornaments

Marshmallow Snowman Craft

Cinnamon Stick Christmas Ornaments

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My grandkids in this family are 10, 7, 5 and 3.  Every one of them will love making this craft.  (They are BIG marshmallow lovers!)

Of course there will be plenty of eating chocolate on the way to make these so you may want to have some extra supplies on hand.

Marshmallow Snowman Craft

Items Needed:  Candy canes (If you can find straight peppermint sticks, those work great too), marshmallows, bag of black and vanilla frosting, orange gel, mini M&M’s, Hershey Kisses, Twizzlers,  and a screwdriver.   (Please clean before use!)

Instructions:

Remove plastic from the candy canes then break off the rounded top.

With the screwdriver, make a hole all the way through in the  marshmallows.

Insert the candy cane or peppermint stick into three marshmallows.

Place a dollop of white frosting in the hole of the top marshmallow.

Using the frosting as “glue” place a Hershey kiss on top for the hat.

Take a thin rope from the Twizzlers and tie around the “neck” of the snowman. 

With the vanilla frosting, “glue” some mini M&M’s onto the snowman as buttons.

With the black frosting, make two eyes for Mr. Snowman!

Make the carrot nose with a line of the orange gel.

Let the Marshmallow Snowman dry for a little while to help the frosting “set”.

Our cute little Marshmallow Snowmen are now ready to give away as a goodie gift.  That is, only if they don’t get eaten first!  No guarantees….

This craft was adapted from Baby Gizmo.

Two more fun Christmas Crafts for the kids:

Glitter Christmas Tree Ornament

Cinnamon Stick Ornaments

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When my own kids were little, they used to love hanging ornaments on the tree that they personally made.  My grandkids are no different and I know that they will love hanging this cute little reindeer on their tree.

Plus who doesn’t love the wonderful Christmas smell of cinnamon? 

Here is what you will need for this craft:

Glue gun, scissors, sparkly yellow paper, red christmas bells, colored twine, cinnamon sticks, red and green buttons and some googley eyes.

Instructions for the tree:

Cut two pieces of cinnamon sticks about 3 inches long.

With a glue gun (please use adult supervision with littler kids!) glue one cinnamon stick perpendicular to the other cinnamon stick

Cut two more cinnamon sticks a little smaller than the bottom stick.

Glue them onto the “base” cinnamon stick

Glue your red and green buttons onto the “branches”. It’s fun if the buttons are different sizes.

Cut out a star out of the yellow sparkly paper.

Glue on to the top of the tree.

Cut your twine and then fold in half.   Glue this onto the back of the cinnamon stick.

This cute little tree is now ready to hang!

Instructions for the Reindeer Ornament:

Cut three pieces of cinnamon stick about 3 inches long.

Cut your twine, fold in half and then glue in the middle of one stick.  Please use adult supervision when using a glue gun with littler kids!

With a glue gun, glue two pieces together to form a “V”.

Glue the last cinnamon stick across the other two cinnamon sticks.

Glue a red jingle bell at the point of the cinnamon stick to form Rudolph’s nose.

Glue on the googley eyes.

Rudolph is ready to fly through the sky! 

We hope that your grandkids love these Cinnamon Stick Ornaments and that they will remember making them with you for years to come!

Wait! We’ve one more Cinnamon Stick Ornament for ya!

Cinnamon Stick Christmas Tree

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I know that they will be so proud to put these on their Christmas tree.

They would also be very cute attached to a Christmas goodie that you are giving to your neighbors.

Or attached to a wrapped present.  So many fun ways to use these!

Let’s get ready.

Glitter Christmas Tree Ornaments

Items needed:

Clear, plastic ornaments (we purchased ours from Hobby Lobby)
Beacon Glitter It or polyethylene finish (You can purchase this from Amazon HERE )
Red and Green Glitter
Funnel
Cup, for excess glue and/or glitter
Ribbon
Scissors
Glue dots or hot glue

Instructions:

Remove the tops from the ornaments. Pour a small amount of “Glitter It” into the ornament and slowly swirl around until the inside is coated.

Remove the excess Glitter It by pouring into a cup.
Using a funnel, pour glitter into the ornament and shake around until completely coated.

Tap the ornament upside down over a different cup to remove excess glitter.
If a thicker coat of glitter inside the ornament is desired, allow the ornament to dry and repeat the previous steps.

Let ornament dry completely.

Once the glue is dry, replace the cap.
Cut ribbon to the desired length and tie into a bow.
Using either a glue dot or hot glue, attach the ribbon to the ornament. If using a hot glue gun with children, please provide adult supervision.

You can make these with any color glitter to match your tree, wrapping paper etc.  I’ll ask my grandkids what color they want to use to see what they come up with. So fun!

More Ornament Fun!

Cinnamon Stick Christmas Ornaments

Craft Stick Christmas Tree Ornament

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Well we sure do and know your kids will too.  Be prepared that your kids will want to make a ton of these and then place them all on their dresser in their room. 

Trust me.

I speak from experience.

So grab these items so you can get started:

Pine cones, (you can buy pine cones at your local craft store.  If you choose to pick some natural ones, make sure they are free of any little critters inside!) Colorful buttons (choose some that are bigger than googley eyes), googley eyes, glue dots, feathers, and sparkly paper

With your glue dots, glue the googley eyes onto a button.

Glue your eyes onto the pine cone.  If the dots do not work, a little tacky glue might help.

Cut a small triangle out of the sparkly paper for the beak.

Glue the beak on.

Place some glue dots on the pine cone where you want some feathers.

Press your feathers into the glue dots. 

Hoot!  Hoot!  Now you are done! 

This Pine Cone Owl Craft would make a great activity for the kids to stay busy while your Thanksgiving dinner is cooking.  Or any dinner for that matter! 

More Bird Craft Fun!

Clothes Pin Bird Craft

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This was a great reason to get out of the house and go for a nature walk.  Take your kids and grandkids out to gather leaves for their picture.  The leaves don’t have to be any certain color, they can even be green!

Then grab these craft supplies to get started:

Foam brush, acrylic paint in any fall colors that you like, paper plates and some white card stock paper.

Pour some paint onto the paper plates and with your foam brush, paint your leaves. 

Press the painted side of the leaf onto your paper.

Note: We found out after doing a few of these that painting the backs of the leaves show up a little better when they are pressed onto the paper.  The backs of the leaves have stronger “veins” and show up more on paper.

It was fun to put more than one color onto a leaf!

This Fall Leaf Craft is a good one for all ages of kids but also fun for adults too!

What?  More Fall Crafts?  Take a look!

Fall Leaf Art

Fall Leaf Bowl

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I was thinking these might be cute at each place setting with sayings on the turkey about why they are “thankful” for that person sitting in that place. Or your guests can also write what they are thankful for.

Wouldn’t they be a fun addition?  Family and friends will also love the candy inside as an extra treat!

Here is what you will need:

• 4 oz mason jars 
• Red candy of choice (we used swedish fish)
• Glue. This can be tacky glue, glue dots or a glue gun.  (Adult supervision is best when using a glue gun)
  
• Googley eyes
• Colored Construction paper in yellow, orange, red and brown
  

Instructions:

Fill mason jar with your red candy. 

Cut out four feathers about 4 inches in length.

Cut out a triangle about one inch in length

Write the things that you are thankful for on the feathers.

Glue the googley eyes and the beak on to the from of the mason jar.

Glue the feathers on to the back of the jar.

Now these Mason Jar Turkey Favors are ready for the table! 

I know my grand kids will be so excited to have their creations on the table this year.  I for one am so thankful for THEM!!

Here are a few more turkey ideas!

Rice Krispie Turkey Drumstick

Oreo Turkey Cupcakes

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This is a great craft for littler hands but before we start with the instructions we want to make sure that grandparents and parents use an empty Tide PODS tub, and to always keep liquid laundry packets up, closed and safely out of the reach of children and vulnerable family members.  Taking these steps is the most effective way to prevent accidents with a liquid laundry detergent.

Ok! To make this Tide Pods Turkey, you will need the following:

1 empty Tide laundry pods container

Turkey Template printed out on printer paper or 8.5 x 11 blank adhesive label

Liquid glue or Glue Dots

Scissors (if not using a cutting machine)

Craft foam sheets in red, green, yellow, and orange

Instructions:

1. Remove the top from the container and discard.

2.Wash the container then remove the label from the laundry pods container by soaking in hot water, scraping, and then using GooGone to remove completely. You can also use a heat gun to warm the label but the ease of this option varies based on the brand. For instance, I found using a heat gun to be easy on Gain containers but difficult on Tide containers.

3. Print template and cut.

4. Apply the template to the side of the container with the liquid glue or the glue dots.

5. Cut foam sheets into strips that are 2 inches wide by approximately 8 inches long. Attach the strips to the back of the container in a fan shape.

And there you go!  A Tide Pod Turkey Craft that is bright and festive that your kids can also enjoy playing with. 

And YOU can also feel good that you are recycling and helping the environment.  I love these kinds of crafts!

Wait!  You need a few more turkey ideas for Thanksgiving?  Here you go!

Thanksgiving Wreath

Oreo Turkey Cupcakes

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Before we start the tutorial, let me share Grammy’s Rules for Slime!

1.  Wherever we make the slime, it cannot be over carpet. Kids need to sit on the floor or on a chair that has no carpet underneath.

2. Any cute little child with long hair, must have it back in a pony tail.

3. And lastly, slime can only be played with in a room without carpet! (There’s that carpet again)  No taking slime into a bedroom. 

As long as those rules can be followed, then this Grammy is ready to make slime!  Let’s start with the ingredients.  The ingredients listed below will make ONE batch.  So if you want all three colors, you’ll need to adjust quantities.

6 ounces of white Elmer’s glue, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1 1/2 tablespoons contact lens solution (this solution must have boric acid in it for the slime to work).  Lastly you can add 2 tablespoons of water to your glue before the baking powder if you’d like your slime to be a little stretchier.

For the green slime, you’ll need 6 ounces of Elmer’s green glitter glue

For the orange slime, you will need some orange food coloring.

Also needed will be some small glass jars, googley eyes, a sheet of black felt, scissors and some type of adhesive – glue dots, tacky glue or a glue gun (Use glue gun only with adult supervision)

Now we are ready to start!  Squeeze all of the 6 ounces of glue into a small bowl.  We are showing the green glitter as our example.

If you are adding water, do that step now. Mix well. 

NOTE:  If you are making the orange slime, add the food coloring now to the white glue mix to make it orange.

Then add 1/2 teaspoon baking soda into the glue.

Next it is time to add the contact lens solution

Start to mix everything together.   This part may be challenging for some kids and adult supervision might be required.  If the mixture is too sticky add a little more contact lens solution. When the mixture is looking fairly solid, let your kids knead it until everything is thoroughly blended and it is looking like slime!

Next cut out the jar’s facial features out of the black felt.

We just eyeballed what we wanted and then cut those shapes out. Then with whatever kind of glue you are using, glue them on along with the googley eyes.  If using a glue gun, we recommend adult supervision.

After playing with the slime, place slime in your Halloween Slim Jar for easy storage.

See?  Making this Halloween Slime is not so bad!

If you still aren’t up to making slime, try these fun Halloween Crafts!

Salt Art Spider Web Craft

Coffee Filter Halloween Bats

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I love making any kind of craft with my grandkids with items that I already have around in my house.   These Cat and Pumpkin Halloween Masks are perfect for that. 

Using paper plates and either construction or cardstock paper, I can have these ready for my grandkids to make in a jiffy.  Here is what you will need:

Paper plates, some colorful cardstock paper, pen or pencil, scissors, a hole punch, tacky glue or gluestick, orange and black acrylic paint, and a foam brush.  Also needed is a straw, dowel or pipe cleaner to help hold up the mask. We used a dowel.  You will also need this free template compliments of Oh Happy Day!   Click HERE for template.

Start by painting the back of the paper plate with the orange and black paint.

While the paint is drying, cut out the shapes from the template.

With your pen or pencil, trace the shapes on to the back of the colored paper as desired.

Cut out the shapes that you just traced.

Trace two circles for the eyes and then cut them out.

Glue the shapes on to the front of your mask.

Using the hole punch, punch some holes for the cat’s whiskers. Then glue them on.

Because we used a dowel for our support, we glued them on with a glue gun.  A straw or pipe cleaner will also work.  If you choose to use a dowel, make sure any children who use a glue gun uses it with adult supervision.

And now it’s time to play!  These Cat and Pumpkin Halloween Masks will provide HOURS of entertainment and play for your kids and grandkids.

Happy Halloween!

We’ve got some more super fun Halloween Crafts for you.  Take a look!

Sparkle Spiders

Coffee Filter Bats

Salt Art Spider Web Craft

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This craft is a good one for littler kids since it requires just a little cutting and some gluing and then you have a fun spider to hang. 

The items that you will need for the craft are:

Sparkle paper (9 x 12) found in most craft stores,  googley eyes in different sizes, 4 pipe cleaners per spider (we used sparkly ones),  scissors, stapler, paper hole punch and some glue.  We used a glue gun but regular liquid glue will also work.  

First start out by tracing a circle on the back side of your paper.  Using a bowl or a plate works great for this.

Cut your circle out.

Take your four pipe cleaners or chenille stems and fold them in half.  Then cut at the fold to make four stems of the same size for the legs.

After cutting the pipe cleaners, make a little bend in them at around the 1/3 mark to create the legs.

Now you can either staple the legs on to the spider or if you are using a glue gun (with adult supervision) you can glue the legs on. Glue four legs on each side of the spider.

Face side up, with liquid glue or a glue gun, glue the googley eyes on. We used 8 eyes per spider.  Anywhere your kids want to glue the eyes on is fair game!

Next make a hole at the “top” of your spider with the hole puncher. Tie some yarn through the hole and you are ready to decorate your house with some Halloween sparkly glam!

Sparkly Spookiness!

I promise that your kids and grandkids will be so proud of their glittery creations!

Looking for more Halloween Crafts?

Coffee Filter Halloween Bats

Salt Art Spider Web

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Today’s Halloween craft is incredibly easy but these are also so fun to decorate your home with.  We’ve made our monsters plain and easy to paint but let your kids use their imagination if they want to make them spookier.

Here are the items you will need for this project:

Blank Canvas frames.  You can use any size that you want and they are easily found at Wal-mart, Michael’s and Hobby Lobby.  You will also need foam paint brushes, black sharpie marker, and then some white, black, orange, green and purple acrylic paints.

To make the pumpkin picture, take a foam brush and cover the entire canvas with orange paint.  Let dry completely.

After this has dried, take the black sharpie marker and make a Jack-O-Lantern face. Paint in the pumpkin’s face and let dry.

Obviously the ghost is super easy. You don’t need to paint the canvas white but you can if you’d like.  Take the black sharpie marker to make a ghost face and then paint with black paint.

Next is our Halloween Frankie.  With a foam brush, paint the entire canvas with a bright green paint.  Let dry completely.

Take the black sharpie marker and draw downward spikes for his hair.

Paint them in with some black paint.

Next, using the below picture, just free hand drawing Frankie’s face.  Don’t worry, it doesn’t have to be perfect!  If your kids are old enough, let them draw this part themselves.  It will make their picture an original!

Now take the white paint and paint the eyes and tooth.

Last but not least is our one eyed monster.  On this one, you can have your kids follow our example or let them go crazy and create whatever kind of monster they want to make. 

For our one eyed monster, paint the entire canvas with a bright purple paint.

Using the sharpie marker, create a squiggly mouth and a large circle in the middle for the eye.  Use your white paint to fill in the eyes and tooth.  Let that dry then you can also add a black dot in the middle of the eye.

These are now ready to hang to make your house spooky for Halloween! 

Here are some more Halloween craft ideas to make your house even spookier!

Coffee Filter Bats

Cheesecloth Ghost Decoration

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This summer, four of my grandkids came to our house for a week for Grammy’s Camp and we did this salt art activity.  The kids especially loved watching the paint colors bleed into the salt!  So it is kind of a science experiment/art activity and your kids will love it too.

Here is what you will need:

Construction Paper, pencil or a white pen, Elmer’s Glue, regular table salt, a soft brush and watercolor paints. 

We used black paper for this project but we have also done it on white.  Both will work but I think the black really makes the colors stand out.

Instructions:

Draw a dot with the pencil or pen to make the the center of the spider web. 

Then draw lines through that dot making them go all the way to the edge of the paper.   A ruler helps to make real straight lines, but you can also just draw these on your own. Space your lines farther apart rather than closer so there is room for the upcoming glue.

Next draw curved lines between the straight lines, connecting them to look like a web. Again, spacing the lines farther out from each other will help later when you use the glue.

With your glue, trace along all of the lines of the spider web being pretty liberal with your glue. 

While the glue is still wet, sprinkle your table salt on all of the spider web lines.  If your glue starts to dry, you can work in sections.  Glue a section, then sprinkle the salt.  Then repeat on another section.

Cover the glue lines generously!

Let the glue dry overnight then carefully remove the excess salt by lightly shaking the paper on it’s side. It should end up looking like this:

With your watercolor paints, dip your brush into the water and then the paints and then drop some color onto the salt. Do not brush the paint down a line of salt.  Just drop colored drops of water onto the salt. This is the part that my kids loved the best!  Watch how the color bleeds and moves down the line of salt. So fun!

Kids will want to make this Salt Art Halloween Web Craft over and over again! The good news is that you can make this with all sorts of designs.  I found a ton of lined designs on Pinterest for free that I just downloaded on white paper and then let the kids go.  This was a super great activity that I know your grandkids will love too!

Here are two more great Halloween ideas to make with your kids!

Coffee Filter Halloween Bats

Halloween Snack Mix

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I have little grandkids who are pretty much obsessed with Halloween but at the same time are pretty scared to see Halloween decorations.

They will actually freak out and start to cry when they see the Target Halloween decorations up.  Then they will turn right back around and will say that Halloween is their favorite holiday and will want to read Halloween books.  Go Figure. Their mother (my daughter) and I think it’s hilarious.

However these Halloween Bats are not scary for them and hopefully they won’t be for your grandchildren either.  A fun and colorful Halloween decoration, kids will want to make a ton of these and then put them up all around the house.  What a cheap way to decorate!

Print

Coffee Filter Halloween Bats

Course Halloween

Author TGIF - This Grandma Is Fun

Ingredients

• Wooden Spring Clothespins
• Round Coffee Filters
• Assorted Googly Eyes
• Black Blue and Purple Washable Markers
• Tacky Glue
• Black Acrylic Paint
• Fine Paintbrush
• Black Cardstock
• Scissors
• White Gel Pen
• Spray bottle filled with water
• Brown Paper or plastic grocery bag

Instructions

• Flatten coffee filters out and then draw patterns with the blue, black, and purple washable markers.
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• After the coffee filters have been colored, place them on a brown paper or plastic grocery bag and then spray them with your water bottle to make the marker colors bleed. Let dry.
• Clip your clothespins onto a scrap of cardboard and paint all sides black. Let dry.
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• With your tacky glue, glue the eyes to clothespin. Let dry.
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• Draw mouth and teeth with white gel pen. Let dry.
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• Fold coffee filter in half, then in half again and then once more.
• Cut a scalloped edge.
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• Unfold the filter to where it is back to being folded in half. Cut a 3 inch slit up the middle. Do not cut all the way up and through the fold.
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• Cut little triangle ears from black cardstock and glue to clothespin. Let dry.
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• Pinch the coffee filter a little bit to make wings and then clip on the clothes pin.
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Have a fun and safe Halloween everyone!

Here are two of our most popular Halloween posts to complete your Halloween fun!

Bloody Shirley Temples (non-alcoholic!)

Polyjuice Potion

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Summer looks a little different this year, and many of us have had to postpone our beach vacations for a season. But that doesn’t mean you can’t have your own backyard beach party! Get ready to dig out your swimsuit because we’re bringing the beach to you! Here are 23 ideas for a beach staycation! 

1. Beach and Sea Squish Bags– Kids can start to explore the wonders of the ocean with Fantastic Fun and Learning‘s sensory bags.

2. Water Fight Kit– Can’t have a beach day without water and Inner Child Fun‘s water fight kit is just the thing!

3. Butterscotch Crunch Starfish– These yummy starfish look almost real! Try this treat at Hungry Happenings!

4. Mason Jar Aquarium– Make this fun aquarium without all the maintenance at A Little Claireification.

5. Pool Noodle Fishing Game– Here’s a fun easy game from Happy Tot Shelf that is perfect for your littler grandkids!

6. Shark Fruit Salad– Maybe if sharks tried some fruit salad, they wouldn’t be such dangerous predators anymore…. Find this amazing idea at Kid Friendly Things to Do.

7. Marbled Seashell Art– Turn seashells into a work of art with Projects with Kids‘s marbles seashells.

8. Flying Fish Catch– A fun, easy water game from Mrs. Plemon’s Kindergarten  that kids will love!

9. Glitter Fish Painted Rock– Learn how to make these beautiful rocks at I Love Painted Rocks.

10. Sea Glass Candy– Happiness is Homemade ‘s sea glass candy looks almost too real and pretty to eat…. almost….

11. Beach Water Table– Little hands will love exploring the wonders of the ocean with Sugar, Spice, and Glitter‘s fun water table idea!

12. Beach Fruit Dip– This fun fruit dip is a kid favorite! Make it right here at This Grandma is Fun!

13. No-Sew Felt Mermaid Headband– If you have a mermaid for a granddaughter, then you will love Lia Griffith‘s pretty and simple headband!

14. Shark Surfboard Craft– Nothing says the beach like sharks and surfing. Find this craft at Artsy Momma.

15. Clam Cookies– If you’re looking for a treat that is easy but eye-catching, then this is the treat for you! Check it out at Frugal Coupon Living.

16. DIY Slip and Slide– For some natural beach waves in your hair, you’ll have to try All Things Thrifty‘s slip and slide! It’s sure to do the trick!

17. Candy Seashells– Just from the picture, I know I’d be snacking on these gorgeous chocolates all day long. Learn how to make them at The American Patriette.

18. Jellyfish Races– Bring out the family competition with Living Porpoisefully‘s exciting game!

19. Ocean Sand Art– What’s the beach without sand? Make beautiful works of art with The Growing Creatives‘s sand activity.

20. Mermaid Ice Excavation– This activity from Mama. Papa. Bubba. is sure to keep the kids occupied for hours. Perfect for when you need a break!

21. Flip-Flop Sandwiches– These sandwiches from Cutefetti really are the cutest!

22. Water Balloon Volley Ball– A true summer classic, this game from It’s Always Autumn fits right in with a beach staycation!

23. Beach Books– When it’s time for a little bit of quiet, Fantastic Fun and Learning‘s got you covered with this list of beach themed books the kids are sure to love!

Which of these 23 ideas for a beach staycation are you going to try out first?

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I can just imagine seeing a bunch of these being waved around.  What a brightly colored display!

The instructions below are written to include using a hot glue gun so this craft is more suited towards older children and not toddlers or pre-schoolers. 

Items needed:

12” Wooden dowels from craft store, blue and white Acrylic paint, 1” rolls of Satin ribbon: 2 blue, 2 red, and 2 white, thin bristle paint brush, foam brush, and a hot glue gun.

Let’s start by taking the foam brush and painting the wood dowels with the blue paint. You can leave one end of the dowel unpainted since the ribbon will be there.  Let completely dry.

With the thin bristle brush, paint white star bursts on the dowel.

Let completely dry.

Cut the ribbon into 20″ strips keeping the three colors in separate piles. 

Fold the ribbon in half and loop it around the end of the wand where you didn’t paint. Pull the ends through and the loop and tighten.

Loop three rows of blue ribbon and then finish with alternating the red and white ribbons. Take the glue gun and secure the ribbon to the wood dowel.

Now you are ready to wave your country patriotism with your 4th of July Ribbon Wand!

We have more patriotic ideas for you!

Patriotic Paper Chain Free Printable

4th of July Firecrackers

4th of July Poke Cake

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Here are the supplies to get started:

6 pieces of construction paper of different colors, 3-5 packages of flower seeds, a food processor, scissors and water.  That’s it! I said it would be easy!

Cut the construction paper into 1 inch squares and keep all the squares in separate bowls by color

Fill each bowl with water until the water just covers the paper squares and let set for about 20 minutes.

Take the wetted paper squares and wring out about half of the water.  Place them in the food processor and pulse until the paper becomes “pulpy”.

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Continue to keep each color in their own bowl.  Sprinkle some seeds into each bowl and mix them in real good.  Shape the pulp into a ball.

If the pulp is too dry, just add a few drops of water until it is pliable to form into a ball.  There’s really no exact amount of water.  Each batch will be a little different.

Set the seed balls on a cookie sheet or foil to dry overnight.

Your Flower Garden Seed Bombs are now ready to plant wherever you want a splash of flower color! Now what did I tell you?  Wasn’t that easy?  Get prepared to have a large garden of flowers because your kids will want to make a ton of these!

More easy kid crafts:

Tissue Paper Flower Bracelets

Coffee Filter Butterflies

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To get started with these cookies, you are going to want our Cream Cheese Sugar Cookie recipe found here.  I know that you have to make another click to get the recipe, but I am promising you right here and now, IT IS WORTH IT!  However, if you are in a hurry, you can always use premade sugar cookie dough. 

Here are the additional items you will need for the decorating: Red, green and white frosting, black and green gel icing, triangle cookie cutter, and tongue depressors.

Roll your cookie dough per the recipe or the premade dough.  Cut your triangles out.

Lay your tongue depressors on a cookie sheet leaving enough room to lay the triangle dough on top.

Bake as directed by our sugar cookie recipe or per the packaged dough. Start with the red frosting and frost the watermelon part of the cookie.

Next comes frosting the white part of the rind.

Take your green gel and make lines to look like the green watermelon rind.

And last but not least, with your black gel, create the black watermelon seeds.

Let the frosting dry a little and then watch these yummy treats disappear!

Recipes that kids can really help and get creative are my favorite kind of recipes.  I would say this one really fits that bill and that we will be making them again.  Hope you enjoy!

More Watermelon goodness with our…

Watermelon Whoopie Pies

Watermelon Cupcakes

Watermelon Flower Pots

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To get started with this craft you will need the following:  Shrinky Dink paper, embossing powder, a rainbow ink pad,  hand hole puncher, foam brush, black marker, mod podge and a key chain.  We chose softer ink colors because these were two granddaughters but you can get a bolder look with a bolder ink pad.

Taking a foam brush, get it full with the color ink that you would like and paint on your child’s hand.  Work quickly so that your ink doesn’t dry.  Completely cover your childs hand.

Lay your hand down on the Shrinky Dink paper.  Press firmly on each little finger to get a full hand print. 

Carefully lift the hand off the paper and then sprinkle embossing powder over the wet ink.  Shake off any excess powder.

Cut around the hand print making sure to leave a little room to write on and to punch a hole between the thumb and pointer finger.

Write your child’s name and the year and then make a hole with the hole puncher. Don’t forget to do this before you bake.  It will be too hard to punch if you forget until after it’s baked!

Carefully lay the hands on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.  Bake according to the package instructions.  We baked ours at 325 degrees for 1 to 3 minutes.

Watching them cook is so fun to see!

Shrinky Dinks do curl while they are baking and then they will flatten out.  Every once in a while they will curl on top of each other so we made several just in case!

When cool, apply a small layer of mod podge over the hand prints and let it dry. 

Attach a key chain ring and your Handprint Key Chain is ready to go!

Whomever is the lucky recipient of this darling gift will love it!

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Let’s get started with the items that you will need to make these:

Terra Cotta Pot (any size), foam paint brushes, small paint brush and then some acrylic craft paint in pink, light green, kelly green and black.  Red paint would also be a great choice if you like that look better instead of pink.

Start by taking a foam brush and painting the bottom part of the pot with the pink paint.  Let completely dry.  Paint another coat if needed.

Paint the rim of your pot with the Kelly green paint and let dry again.

Add some light green paint on the rim to make it look like a watermelon rind. 

Last but not least, it’s time to make the watermelon seeds.  Use your small paintbrush and black paint and dot away!

Let all paint completely dry and then you are ready to plant.  You can plant flowers but we love the look that the succulents make in these Watermelon Flower Pots.

These are fun to  put in kids bedrooms because succulents are so easy to take care of but they also make great gifts!

More fun crafts:

Clothes Pin Bird Craft

Coffee Filter Butterflies

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My kids never go in our backyard. Some days, I have to force them out the door. While I’d like to blame the hot weather out here (we are in AZ after all), I can’t help but think it might be because there isn’t much going on back there. Well, we are about to move to a new house, and I am determined to make good use of it. My goal is to create a backyard that my children can’t resist playing in! Is your backyard in desperate need of an upgrade too? We’re in this together then! Here are 21 irresistible backyard play areas I can’t wait to try out!

1. Tire climbing tower– For the brave and daring, they’ll love climbing all over this tower from Blessings Overflowing.

2. Construction Play area– Is your child obsessed with tractors and bulldozers? They this is the perfect backyard play area for your family! Find instructions at Simply Laura Leigh!

3. Splash Pad– Who says you need to go to the park to play at the splash pad? Build this simple design from SHTF Preparedness !

4. Pirate Boat– Let your child’s imagination run wild with this tutorial from The Resourceful Mama.

5. Backyard Art Oasis– With Tinker Lab‘s artistic play area, your kids can have fun making a beautiful mess that stays outside!

6. Platform Tree House– Every kid needs a tree house, am I right? Try Repurpose and Upcycle‘s simple design!

7. Sand and Water Table– This play table from Frugal Fun 4 Boys is the perfect place to experiment and make a mess!

8. Giant Chalkboard– Take coloring outside with Love and Renovations‘s giant chalkboard.

9. Platform Swing– Fit multiple people on this giant swing from The Naughty Mommy!

10. Kiddie Car Wash– This idea from Mom Endeavors is sure to be the new favorite activity at your house!

11. Hill Side Slide– We love this dreamy slide from The Empowered Educator! It’s perfect for little legs to climb up to!

12. DIY Play House– The perfect place to have imaginary adventures! Find this easy design at Houseful of Handmade.

13. Outdoor Tinker Space– Keep your kids busy and exploring with Work Space for Children‘s tinkerspace!

14. One Rope Tree Swing– Let your child’s dreams take flight with Tee Diddly Dee‘s rope swing.

15. Outdoor Reading Nook– Vintage Revival’s reading nook is the perfect escape for your little bookworm! We have links to both parts: Part1 & Part 2.

16. Seesaw– Seesaws are an excellent practice in teamwork, don’t you think? Find this fun DIY at A Turtle’s Life for Me.

17. Airplane Play Structure– Your children will have so many adventures with Rogue Engineer DIY airplane!

18. A-Frame Play House– We love this unique design from At Home with Ashley.

19. Mud Kitchen– What kid doesn’t love playing in the mud? Create your own mud kitchen at Tippy Tupps.

20. Climbing Wall and Net– Have you ever wondered if your children are actually little monkeys that won’t stop climbing? If your answer is yes, someone please save my sanity, then you’ll love this idea from Mincing Thoughts.

21. Tire Climber– This climbing structure from My Small Potatoes is sure to get out all the wiggles from your kids!

Which of these 21 irresistible backyard play areas is your family going to try first? 

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To make these you will need four sheets of tissue paper, (three of one color and one of another color) some color coordinating pipe cleaners, some scissors and a ruler.

Lay down three full sheets of tissue paper with one half sheet of tissue paper in another color centered in the middle.

Next you are going to want to fold in two inch increments. Fold one way, then turn the paper over and fold the other way.  Repeat until you end.

Flatten out your tissue paper after folding.

We are now going to cut some fringe on the center piece.  Carefully remove center piece and fold it back together accordion style.  Cut each end with small cuts (about 1 1/2 inches) to create fringe.

Open your middle piece tissue paper back up and place it back on your full sheets.

Fold everything back up again and then fold in half.

Taking your scissors, cut half circles at the end of your tissues.

Open your tissues and place a pipe cleaner in the middle.   Twist tightly but don’t pinch the middle.

Open up your flower and start fluffing the tissue paper one side at a time by pulling the layers of tissue paper apart.

Now that you know how to make tissue paper flowers, they are ready to hang.  Use the pipe cleaners in the back to attach to a rod if you’d like to stand them up.

These are fairly large as you can see in the pictures and make a beautiful look on walls.

You may have some tissue paper left over so here is another fun tissue paper craft!

Tissue Paper Flower Bracelet

Tissue Paper Flower idea by The Crafty Mom

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Hello TGIF Readers! We’ve got a fun printable for you today with this Patriotic Paper Chain.  A paper chain is one of the most easiest craft that a child can do.  At Christmas time, they are a favorite to decorate a homemade Christmas tree.  Why not for a patriotic holiday?

For the best quality, print this printable at a copy store on photo paper.  Your colors will be much more bright like in these photos.

Grab some kids scissors and a stapler.  You can also use a glue stick but that will take a little time to dry.  Cut out all of your strips.

Start making your loops and alternate between the stars and the stripes.  Staple or glue together.

Now you have a darling paper chain that you can hang up as a garland around the house.  I love the red, white and blue that makes it look so festive! 

Download Patriotic Paper Chain Down HERE

More patriotic craft ideas:

Bomb Pop Cookies

4th of July Firecrackers

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The items needed for this craft are toilet paper tubes or paper towel tubes cut in half, red, white and blue tissue paper, red, white and blue pipe cleaners and some patriotic ribbon, then lots of treats as a filler.  We used small candies but you could also put in small toys or balloons. Anything goes that would fit in the tubes.

Cut your tissue paper into about 10 inch squares.  You will want 2-3 layers of whatever color you are working with.

Roll your tube around the tissue paper.  You can either glue with a glue gun (with supervision if you have little kids!) or Elmer’s glue works also but will take a little longer time to dry.

Cut some of your pipe cleaners into smaller pieces and wrap these around the bottom of the tissue paper.  Twist tightly and then put the pipe cleaner into the end of the tube to hide it.  Don’t cut all of your pipe cleaners though.  You’ll  need some longer ones later.

Now fill your tubes with all of the goodies that you have gathered.

You can decorate the outside of your 4th of July Firecrackers by gluing on some ribbon but I think that some patriotic stickers would also look cute!

To close your tube, wrap a full length pipe cleaner around the top of the tissue paper and twist tightly. Make the pipe cleaner curly by wrapping it around a pencil.  We also fashioned a star popping out of the top.

Now you are ready for any 4th of July party with these fun poppers! Kid love cracking them open to find their surprises! 

Thank you to How Does She for a great patriotic kids craft!

Need a little more patriotic spirit?  Try out these crafts!

Kids Teeshirt              Popsicle Stick Flag

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I love this state in the Spring because it has the most beautiful flowering trees.  There is even somewhat of a state song that is called “Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Trees” and it truly does looks like popcorn all over our trees in the spring. What better time to make a Tissue Paper Flower Bracelet for the little girls in your life.  My granddaughters loved them!

To get started you will need tissue paper in a bunch of different colors, pipe cleaners, a single hole punch, some beads and baubles with a big enough hole that a pipe cleaner can be pushed through and some scissors.

Instructions:

1.  Stack a bunch of small tissue paper sheets together. The order of your colors will determine how your flower will look.  We recommend stacking 15-20 layers.  More layers make for a fuller flower.

2. Cut out a circle about 3″ in diameter.  You can make them smaller or bigger depending on the size of your child’s wrist.

3.  Punch two holes in the middle of the circles and line up the punches as close as possible.

4.  Take the pipe cleaner and thread it through the two holes. Have the same length of pipe cleaner on each side.

5.  Twist the pipe cleaner in the back.

6.  Now it is time to make your flower bloom!  Take the top layer of tissue paper and give it a little crumple.  Follow this process with every layer.

7.  Thread your beads onto each side of the pipe cleaner. Put on enough for the size that you need but leave some room at the end so you can twist the pipe cleaner to close your bracelet. Snip the ends off and your kids are ready to have a fashion show to show off their creation!

Happy Spring Everyone!

Flowers and butterflies just go together don’t they?  Here is a super fun and easy Butterfly Craft.

Coffee Filter Butterflies

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With my daughters having all of their kids home from school, they have been doing lots more kids crafts to keep the little ones busy.  This is a super easy craft that your kids can take outside and will hopefully keep them busy for a little while!

Here’s what you will need:

White or Glittery Star stickers.  We used both!

Blue paper bags

2 Popsicle sticks

Red and white streamers

Glue Stick

Yarn or twine

Ok, so here we go.  Stick the star stickers on to the blue bag.

Then cut a very small hole in the bottom of your bag

From the outside, stick the end of your yarn or twine through the hole of your bag and tie it on to a popsicle stick.  Pull your yarn until the popsicle stick rests on the bottom of the inside of your bag. 

On the outside bottom of your bag, leave enough yarn or twine to fly the kite and wrap it around another popsicle stick.

Glue your streamers around the whole inside of your bag.

Now let’s get ready to fly!

If you don’t have any wind these might not get a good enough lift but not to fear.  The kids had a blast running and swinging them around anyway!  Which makes this Paper Bag Flag Kite a huge success!

If you are looking for additional kids crafts, we’ve got these handy for you!

Coffee Filter Butterflies     Firecracker Marshmallows      Clothes Pin Bird Craft

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In my mind, they were the biggest popsicle and I though I was getting the most from the coins I had begged mom for.

With this Bomb Pop Cookies recipe you can relive your childhood anytime and share that memory with your grandkids while eating them.

They are such a different cookie with the stick in them and kids love making these!

Here’s the recipe.  I promise…It’s the “bomb”!

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Bomb Pop Cookies

Who remembers the Bomb Pop popsicle from the ice cream truck? With these cookies you don't have to wait to enjoy the Bomb Pop experience!

Course Dessert

Author TGIF - This Grandma Is Fun

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/3 cup canola or vegetable oil
• 2 & 3/4 to 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Red and blue paste food coloring
• 1/2 teaspoon each cherry raspberry and lemon extract. You can also substitute strawberry extract for the raspberry.
• White chocolatem melts or some white frosting of your choice.
• Popsicles sticks

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add egg and oil. Beat well
• In a separate bowl, mix together 2 and 3/4 cups flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt.
• Add this dry mixture into the creamed mixture and beat well.
• If needed, add the remaining 1/4 cup flour and beat until the dough forms into a ball.
• Divide dough into 3 equal balls of dough.
• Add red food coloring and cherry extract to the ball of dough.
• Add blue food coloring and raspberry extract to ball of dough.
• Add just the lemon extract to the last uncolored section.
• Roll each ball of dough into a 10-in.-long rectangle log.
• Place red, white and blue logs side by side.
• Very lightly, press all the logs together in red, white and blue order.
• Wrap in saran wrap and then chill until firm. I chilled mine for about 30 minutes.
• 
• Unwrap your dough and then cut it crosswise into 1/4 inch slices.
• 
• Place each slide about one inch apart on parchment paper on your baking sheets.
• At the end of a strip, lightly press cookies with a fork and then pull down the dough to the end.
• 
• 
• 
• Bake until set about 10-12 minutes.
• Let cool for 2-3 minutes then transfer to a rack.
• Using white chocolate candy melts, melt per package instructions. Spread on the inside of a cookie, insert a stick and place another cookie on the other side.
• 
• Let cool.
• Or use white vanilla frosting to do the same.
• 

Notes

Recipe adapted from Taste of Home

These Bomb Pop  Cookies are also great for our patriotic holidays.  If you are looking another patriotic treat, try these Firecracker Marshmallows.

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Is it just me, or is staying inside all day long mind numbingly boring? If you’re feeling my pain, I’m sure your kids are feeling it even more! If you’re looking for something to keep them engaged while soaking up some vitamin D, we’re here to help you with 25 ideas to get your kids outside. 

1. Pouring Station– This activity from Busy Toddler will keep your little ones busy for hours!

2. Coffee Can Ice Cream– If you love a little dessert after burning lots of calories, than this activity from Living Well Mom is perfect for you!

3. Play Garden– Dirt and childhood go hand in hand, especially with The Imagination Tree‘s beautiful play garden!

4. Puffy Sidewalk Paint– Upgrade from regular old sidewalk chalk to Midget Momma‘s puffy sidewalk paint!

5. Old School Outside Games– Need something low maintenance? Check out Living in Happy Place‘s outside games that require little to no extra equipment or planning!

6. Nature Color Wheel– Show off all the beautiful colors found in nature with Mother Natured ‘s color wheel scavenger hunt!

7. Dinosaur Ice Excavation– If you need something fun that will take up a long time, you have to try Parenting Chaos‘s dinosaur excavation!

8. Water Pistol Painting– Water guns are not only great for water fights, but also artistic expression, like in this activity from Messy Little Monster.

9. Spring Sun Catchers– These sun catchers from I Can Teach My Child are simple, yet beautiful.

10. Rainbow Clean Mud– You read that right. Clean. Mud. It’s like a miracle from above! Find the recipe from Frogs, Snails, and Puppy Dog Tails!

11. Tin Can Bowling– For those of you with a serious aversion to wearing borrowed, dirty shoes at the bowling alley (me!), you’ll love A Girl and A Glue Gun‘s tin can version of bowling!

12. Human Ring Toss Game– Kids will love this fun twist on the classic backyard game from Kid Friendly Things To Do!

13. DIY Bean Pole Teepee– Can you imagine the memories you’re little ones will make in this bean pole teepee from Artful Parent?

14. Bubble Snake Maker– With just a few simple materials, you can make these fun bubble snakes from Mum in the Mad House.

15. Sidewalk Chalk Board Game– Liven up the sidewalk with Views from a Step Stool‘s fun game!

16. Garden Sensory Bin-Help your children experience the joys of gardening with this sensory bin from Mess for Less.

17. Water Table Paint and Print– Put that water table to use with No Time for Flash Cards‘s fun activity.

18. Obstacle Course– If you’re looking for something to expend some of that extra energy, you’ll love this obstacle course idea from Playing and Learning Begins at Home!

19. Backyard Bug Hunt– What kid doesn’t love bugs? Find this fun scavenger hunt at The Littles and Me.

20. Nature Tree– Make a beautiful picture with all the treasures you find in nature! Check it out at Raising Hooks.

21. Tic Tac Toe Painted Rocks– Take tic tac toe outside with Run Wild My Child‘s tic tac toe rocks!

22. Garden Xylophone– Music and nature- a perfect combination! Try it out at The Moments At Home!

23. Backyard Mud Cafe– Make your child’s dreams come true with this mud cafe from The Crafting Chicks.

24. Monster Footprint Hop– This game from Raising Dragons is perfect for fun memories and burning a little energy.

25. Pinecone Mobiles– Is it just me, or do kids love collecting pinecones? Put them to use with Happy Hooligans‘s pinecone mobile!

We hope our list of 25 ideas to get your kids outside will help make this difficult time a little easier. Stay happy and stay healthy! 

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