Here comes summer! Schools will be closing shortly and parents will be searching for activities to keep their children in the "learning mode" while having fun! Author, Bunny Kas, shares thirteen inexpensive, fun-filled activities that parents can easily encourage their child and friends to participate and enjoy. Do something different! Plan one or all of these activities while the kids have fun and you save money!
Summer Kid Tip #1- Collection container: Find a special container, preferably something small and see-through. It could be a glass spice jar, a mason jar, a tupperware container, even a small jelly jar. Any small finds can go into the "collection container". The treasures should be small enough to provide maximum aesthetic interest. Buttons, small pebbles, paper clips and tacks are just a few things hidden around the house waiting to be found. Kids love to move the jar around like a kaleidoscope, examining their every discovery.
Summer Kid Tip #2- Mounds of goo: Forget the rainy-day play dough. Arm yourself with a can of shaving cream and spray globs of it into a shallow cardboard box. Let the kids squish, mash, and spread it as they wish, then hose them down. The soap disintegrates almost instantly, leaving you with little mess and the kids sparkling clean and ready for their next adventure!
Summer Kid Tip #3- Tom Sawyer: Painting the house or the fence is usually a project considered off limits to children. Foster their inner ego by filling buckets with water and let them use paintbrushes to "paint" the fence or house. They'll feel important when they see their creations on the "forbidden surfaces", but you won't bear the burden of having to clean up the mess.
Summer Kid Tip #4- Obstacle course: Find chairs, stools, rope, hula hoops… anything that can be used to put together an obstacle course. Be creative. Encourage movement over, under, through and around. When they've mastered the course, switch it around and let them go again. Entertaining siblings? Put together two courses side-by-side and let them race.
Activity Tips For Keeping Kids Busy This Summer
Summer Kid Tip #1- Collection container: Find a special container, preferably something small and see-through. It could be a glass spice jar, a mason jar, a tupperware container, even a small jelly jar. Any small finds can go into the "collection container". The treasures should be small enough to provide maximum aesthetic interest. Buttons, small pebbles, paper clips and tacks are just a few things hidden around the house waiting to be found. Kids love to move the jar around like a kaleidoscope, examining their every discovery.
Summer Kid Tip #2- Mounds of goo: Forget the rainy-day play dough. Arm yourself with a can of shaving cream and spray globs of it into a shallow cardboard box. Let the kids squish, mash, and spread it as they wish, then hose them down. The soap disintegrates almost instantly, leaving you with little mess and the kids sparkling clean and ready for their next adventure!
Summer Kid Tip #3- Tom Sawyer: Painting the house or the fence is usually a project considered off limits to children. Foster their inner ego by filling buckets with water and let them use paintbrushes to "paint" the fence or house. They'll feel important when they see their creations on the "forbidden surfaces", but you won't bear the burden of having to clean up the mess.
Summer Kid Tip #4- Obstacle course: Find chairs, stools, rope, hula hoops… anything that can be used to put together an obstacle course. Be creative. Encourage movement over, under, through and around. When they've mastered the course, switch it around and let them go again. Entertaining siblings? Put together two courses side-by-side and let them race.
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