RoseArt sent me sample product to help us make big art, but all opinions are my own. Affiliate links are included for your convenience. As parents, we know that spending time outside is important no matter the season, but sometimes it’s hard to get excited about going outside when it’s hot. One great strategy that […]
The Best Beach Activities for Summer Fun and Learning
As I write this we are getting ready for our (usually) annual beach vacation. We love just spending time playing on the beach, but I thought it might be fun to have a few educational activities and other fun beach activities in mind in case the b word should happen to crop up. Here are […]
Your Kids are Sure to Love this Cool Frozen Science Activity
This easy frozen science activity will keep kids cool on hot days, and extension activities give them something to do while resting in the shade. The girl wanted to be outside all day during spring break, but she was sweltering. She didn’t know what to do. I wasn’t too excited about being outside, either, with […]
What I Learned on My Summer Vacation
I took rather more of a break from blogging over the summer than I meant to. I definitely wanted things to slow down — needed to, after five months of hard production — but I didn’t expect to go down from an average of 11 posts a week to one and a half posts a […]
Washing Doll Clothes: An Easy Summer Activity
This time of year, getting kids in water is always a great idea, whether it’s the water of a swimming pool or bath, their feet in a creek or their hands in a tub. One of the ideas in my summer activity pot was washing doll clothes, and we finally got a morning without rain […]
What I Really Want to Do This Summer
Today is considered the official start of summer, the state of mind if not the season. It also marks — I know because I’ve been keeping track of such things — the 151st day of the year. One hundred and fifty-one days, incidentally, that I have posted at least daily on this site. That’s a […]
Make Giant Bubble Solution in a Flash
We’ve made bubble solution before, but since there was a giant bubble wand in the girl’s summer fun kit we needed a lot more solution, stat. I found this recipe at Happy Hooligans, and another at Frugal Fun 4 Boys, which was even easier so that’s the one we went with. It has exactly three […]