Activities With Children

Arts, Crafts, and Fun Things to Do and Make with your children

Toss any magazine older Work them out. The problem with bad weather is that children don’t get enough exercise. Play “freeze dance” stopping in position when the music goes off. Pile up pillows and encourage the kids to gallop over them on hobbyhorses. Get out the tutus and do a dance show. The storm has hit and you are stuck indoors with small lightening fast children. Kids are bouncing off the walls. You’re just about to go bananas. You take a look, but the pieces to Candyland are missing. Maybe a boardgame can save you?
 
Grab some couch cushions or an large box and drape a sheet over them. Put toys and kitchenware for the kids to play with underneath. They can make a walkway to the structure with blocks. Set it up and hand out the invitations to all of the stuffed friends. It could be your dog or cats birthday, or your child’s favorite stuffed animals birthday. Decorate white paper plates for party invitations by coloring them and personalizing them. Bake up some cookies or have a popcornfest. Stretch out the preparation. Throw a ten minute party. Fill plastic bottles with whatever is on the shelf to make potions. Toothpaste, ketchup, food coloring - the yuckier the better. Add baking soda and vinegar and watch your concoction fizz. Clean out the magazine rack and have your kids clip pictures and paste them on paper. Suggest a theme, such as animals. Toss any magazine older than your toddler. Work them out. The problem with bad weather is that children don’t get enough exercise. Play “freeze dance” stopping in position when the music goes off. Pile up pillows and encourage the kids to gallop over them on hobbyhorses. Get out the tutus and do a dance show. The storm has hit and you are stuck indoors with small lightening fast children. Kids are bouncing off the walls.

 

Moms | Activities With Children - Part 3

March 31, 2008

Moms, Take Care of Your Backs! | Bingnote.com

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Green Kids? Parents Allow Children The Joy of Giving. Homework Hints for Parents. Cranky Kids. What are the Bingzy Builder Uppers? activities for…

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March 27, 2008

April Fools Pranks for Kids

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Pinks & Blues Girls article, brought to you using rss feeds. It’s got some great activity ideas.
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My kids love April Fools Day! They’re always looking for funny pranks to do to trick us. I’m all for a good practical joke, so I did a little research to find some April Fools pranks for kids that I wouldn’t mind if my kids did to me. …

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March 22, 2008

Easter Desserts – Bunny Cupcakes

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Lillett article, brought to you using rss feeds. It’s got some great activity ideas.
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Since this is not a cooking blog, but a kids’ activities blog, I hope you can appreciate their creative efforts! Easter Desserts – Bunny Cupcakes. Here’s What You Need to Make Easter Bunny Cupcakes:. Bunny cupcake pan (I found mine at …

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Easter Bunny Cake

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Wendy Moyle article, brought to you using rss feeds. It’s got some great activity ideas.
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Now after the kids are done with the Easter egg hunt, they’ll be able to pick a piece of the Easter Bunny cake they want and just take it. My seven-year-old has already claimed the bunny’s tail! Since parents like cake too, …

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March 19, 2008

Printable Easter Crafts

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Believer in Balance article, brought to you using rss feeds. It’s got some great activity ideas.
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I love doing Easter crafts with my girls, like decorating Easter eggs, making bunny ears, creating hanging Easter eggs and making Easter Bunny faces using their photos. But sometimes I want to do Easter crafts that don’t require various …

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March 18, 2008

Other Ways of Coloring Easter Eggs

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They’re brown eggs painted with chalkboard paint that kids decorate with colored chalk! Decoupage Easter Eggs. Coloring Easter Eggs. These colorful creations were made with origami paper and different shaped hole punches. …

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Easter Coloring Pages

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So, put your wallet away and enjoy these free Easter coloring pages with your kids! Easter Bunny Holding an Easter Egg. Easter Basket Filled with Easter Eggs. Easter Bunny with Happy Easter Sign. Easter Coloring Pages …

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March 16, 2008

Easter Crafts with Pictures

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There are two things I do a lot with my kids . . . take their picture and crafts. So when I was looking for Easter crafts to do this season, I was thrilled to find one that involved using pictures of them! Of course, when we were done …

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Easy Easter Crafts

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I love easy. Easy is good. So when it comes to Easter crafts, the easier the better. So here is the EASIEST EASTER CRAFT EVER! Okay, perhaps I exaggerate, but this Easter craft is really darn easy. What is it you ask? …

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Irish Leprechaun Activity Sheets

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I celebrate St. Patrick’s Day a lot differently now that I have kids! Although the days of drinking green beer to celebrate my Irish heritage are long gone, I thoroughly enjoy doing family activities to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, …

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