Hi everyone! Welcome to day 5 of my Summer Boredom busters series. Some days I wonder what the heck I’m thinking. For example days when I say “Hey kids, let’s make some moon dough.” I really dislike moon dough. My kids really like moon dough. Who knew a little flour…
Hi everyone! Welcome to day 4 of my Summer Boredom busters series! One of our favorite activities to do is crafts with leaves. We did this later in summer when leaves are changing, but you can really do it anytime and even use things like flower petals, berries, leaves,…
Hi everyone! Welcome to day 3 of my Summer Boredom busters series! I don’t know about you, but my kids love to collect rocks. Then bring them inside. Name them. Wash them. And leave them on my table in a nice pile. So I decided to take advantage of that…
Hi everyone! Welcome to day 2 of my Summer Boredom busters series! Some of these ideas have been posted before, but since I have a lot of new readers, I wanted to re-share them for you all. Plus we’ll repeat them this summer too, so it’s a great refresher for…
Hi everyone! I don’t know about your kiddos, but mine can barely wait until summer break… Then about five minutes into our first day of break… They’re bored. Of course we do all of the normal fun summer stuff like trips to the swimming pool, bike rides, park days,…
Welcome to our semi-educational summer science boredom busters! Today we’re experimenting with mystery potions and color mixing! Supplies: Plastic measuring containers, bowls etc Safety glasses, you know for effect and all. Water Food Coloring Optional: Eye droppers, measuring spoons A few willing scientists I found this Liquid Measuring…
Welcome to another super fun and easy summer boredom buster for kids! Today we’re making a leaf collection book, complete with leaves! Supplies: 5 sheets of blank copy paper Stapler or ribbon to bind Optional: Clear contact paper to preserve leaves Nature items to collect, we chose leaves, but you…
I found this fun water balloon piñata idea at www.Ziggityzoom.com and thought it looked like the perfect solution to cooling off during our hot summer days! Okay, now I ask you…what better way to have fun this summer than with water balloon pinatas!? I mean seriously! I’m not sure about…
Supplies: Squirt Guns Water Plastic Cups Directions: Fill squirt guns with water Stack plastic cups in a tower on a stable surface Take turns shooting down the cups! If you’re wondering why Turbo is wearing galoshes, it’s because we happen to live near rattle snakes, so it’s…
Okay, so today I have the easiest of all summer boredom busters for you! It’s just good old fashioned water balloons! Supplies: Water Balloons Water Buckets We purchased the above container of water balloons from Wal-m*rt. They were really cheap, and even came with a hose attachment which came in…
