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 can collect all kinds of fun things! Directions: Stack paper together and fold in half. Staple along edges, or hole punch and tie pages together with ribbon. Decorate your nature collection cover. Go for a nature walk, and collect various leaves, berries, etc. Come home and glue the items into your nature journal. See if you can look up what type of leaves they are, or what kind of tree they came from and label them in your journal. To preserve the journal, stick a piece of clear contact paper over your leaves. This will help them from drying and cracking into a billion pieces.   Enjoy your new nature journal! … [Read more...]

  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 just a precaution we get to take whenever we hang out in our yard. Good times... Hope you are enjoying your summer fun! Have some Summer Boredom Buster ideas to share? Make sure to comment below! … [Read more...]

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 very handy for filling up balloons! Directions: Fill balloons Let kiddos toss into buckets for points, or have a good old fashioned water balloon fight! Next we set up a few games for the kiddos.   We did a balloon toss, where they got points for hitting their ring. Inevitably it ended up in a good ole’ fashioned water balloon fight!   Hope you have fun keeping cool this summer! … [Read more...]

    Welcome to another day of Summer Boredom Busters, today we’re having fun with homemade bubbles! Who doesn’t love bubbles right? Well, look no further, welcome to the Do-It-Yourself giant bubble wand! Supplies: 2 wooden dowels per student 2 hook and eye screws per student cotton string scissors duct tape optional Directions: 1. Screw 1 hook and eye screw into the end of each dowel. 2. Using string, tie ends to each hook and eye screw at top of dowel, let remaining string hang down in a half circle shape and tie at bottom. 3. I cut my dowels in half to shorten them. To keep kids from getting splinters, I wrapped some pink duct tape on the ends. Plus they look pretty ) Also, I suggest using smooth cotton string, mine was at the end of the spool, so it kept twisting up. 4. Dip string in bubbles making sure to soak well. Carefully lift out of bubbles and slowly pull sticks apart until string is taught. Gently pull … [Read more...]

Welcome to easy Summer Boredom Busters for kids! Today we’re having fun with sponges!     I found this fun idea at Make and Takes today and wanted to give it a try!   Supplies: Some colorful household sponges (3 sponges per ball) Scissors Dental Floss or zip-ties Paint Blue construction paper Some willing participants   Directions: Step 1: Cut the sponge in quarters. I started by cutting one sponge in half lengthwise. Next I cut each of those halves in half again so you end up cutting 4 pieces per sponge. Tip: You can also cut the sponges along the shorter side to create smaller balls! Step 2: Next we piled up all our pieces and mixed the colors up. Step 3: Gather 12 different colored strips and twist tight. You’ll need a partner to help you with this step as it’s very difficult to hold and tie all by yourself! Step 4: Using a piece of dental floss, string, or a zip-tie, tie … [Read more...]