Boo Season

BOO!

Well it is that time again! One of my favorite things to do in October is to "Boo" people! You know where you make treats and a cute little saying that says that they have to boo two others. Well we have been making treats and booing people lately and the kids really like helping mix the treats, licking bowls clean, eating the left over treats and then of course Booing houses! So here is my Mommy tip: find ways to let your little ones help... even if it means making a mess or getting caught at some of the houses, they will feel the joy of helping and serving others!

Here is another fun project that is easy and a good one for little ones to help.

Here is what you need: white paper bags, some black paper cut into eyes and mouths, and tape (or if your kids are older and can use glue that works too).

Oh and you'll need a cute kid or two to help.

Put the tape on the eyes and mouth and stick them on the bags.

This is what we ended up with.

We also made bats!

Our house looks way better with our paper decorations up!

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Your Kids BORED Yet?

Summer is almost over, which means kids are getting BORED!

Here are a few ideas, they take a little prep from you moms but your kids will have LOTS of FUN!

Plant different things and watch them grow! The older kids were really interested in seeing what the seeds looked like. We compared and contrasted trees, flowers, and herbs!

Here is a SUPER fun one... buy some foam sheets and make dress up things. Note: Don't let them color with markers it gets all over the place. If you want to decorate them I would buy the foam shapes, that would have been way easier, and less messy!

All you need is a stapler, foam sheets, stickers and scissors!

Just make sure you staple from the inside so that the smooth side is on their head and not the bumpy side.

The girls made crowns.

And the boys were Ninjas!

They could even be super heroes! The possibilities are endless and they last for a lot longer then paper would.

Sprinklers! I know this one is obvious but my kids had fun.

Paint nails! Put polka-dots or flowers the girls will love it!

Make some cornstarch goo!

Mix Cornstarch and colored water to get some messy fun! Make sure if you want it colored you color the water first.

And if you have never done or seen this you have to watch THIS! And THIS!

Make a treasure hunt! I filled a shoe box with dollar store junk toys and buried it at the park down the street. Just don't forget your camera could be on top of the treasure and accidentally bury it too!

I made a map to take us from the house to the park. And used "maties" and "ye" in the writing!

We had to cross the street, which was of course the "Black Sea!"

I made individual maps for a scavenger hunt inside the house so they could find their bandannas and eye patches. I made the eye patches out of felt and elastic.

I came in talking like a pirate using words like scurvy pirates, maties, and of course "RRR!"

Then once they found all of their stuff I had them grab their shovels to dig for the treasure I had buried the night before.

Have fun with bubble makers.

You need a empty water bottle, fabric, and a rubber band. Oh and dish soap and water.

Found this idea from Fun with Mama

If you want to see any of these as tutorials let me know and I will gladly do it up.

Hopefully you can last till school starts again.

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Cookie Cookie Cookie Starts with C

We have a "Cookie Day" every so often. On Cookie Day we pull the chairs up to the island and mix up cookies in the mixer.

A very good mommy tip is to pre-measure all of your ingredients. The kids feel like they are making the cookies because I don't have to measure-and-pass, they just scoop/pour till it's gone. I put all the sugar in one bag and the dry ingredients in another. Then the sugar bag goes inside the bigger dry ingredient bag so it's easy to grab. Then on the outside of the bag write the kind of cookie, and list the missing wet ingredients (your writing will be WAY cuter if you do the writing before the bags are filled). Then when it's cookie day pick what kind and mix it up!

I usually make a batch, then freeze half of the dough. That way your not making cookies all day! Plus one pan of cookies is enough for a treat! Bad news is I usually eat the frozen dough before they get made into cookies!

Oh and on Cookie Day sing the Cookie Song!

Popcorn Popping

Here is a fun mommy tip. Did you know that popcorn is a grain, and is naturally high in fiber? Also that fiber cancels out sugars that you eat? So it's a good snack food for your kids. We usually have the kind with extra butter which probably takes the health factor down a bunch (but for my skinny kids you have to fatten them up somehow, right?) Well anyways. Yesterday for snack time we had popcorn, and mommy took a break and ate it too.

*picture found on Google image

Here is what was so fun about it, you know how when the clouds are really fluffy and you can make pictures out of them. Well we did that with our popcorn. It was fun mommy time and learning time. Some looked like animals we don't always talk about like a platypus. Kya was able to use her imagination and learn new things. Plus we ate popcorn!