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Be crafty on Halloween! Bring out your inner Dr. Frankenstein by baking a batch of Monster Cookies or crafting creepy Halloween cards for your friends and family. Jeanne Benedict of Celebrations.com offers her tips to create glow-in-the-dark Ghost Pencil Pals, Halloween Cards and fun, festive cookies.
Craft: Monster Cookies
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Planning on picking apples this season? When you get home have some fun with them and create Shrunken Apple Faces. Peel your apples an use a small knife to carve faces on them. Make big noses and sunken eyes. Place your apple faces on to a baking pan and bake on low for three hours, allowing them to shrivel up! After you take them out, leave them to sit in a warm, dry place for a few days. You can use rice and beans to decorate the faces, e.g. for eyes and teeth.
Spooky and cool and a great after the apple picking activity!
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Do your children love stickers? I remember when I was a kid, a favorite activity was collecting, organizing, and trading stickers with my friends. There were googly eyed ones, scratch-n-sniff, puffy, and regular ones too. It was such a fun hobby. Stickers are always fun and during the summer when school is out and you are looking for ways to keep the kids busy a great idea is to invite over your kid’s friends who also love stickers for an afternoon of fun. For school-aged children, this should be easy on you too.
Ask your child to choose several friends to invite over for a Sticker Party. If you would like to do an invitation, use heavy card stock and letter stickers to provide the details.
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If you are looking for some easy party fun that is budget-friendly and creative this spring or summer, look no further than a box of sidewalk chalk. When each guest arrives, provide him or her with several chalk sticks tied together with a ribbon. The party activities can take place around the chalk. For games and activities using this magic stuff, check out these ideas:
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It’s summer, and it’s hot outdoors! What could be better than making your very own Popsicle creations? Check out this fun book, Pops! by Krystina Castella, which will have your mouth watering. These are wonderful, creative creations and the perfect summer activity. The author of Oh Joy! captured some pictures of her own favorites from this book. Pops! is definitely worth checking out.
There are also lots of great molds to choose from when you’re making Popsicles. For inspiration, take a look at this great article featuring Krystina Castella. Cool!
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A fun craft to make this spring, particularly on May Day, is a tabletop version of the maypole. It is much more manageable to make than an actual, full-size maypole for your yard. This is an easy and a fun way to mark spring’s entrance with your kids either at an Easter party or birthday party. It is also fun activity to simply celebrate May Day with!
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It’s summer, and that means it’s time to hit the road for the annual family vacation. It’s always a challenge to keep the “Are we there yet?” question at bay, but Cookie has come up with an extensive list of road trip games organized by age (3, 4, and 5 and up) to keep the kids busy during the long drive. This is a great resource chock full of excellent ideas.
Also, check out The Toby Show blog for a creative road trip game using story dice. It’s not only fun to paint pictures onto the wooden dice, but with a roll of these dice, children also have the opportunity to spin stories to pass the time. Love this too!
