may ideas

April 27th

Our kids love when we spend time playing with them.  This is a list of fun ideas I will be using during the month of May.  Leave a comment if you have other ideas for this month.

~Create and celebrate a new holiday...YELLOW DAY or POLKA DOT DAY...Think of all the ways you can celebrate the new holiday (dress in that color or eat that color food).

~Have a birthday party for one of your child's toys or stuffed animals.  Make it special by singing happy birthday, eating cupcakes, and letting your child wrap a present to give. 

~ Play frisbee golf.  Get a frisbee, pick a target outside (bush, tree, chair) and keep track of how many tries it takes for each person to hit the objects with the disc.

~ Shadow paint: on a sunny day take poster board and pencils outside.  Look for shadows by putting different shapes on the board then trace the shadows on the poster.  You can decorate the drawing with sticks, leaves, flowers, and pebbles.

~ Have fun at lunchtime by pretending to feed the fridge or sink some of your food.  Talk to it too!  This idea will get a laugh no matter what age your child is.

~ Give your child a damp sponge and let him/her go around the kitchen and clean the chairs and cabinets just like mom does.

~ Run a bubble bath in your kitchen sink.  Let your child feel around for objects (coins, toys, rocks, etc) you have buried.  Encourage your child to feel the object and guess what it is before they take it out of the water. 

Take time to have fun with your kids!! Don't forget to leave any other ideas you have below.