Weekend Fun: Projects for the whole family
Make these fun DIY bubbly lava lamps over at Juggling with Kids.
These s’mores bars look amazing! Make some and check out the other recipes at Cooking with Kids.
Visit every local sno-cone stand or independent ice cream seller in your town. Make a list of flavors and go through one every week through the summer. An easy way to do this is to have each family member get a different flavor and share!
Remember the Sharpie tie dye Wood Sprite and I made weeks ago? Try doing something similar to make your own coasters.
This graphic on Facebook about parenting is so lovely. I want to make one to hang in my home!
Do a fish nature study with the Handbook of Nature Study.
Make some crepe paper wind catchers from scrumdily-do!
Have a lemonade stand and donate your proceeds to charity.
I LOVE these yarn medallions from scrumdillydilly. And we have a ton of yarn around here! We are going to have to make them soon.
Here are 40 ways kids of all ages can volunteer from Laura Grace Weldon. I really love these. Some are as simple as sharing popsicles with garbage truck workers.
Make some cool collages from magazines—or try these collages with tissue paper.
Gricefully Homeschooling has 10 fun ideas for summer learning.
Learn how fireworks work at Steve Spangler’s blog. He’s also got some cool snake bubble fun going on!
The Activity Mom has several fun ideas for travel games, including a Travel Dice Game, a DIY Travel Lego Set and a general travel playset.
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