I don't know if I will ever not be able to do summer activities with the kids. If/When that day comes I know I'll miss these days. I love how excited they get for each one we do. Most of them are cheap or just going places. We go to the library every other week. I made a BINGO for them to get them to read throughout the summer. So far they are loving being able to read the book or do the activity and mark a square off. We have movie days, usually just at home. They made color spinners with cardboard and rope. Cam and Beck were better at spinning them, Jacks and Emery couldn't quite figure it out.
We made flower pots. They painted them before we got the flowers. I made the mistake of telling them that they used to paint on themselves when they were toddlers., so they decided that they should do it again, but it wasn't as much as they did when they were toddlers. Jacks can't make a 'normal' smile in a picture. The next picture took 5 times to get them all looking at me, Jacks not doing a weird face and Beck smiling.
When we went and looked at flowers they all wanted indoor ones and the boys thought a cactus would be sweet. Transferring them from the pot to their pot was quite painful. Desert plants are good for kids since they probably won't remember to water them.
We made caramel apple bites. The kids loved them and once they were ready to eat they were gone pretty quick.
Another day we made a galaxy bottle. The have baby oil, water, food coloring and glitter. Some of them worked really well and others not so much. One smart thing I did was super glue the top on so they don't get oil and glitter all over. Good idea right? Unless the glue leaks off the lid and gets on the kids fingers and Emery gets 2 fingers stuck together a little and Jacks gets some on his skin and thinks something is wrong with him. We got it all cleaned up and they were good soon after. I just won't use super glue with them again. ooops.
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