Kool-aid ice bowling

We love to play with ice and so we made Kool-Aid ice balls. Fun for summer play and a great way to stay cool.

All you need is balloons, kool-aid packets, water and a freezer. Then can use pins or plastic cups for the bowling pins. What we used was plastic pins from our Little Tikes bowling set.

Hours of fun and if you place paper down to make an alley then you can have some cool painting as well.

This activity is great for fine motor skills, eye hand coordination and fun way to get moving. Below are a couple other fun games we have done be sure to check them out.

Monster Dice

Squirt Game

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Erupting Kool-Aid ice science and art

The kids love to explore and create. I froze 2 blocks of ice for them to play and experiment with since we have had some night days outside.

This is a simple and fun experiment project for kids of multiple ages. I filled 2 square containers up with water and placed int he freeze overnight.

Then just collected different materials for Jake and Cate to explore with. You can use whatever you want. Listed below are what we used.

Materials:

Ice block

Salt

Baking soda

Kool-aid packets

Spray bottles with vinegar

Baby oil

(all the materials can be bought at the Dollar Tree and are very inexpensive)

First the kids poured kool-aid and baking soda on the ice to see if it would bubble and fizz. It did. Then they mixed colors and explored. Poured salt in the block and Jake thought that was neat cause it held the color more on the ice.

After they explored a little I gave them paint brushes and they painted their ice and explored some more. I love how simple this project is and the kids sat still for over a hour doing this.

Great way to have fun on a hot day, along with enjoying science and art play.

We love to do all kinds of fun hands on play with Kool-Aid.

Below are some of our favorite hands on science play, be sure to check them out.

Rainbow science

Fizzing goop

Fizzing sidewalk paint

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Water Wall fun

We got a set from Lakeshore Learning that was colored piping and you pour water in it and the water runs thru. J and C loves playing with them so I thought a water wall would be fun to make.

So the kids and I took a trip to Home Depot and got peg board and cable ties. The peg board will have to be cut it is one big sheet for $18., so I had the guy cut the board into 3 pieces no set size.

Then when we got home we gathered things around the house to make our water wall. We used different size funnels, some of the plastic piping and some recycled containers.

Then we used the cable ties and tied them to the board. Remember when you are doing the lining up to make sure the water will drip.

Materials:

Peg Board $18. for large sheet and can make 2-3 water wall out of it.

Cable ties $1. (pack pf 25 at Dollar Tree)

Funnels $1. each

Recycled bottles free

We also added some more color to our wall and added some hand prints and sponge painted.

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Explore with ice

 

It was a HOT day and so I thought it would be fun to play with ice and water. We did it during Winter, the kids loved it but didn't play with the water since it was cold. This time we changed it up a little we used baby oil, salt and I also filled the water balloons with water beads.

J had alot of fun. This is a great science activity and the kids love it.

Materials:
Water balloons frozen to make ice balls
Food coloring or you can use Kool-Aid packets(for a fun smell)
Baby oil
Water
Salt

All you need to do is let the kids explore to see what happens with the different ingredients when poured on the ice.

 

We also had fun exploring with sprinkling Kool-Aid on the ice as well. Gave it a fun smell when exploring.

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Count, Stack, and Squirt Game

It was a hot day and we were out playing with water on the deck. I got some plastic cups left over from a party and we stacked them and counted how many times it too to shoot the cups down.

This is a simple game, but while having fun you can count when stacking the cups and shooting them down. Along with working on fine motor skills when squirting the spray bottle.

Materials:
Spray bottle
Water
Cups or something light to spray down.

All items can be bought for $1.00 at the Dollar Tree

Sensory water bag fun for HOT day

Saw this fun DIY sensory water bag from www.gokidyourself.com formerly "The mommies made me do it"

Then we had a play date with them and got to do it in person. The kids had a blast.

So we thought since Meme(grandma) has a big yard we would do this when we visited Fl for the 4th of July.

Again the kids had a blast. Got the materials that were needed and put it together to have some fun in the sun.

Materials needed:
Heavy duty plastic.....painter section at Home Depot
Duck tape we used 1 roll but I would get 2 for extra
Water
Food coloring for extra color, but you need alot we used 1 bottle and work for alittle.

How to make:
Open plastic have a seam on one side and then tape 3 sides, before you tape we folded to seal better. We also taped each side 2 times to hold better.

Tried to make a Flag but ran out of tape to make the stripes.

Taping the sides up

Filling it up with the water

You can see the blue food coloring here.

J couldn't stay off of it why we were trying to fill it up

Summer fruit treat

We love to make fun and easy treats for the holidays. Today we put together this fun treat for the kids to eat for our little family July 4th party.

What you need for this yummy treat:
Graham crackers.....crushed
Strawberries
Marshmallow fluff
Blueberries
Whip cream(optional)
sprinkles(optional)

All we did was layer first the graham crackers crushed, then the strawberries cut up, then marshmallow fluff(you can also use yogurt or whip cream for the white), then blueberries and on the top added some whip cream and sprinkles for pretty look.

Jake loves to cook and so we are always looking for fun things to make in the kitchen.

If your little one loves to cook be sure to stop by and follow my Creative snacks for kids pinterest board

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50+ fun things to do for Summer

Summer is a time to have fun with your kids and make endless memories. So I put together just some of the fun things you can do with your kids that are inexpensive. Be sure to check back from time to time cause I will add things as we do them. Happy Summer!!

1. Play in the water....add color, bubbles, toys make it fun.

2. Visit a National Park

3. Make homemade Ice Cream

4. Plant a garden using the seeds you had from fruits/veggies you ate

5. Make a tent in the house, use a sheet and cloths pins, even spice it up and have lunch in the tent.

6. Visit a farmers market

7. Go to story time at the Library

8. Boat race down the creek

9. Make a wind chime out of recycled veggie cans

10. Go to the beach

11. Visit a local park

12. Check for free kids bowling

13. Play soccer, baseball, etc in the yard or at a local park

14. Check to see if there are free movies for kids

15. Go pick flowers

16. Nature walk

17.  Have some fun with balloons

18. Make a fun sensory bin

19. Check local newspaper for free events

20. Cook with you kids

21. Make a reading tent or read outside under a shaded tree

22. Have movie day/night at home

23. Go fishing

24. Throw rocks in a pond

25. Make sun tea

26. Make your own Ice Cream Dough

27. Play dress-up

28. Go for a bike ride

29. Have a play date with friends

30. Host a tea party

31. Have friends over for back yard fun.....set up a ring toss, do water balloon toss, stack and squirt the plastic cups over, do sack races

32. Have a fruit picnic

33. Go to a local dock and watch boats

34. Go for a ride and play I spy

35. Go berry picking

Find a place in your area Pick your own

36. Check to see if local Home Depot or Lowe's has free building for kids.(Normally on Saturday)

37. Climb trees or make a tree fort

38. Make your own car wash

39. Do a scavenger hunt with the kids

40. Make a treasure map, hide some treasure and have the kids find it.

41. Check to see if local hobby store(Michael's, Hobby Lobby, ect) has free events for kids

42. Go to the splash pad or look for local water fun for free in the area.

43. Make your own play recipes Goop, paint, slime...etc

44. Pretend play....kitchen, house, school, and ect.

45. Make fun hand print crafts

46. Make play-doh cupcakes.....make pretend food, cut shapes, cut it with a plastic knife to help build fine motor skills.

47. Color, paint or draw

48. Cut things out of a magazine and make a collage

49. Play in the sprinkler

50. Chalk play

51. Ice Play

52. Make scented goop

53. Add Kool-Aid to your play

54. Paint Rocks

55. Go out and about and take pictures to make a scrapbook

56. Chase birds in the park

57. Make some recycled crafts

58. Make your own lava lamp

59. Feed the ducks....use old bread or get $1.00 bread from the Dollar Store

60. Play in rain puddles

61. Make Kool-Aid boats

Hope you and your family will be able to do some or all of the things listed.

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Boat race down the creek

We went to Scott Run Creek in Mclean, Va and had a blast. This was the first time we took the kiddos to the creek, so I wasn't too sure if J would like it or not. C is pretty passive so wasn't too worried about her.

Well it was a hit, J had so much excitement that he was like a little boy on speed. We spent 2 hours there and he still didn't want to leave when it was time.

J thought this was the coolest walking in the water with his shoes

Got all his creek toys ready for some fun

J has a thing for tires and wanted to get this tire out of the creek....too funny.

Race the boats

Look the boats are going down stream.....love it

Trying to get the red boat

Look I got it!!!

Waterfall

C loved the water