To wrap up “Out of this World” week, we went to the local planetarium to see “My Planets” this morning. It was geared towards kids ages 3-5, so it was perfect for Anna and a bit young for Carolyn. I think they both enjoyed it, though! After, we played with all the fun weather, laser, [...]
Posted in Summer Fun | Tagged out of this world
Jenny sent me a link to glitter dough several weeks ago, and it occurred to me that this would fit in well with this week’s theme. Blue playdough + silver glitter = starry, starry night. We started with “Berry Blue” flavored Kool-Aid – I used our usual playdough recipe. That seemed a little greenish, so [...]
Posted in Kid's Crafts, Summer Fun | Tagged out of this world, playdough
We didn’t do our art project yesterday, so we did two today! First up: planets. My biscuit cutters came in handy tracing circles, and I was inspired by this post to make a couple of ovals for rings. The crescent moons were mostly to use up as much cardstock as possible. Then we broke out [...]
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This week’s theme is “Out of this World!” I had found some moon sand on clearance at Target, and thought it sounded like fun (and would be perfect for this theme) so I picked up a two-pack. The verdict? Not nearly so much fun as playdough. The girls were pretty “meh” about this (though they [...]
Posted in Kid's Crafts, Summer Fun | Tagged out of this world
