Goofy Reading Glasses
Inspired by those kooky New Years Eve 2012 glasses, we made our own Goofy Reading Glasses this week with different funny words. Materials: toilet paper tube ruler scissors three flexible drinking straws stapler heavy cardstock paper utility knife* markers transparent tape *Utility knives or box cutters are very sharp and should be handled only by adults. Cut two 1-inch segments from a toilet...
Read MoreCardboard Box Button Hockey
Got a lot of cardboard boxes leftover from the holiday UPS frenzy? Before you break them down for the recycling, grab a big one and make this easy, electricity-free homemade version of table hockey which uses wax paper instead of air to make the puck slide. Materials: large corrugated cardboard box* large sheet of foam board* roll of wax paper medium sized buttons (1” – 2”...
Read MoreLittle Gingerbread Houses
When I catch a whiff of pine and gingerbread, I want to stick an antler headband on my noggin, start decking the halls, and belt out a few carols at the top of my lungs. For the past few years, we’ve had a gingerbread house party with our good friends. I baked all the gingerbread and made the icing and our friends would bring the candy for decoration. Each family made and decorated...
Read MoreMake-Your-Kid-a-Present Month…No-Sew Tyvek Dolls
No matter what you’re celebrating in December, chances are it’s going to involve giving your kid something. And while I’m all for letting Santa do the work in my house (hello Amazon.com!) some of my favorite gifts I got as a kid were handmade by my mom or grandma. But since most of us (including me) don’t have the mad sewing skillz of our grandmas, here’s a super...
Read MoreRubber Band Rocket
Ground Control to Major Tom….There’s something unmistakably fun about launching things in the air, but who can afford rocket fuel these days? Rubber bands and toilet paper tubes to the rescue! (Even Congress would fund that.) Put together this nifty little flyer for an afternoon of (don’t say it, don’t say it, can’t stop it, pun escaping…) out of this world...
Read MoreBottles and Cans, Clap Your Hands!
Got a lot of empty bottles and cans in the recycling after all the Thanksgiving entertaining? Before the recycling trucks come, send the kids outside with a broom and ball for a rousing game of Bottle Alley. Players 1 or more Materials sidewalk or driveway chalk many empty plastic bottles and/or aluminum cans broom ball (such as a rubber playground ball) Prep Work With chalk,...
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