You know you want to make some of these!

  We have been busy bees this week, which is why I've been barely here. You know we are half way through the summer holidays now and the first three weeks have been chaotic. We haven't really had a schedule, we've been doing things as they came and I just haven't found the time for blogging. I really don't know how all you other mommy's do it, maybe it should organise my time a bit better. Yes, I really should.   So, what are my kids holding up in the pictures above? well let me tell you, they've made sun catchers. Aren't they great! Such an easy project to do and they really enjoyed it.  

  I started them out by cutting a hole in a paper plate. They then colored the outside and drew on some designs. When they were finished I helped them by sticking some clear adhesive paper to the back (sticky side on the side of the designs), and they then stuck tissue paper to it.  

  Their sun catchers are now hanging in the sun room and cheering the whole place up with their bright colours.   We are slowly getting through our "summer projects" list I wrote about at the beginning of the summer. If I organise my time a bit better this week you might actually get  to read about what we've been doing. But for now making paper plate sun catchers is now officially crossed of the list! Linking up  

 

I plan to have a great summer!

Today is the last day of school here in England.

When they go back in September I'll have a child in year 4 and one in year 1.

Eeeek,why do they have to grow up so fast!

Until then though we have six weeks of summer holidays.

Six weeks.

I don't know if I am excited or scared.

You see last summer I had all my friends nearby and we all met up

about every other day so our kiddies could play and we had a fantastic summer.

This year we moved and my friends are a bit too far away to do

those meet ups.

I haven't really met any any other mums yet.

Making new friends is HARD.

Nevertheless I do want to have a good summer and not hear

 "what can we do, I'm booooooored" every five minutes.

I would love to do something arty crafty and have fun each day

 so for the past couple of days I've been

looking for some good ideas of what we can make / do.

Last year we made masks

This is something we are definitely doing again this year, They not only loved decorating

their masks but they also had some good imaginative play after.

Another hit last year was making puffy paint pictures

We'll make some more of these masterpieces this summer.

A few other things I want to do with them this summer are

Make paper plate sun catchers

Make ice cream cloud dough

Do some scratch art

Make salt dough necklaces

Make some kites

Do some egg carton painting

Make salty watercolour paintings

Make kool aid play dough

Make home made bubbles

Paint with water

Paint rocks

Make cress head people

Make collages

Decorate water bottles

Make cardboard houses for the Lego people / little ponies

Make summer journals and write in them every day

Make jewellery

Make and decorate a trinket box

Make waffles

Make and decorate cupcakes

Make home made ice cream and ice lollies

Bake cookies

Make loads of smoothies

Make lemonade

Bake a cake and have a party for no reason

Make a summer play list and play the songs every day

Learn a dance routine to a favourite song

Go on a nature scavenger hunt

Go Geocaching

Go for picnics

Go to the zoo

Go on an ABC photo walk

Let the kids play in a stream

Go fossil hunting

Go to the play park

Have water balloon fights

Go to the beach

Make sandcastles

And if mother nature decides to give us some sun

Have the pool up in the garden!

Phew, looks like we ARE going to be busy.

Well I am ready for it.

Bring it on!

Have a great summer my friends!.

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