More makin's with the kids.

I saw this project on a website, so I thought we would try it. The difference was you glue the three layers together first, before fan folding. The second layer was newspaper. We don't take the newspaper so I used a couple of my used Sudoku pages. I like the look! Of course, I am a Sudoku nut. One of the fans we put a pom pom on it. I think the one without looks better. Don't you?  

July 4th Decorations

Found this great wall paper at a garage sale. Folded seven, one and one-half inch pleats. Each fan took two seven pleated folds. Stapled them together, tied a red cord in the center to hold the middle tight. Ta Da!!!

THIS IS PERFECT PLACE TO START OUR 4th OF JULY CELEBRATION!

http://www.just4kidsmagazine.com/beacon4god/july4.html This has to be one of the best sites I have found, to teach  kids what the 4th is about. If you have small kids break it down, and read a little a day untill finished. Each day you will have a different subjects like; what the flag is, our pledge of allegiance, etc.
After you read each part, do a project about what you just read.
PLEASE TAKE TIME TO SEE THIS SITE!

FREE MOVIES FOR THE KIDDIES

Another great summer activity to add to your summer fun list of things to do.

Just found this site on the web. When you go to it you'll put in your state and it will tell you where the free showings are in your area.

http://www.regmovies.com/nowshowing/familyfilmfestivalschedule.aspx?state

Remembering Special "Times" With Dad

Today's project, was we printed off the templetes of the clock faces. Each of the kids wrote a special "Time" they remembered sharing with their Dad. Notice our clocks on  top of the mantle the kids made.
My husband is having a Texas Holdem Poker party this weekend, so we're using  extra large playing cards, and western theme objects to incorporte in the decorating of the fireplace mantle.

TIES FOR DAD

Blast from the past. One year the church we attended, had the kids make these   ties. My husband wore BOTH of the ties on Father's Day! The kids loved it.The following year my husband wore them again! It made our kids feel so proud.   These ties have been in our closet for about 10 yrs.now, and my husband loves them. This is a "timeless" gift.

Each child was given a tie. Then they could decorate their tie with anything they wanted from a selection of items on the craft table. If you can tell, the tie on the left has green pipe cleaners bent into the letters to spell DAD. It also has a red pipe cleaner shaped into a football goal post. Then look closer and you can see a little football going though it. The tie on the right has all kinds of stick-ons  of sports equipment. These are the cutest ties ever!

Special TIME With Dad

I bought all these clocks at thrift store for 49 cents a piece. First take apart the clock, keeping all the pieces. You don't need the inside of the clock. But the pieces are great for other projects to come.

Find a picture of a "Time" you want to share with dad.

Using the face of the clock, place over the picture and trace the outside of  it. Cut to fit. Then reasemble the clock. Without the inside of course.

Time To Celebrate Our Father’s!

This week’s theme will be all about “Time.” We will let our Father’s know how much we love them and appreciate all the ”time” they have spent with us. How everyday when the alarm goes off, our Father’s have gotten up to go to work to support us. Remember all the great “times” we’ve shared with them.

So here we go. Follow the link to the PDF file and pick a face clock and make a card for that special person in your life you call dad, and tell him about all the “times” you enjoyed sharing with them.

You could also print these clock faces out, and then decorate them. Place them around the house with sweet notes written on them.



C:\Users\Marjory\Desktop\clock faces.pdf

Ideas for the week of Father's Day

Read the History of Father's Day.
In the US, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June. Its first celebration was in Spokane, Washington on June 19, 1910. Other festivities honoring fathers had been held in Fairmont and in Creston, but the modern holiday did not emerge from those.

Modern Father's Day was invented by Sonora Smart Dodd, born in Creston, Washington, who was also the driving force behind its establishment. Her father, the Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, was a single parent who reared his six children in Spokane, Washington. She was inspired by Anna Jarvis's efforts to establish Mother's Day. Although she initially suggested June 5, her father's birthday, she did not provide the organizers with enough time to make arrangements, and the celebration was deferred to the third Sunday of June. The first June Father's Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, in Spokane, WA, at the Spokane YMCA.

Unofficial support from such figures as William Jennings Bryan was immediate and widespread. President Woodrow Wilson was personally feted by his family in 1916. President Calvin Coolidge recommended it as a national holiday in 1924. In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson made Father's Day a holiday to be celebrated on the third Sunday of June. The holiday was not officially recognized until 1972, during the presidency of Richard Nixon.

In recent years, retailers have adapted to the holiday by promoting greeting cards and traditionally male-oriented gifts such as electronics and tools. Schools and other children's programs commonly have activities to make Father's Day gifts.

Summer reading with the kids

 Start the library reading program. Make it an everyday thing. Read to the little ones, or you could read a book to all the kids, or they may be old enough to be reading on their own. Check to see what the library has for the kids to do for summer also. Like when guest come to do puppet shows, or story telling. Teenage groups like chess, D&D, etc. These are usually free. Put these into your summer calendar of events to do.


At the end of the book they, or you have read to them. Have them write their favorite thing about that book, then draw a picture or some kind of art work of that scene. This is where the brown paper bags come in handy, be sure and cut it square for them. Then after they write their “report,” you can add it to the bottom of the picture or attach it to the back of the picture. One fun thing to do is for the name of the book to be put at the top of this page. You can also buy paper now that allows children to color on the top of the page, and then has lines on the bottom half of the paper. I’ve seen these at the Dollar store also. These pages of their drawings and writing will be such sweet memories years later for you moms.

Reading time only has to be 15 minutes or longer depending on the age of the kids.

At the end of the summer be sure and bind each childs book reports together. Makes a great memory for you and for them.

Great site to find recipes, kids activites, and more.

Familynewsletters@family.com
     Check out the section of crafts from cereal boxes.

Fun Idea For Kids

My kids always want me to do the summer activities we did years ago when we were too poor to go anywhere. It was when my husband went back to school to get more education. This meant he was gone from 5:30 a.m. to 10:45 p.m. five days a week, for 3  1/2 years. It has paid off, but it was a hard time, physically, mentally, and fianacially.

So I thought I would share some of the ideas that helped make summers fun.

The first  day of  of summer was getting a BIG box. (Free)

2nd day, we would decorate our "summer box". Use wrapping paper, newspaper, or just paint it. But!!!! Mom's are not allowed to help in the creativity. Use scrapbook things to help decorate. Dollar stores are a great place for these things.

3rd day, we would start filling it with crayons, paper, scissors, yarn, glue, paints, clay, side walk chalk, paint brushes, any and all things to be used for our summer activies.

4th day, we would walk or drive to a grocery store do some shopping. Ask for the brown paper bags. These are the most wonderful things you can have stashed in your box for projects. I will share some of these projects as we go along. Always ASK for extra's every time you go!

5th day, collect and decorate little boxes, shoe boxes, cans, etc. to put the smaller items in, (like pencils, chalk, erasers, clips, etc) to keep the "summer box" organized.

Now let the kids know everyday Mon.- Friday  there will be a project you will be doing. You will be surprised how that one little thing everyday gives the kids a sense anticipation for the next days activity.

Come back weekly, and I will have 5 more days of things to do, links, etc.

PATIENCE

"Patience, patience, day by day, for this too shall pass away."
                                                ~Marjory Skousen~

This is a saying I made up, and would say over and over to myself when I had broken my back. The time down in the hospital and recovery was almost unbearable. Yet, here I am waiting  to hear back from an agent or publisher on my book. So once again I find myself repeating my old words of inspiration.