I despise winter. Sure, it’s got Christmas but really, the rest of it is just not my cup of tea! If I could curl up inside a cocoon for the whole season, I’d be pretty happy. I figured out, though, when my daughter was young, that one of the best ways to seek out …
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Summer Fun Fridays: Fun at Home and Beyond
Here are some more free or inexpensive ideas for some summer fun with your families: Check out the Virtual Tourist for ideas of places to go and things to do in your city. Here’s the link for my city of London, Ontario. There are some great ideas shared there – some wellknown, some more off …
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Summer Fun Fridays: Beat the Heat
Recently, my nephew’s wife was mentioning how difficult it is to keep the two little ones happy when it’s too hot and humid to stay outside for very long (we’ve been under severe heat warnings!). So here are my suggestions for things to do when it’s just too hot out there for most outdoor activities: …
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Kids’ Summer Fun Activities Day 3
Rainy day keeping you inside? Here are some fun activities to keep the kids busy and amused: ~ Roll out a piece of butcher paper (or for little kids, sometimes a length of wallpaper or something similar will work too). Have the child lie down and trace around them with a pencil. Let them add …
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Summer Fun for Kids Day Two
How about some outdoor fun on this, the first day of summer? ~ Make a maze out of the outdoor furniture. Line up furniture so that the kids can climb over and through it, adding things like ropes tied onto furniture legs to add extra challenges. If you have any extra ropes or hula hoops …
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The Exquisite Corpse
I finally made it to a session of “Drawing in the Galleries” at my local art museum. It’s a great free program hosted by an artist and museum employee, Kelly. She starts off the evening with a warmup activity and then some timed sketching exercises based around a theme. Our warmup activity was The Exquisite …
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