First day of summer was yesterday! Have you written down your Summer Bucket List?
A mom has to be prepared.
Not only is summer a time to throw schedules out the window, it is a time of project doing, craft making, exploring, and learning (don't tell the kids!). I have my own personal mile long list of project "to do's". But this year I made a family fun list too, things we definitely want to do before summer's end.
We ARE NOT summer schoolers at this house. But we LOVE some fun projects. Here are some things I thought would keep my kids entertained this summer:
- We are raising Painted Lady Butterflies, the caterpillars have double quadrupled their size this week. It is absolutely amazing. One (out of 8) started his cocoon today. All ages (even me!) love checking on the caterpillars several times through the day.
Got a jumprope making kit--makes 6 I think. You get to choose your own colors of beads and pattern to make your jump rope--the beaded kind you had back in elementary school, but this one is CUSTOM patterned by each child. And then of course, we will have to have jump competitions throughout the whole summer! www.ssww.com (fun stuff here)
We are using plaster of paris to make stepping stones, and decorating them with glass, pebbles, jewels--making a mosaic design. We need some stepping stones for the garden, so everyone gets to personalize one.- planted a garden---always fun things to explore here every day. How do those seeds grow so fast?
- and then I let the kids brainstorm some more things that they would like to do this summer--camp, roast marshmallows, a baseball game, swimming with friends, do paintings, sprinklers, cousins, and more! We have pinned down one day each week as the fun project day. The other days will be fun filled to, but some with summer work! At least this way, we do something fun each week.
Write it down. From experience---the things that get written down get done! Make your own summer bucket list today!
