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Summer Boredom Buster Kids - Fun!

My kids enjoy playing with the weirdest things.

I found these cups in the clearance party section at Walmart. I spent a quarter for each package.

At school, in Gym, my son learned about cup stacking.

So, that is what we did today!

Everyone enjoyed playing with them.

I mean LOVED it!

This is fun for all ages, and they have asked several times to play with the cups since I pulled them out the first time!

Try it!

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Summer Boredom Buster Kids - Writing!

This is a Repost from OCTOBER 2012, still doing it today. 

The littler kids love it just as much!

Easy Canvas!

My kids love to draw(l). It is nice to not waste paper every once in a while. So, I bought these dry erase markers and gave each kid a paper towel and gave them my bathroom mirror.

These markers are for the mirror only.

To start, you need 3 adorable girls.

not a requirement. ;)

I let them get on the counter, and go to town on the mirror!

 They would have done this for hours.

This is a great place to keep them occupied while you are folding laundry,  or cleaning. :)

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Summer Boredom Buster Kids - COOKING!

Here are previous cooking ideas from years PAST.

THIS IS A REPOST!!

Its original post date was : October 2012!

We like to have a little adventure and let the kids make their own dinner...sometimes.

Last night, I wrote a bunch of ingredients on different pieces of paper and the kids chose what we were having.

They chose: Mushroom, Garlic, Spinach, and Pineapples.

(We had pineapples on the side)

We made quesadillas.

 I sauteed mushrooms, garlic, and spinach and put them all in separate bowls.

The kids then built them.

 The kids were pretty happy with their creations.

 It was a fun family night, and made a perfect meatless monday!

*We do this kind of dinner at least once a month. I usually write what randoms I have in my fridge*

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Summer Boredom Buster Kids - COOKING!

My 3 year old and I had a cooking date. We decided to make a sweet treat. This one was particularly easy!

And so good!

Cinnamon Chip Scones!  From FeedingBig.com.

Here is the recipe!

Ingredients

1. 3 cups flour
2. 2 1/2 tsp. Clabber Girl baking powder
3. 1/2 tsp baking soda
4. 1/3 cup sugar
5. pinch of McCormick Allspice
6. 1 stick butter, cut into small pieces
7. 3/4 cup Hershey cinnamon chips
8. 1/2 - 3/4 cup milk
9. 1 egg, for egg wash
10. Cinnamon Sugar to sprinkle

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Mix dry ingredients into a large bowl. Work in the cut butter until the mixture resembles cornmeal.
3. Add the chips and toss.
4. Add milk slowly until the dough comes together.
5. Remove from bowl and shape into a square that is 1 inch thick. Cut into triangles. Place each triangle on a cookie sheet that is lined with parchment paper.
6. Beat egg in small bowl and brush a small amount on each scone.
7. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
8. Bake for 15 minutes.
9. Let cool.

By Cynthia L.

Try It! Let your kids help!

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Summer Boredom Buster Kids - COOKING!

My kids love to be involved in the kitchen.

How about yours?

This week, I have 4 simple ideas to get your kids in the kitchen with minimal mess.

First up, Scrambled Eggs.

My oldest will be 8 next month and I thought he should be able to handle scrambled eggs.

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In my house during the school year, I have designated days for breakfasts.

Monday and Friday is cold cereal

Tuesday is Eggs (in some form) and toast

Wednesday is Oatmeal, Cream of Wheat, Cracked Wheat, 

or the like (my 6 year old says Porridge) usually served with fruit and milk

Thursdays is Muffins (which I make the night before)

Saturday is Daddy's Breakfast (usually fancy pancakes)

Sunday we have a Fun Breakfast for dinner so the morning is usually bagels or cereal.

This helps get good food into my kids, and helps us not go through 12 boxes of cereal a week.

Because my husbands favorite thing is cereal. He even eats it for dessert sometimes.

I am confident that my 6.5 year old could make scrambled eggs as well.
But, my almost 8 year old would like to try to make them regularly for the family. So here's what he did.

I usually have a plate near the eggs for the cracked ones to go. 

Less mess. 

We also had some left over strawberries so I had him cut those too.

No complaints!

I usually make all eggs with oil instead of butter. They fry up better, in my opinion.

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Summer Boredom Buster Kids - Games!

This is Sports and Games!

My kids loved this!

Game Originally Seen HERE

Our kids really enjoyed this afternoon activity and it rained that night, so the chalk was gone in the morning.

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Summer Boredom Buster Kids - Math!

M&M Math (school agers)

I gave the older 3 a cup of M&Ms.

I drew a graph and had them sort the candy by color.

 Then they wrote their findings. 1st grader:

Kinder: (she needed some assistance in what I was looking for)

Then we added them up.

My 3rd grader also did this and then I had him do some more complex problems orally.

For example. All of the red totals minus the blue totals for all 3 kids.

Or, All of the yellow totals multiplied by 4.

You get the idea.

We did this sort of quizzing for 20 minutes.

Once we were done with all of the math I had him explain one problem to the girls.

The sum of the brown candies multiplied by 2 would be ... and why.

They enjoyed him teaching it to them, and he liked that he knew more than them.

Haha.

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Summer Boredom Buster Kids - Math!

M&M Math! (Toddlers)

I drew circles in M&M colors.

I wrote a number in each circle and my 3 year old had to put the right color and number in each circle.

Seen below:

My 2.5 year old just got circles and had to put the M&M in the right colored circle. Then we counted them.

Seen Below:

They both loved this.

They ate and counted over and over. I had happy toddlers at snack time. :D

This was very simple and you could do it with skittles, or jujubees, or any colored candy!

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Summer Boredom Buster Kids - Math!

I typically do one Math Activity in the morning, and one in the afternoon.

Follow Along, it is fun!

This is where I hid the sign.

The kids did their morning routine, and then came downstairs.

Since this activity is not for all ages, I had two games prepared.

I found these Math games via my son's teacher. You can print them HERE from Serenade to Second Grade.

Since I will have a 3rd grader and a 1st Grader, I thought this would be a fun game to kick start our summer.

They loved this game, and eventually added 2 decks to this stack.

Then I taught them how to play WAR.

This was a good 20 minute activity.

Ages 4+ depending on your child's knowledge numbers and their placement.