Challenge your children to put on a talent show. Encourage them to sing, dance, and put on skits. If you only have one child, invite some friends and neighbors to share the event. And if you want to be part of the act, all the more fun – just don’t steal the show. 🙂 TV Turnoff Week is also a perfect time for your children to experiment with drawing, painting, and crafts. Set up a display of any art work they
I have to throw in one more unplanned post today. These Easter Eggs are gorgeous and promise to be fun to make. The project will fit perfectly into an unplug the TVs week. You may need to go grocery shopping as well as dig in you dresser drawers for old stockings. The rest you’ll need to read from this exciting link: Big Sis Lil Sis: Natural Dye Colored Easter Eggs
These boats were made with homemade play dough. The bird bath served as our puddle and the wend blew the boats around. I ate a half of an avocado out of it’s shell with a spoon. When I was finished eating it, the shell made me think of a little toy sailboat. Some clay, purchased or homemade**, (or maybe just some chewed bubblegum) could be pressed into the bottom of the shell to weight it so it wouldn’t tip over
I had to throw in an unplanned post for my No TV Week series. I just discovered this great blog post about making spring cleaning fun and games with kids. Can’t think of a better alternative for TV watching if you can pull it off! Good luck… Spring Cleaning: 12 Fun Ways to Get Your Kids Involved
Enjoy this fun YouTube video with your child. Then talk about the following questions… Why was St. Patrick’s Day celebrated in the beginning? What does the shamrock stand for? Did St. Patrick really chase the snakes out of Ireland? Why do people eat cabbage and potatoes on St. Patrick’s Day? What is a leprechaun? St. Patrick was kidnapped from his home in Scotland when he was only 16 and taken to Ireland to work as a slave. He became a Christian, escaped from his captors
