It's been cold in Minnesota lately. Don't get me wrong, we're used to cold, but not THIS cold! Air temps in the -20ºF range with wind chills in the -40ºF range?! School has been canceled for the 4th time this month and we're going stir crazy! I decided to look back through our archives to come up with 5 cold weather day activities we can do during this crazy, stuck indoor time. Click on the large words to bring you to the post with directions. 1) Make and indoor obstacle course The perfect way to burn off energy while sparking imagination! Arrange and re-arrange to come up with endless obstacles. Spread it all over the house for more exercise! 2) Corn Starch and Water Need a quieter activity that will keep your kids busy for at least an hour? Try the corn starch and water science experiment. You just might end up playing with it yourself! 3) Paper Beads Bring out the crafty side in your kids by making beads out of paper. You should have all the supplies just lying … [Read more...]
Boiling Water Thrown In Freezing Air
It's -22° F with windchills in the -40° range in Minnesota today. The governor of the state closed all public schools so the girls get an extra day of Christmas vacation. What are we doing on this record cold day? We're doing freezing experiments! We can only be outside for brief periods, but long enough to throw boiling water in the freezing air, make frozen bubbles, and put water out to guess how long it takes to freeze. I know that a ton of people have tried throwing boiling water in the air and watching it freeze before, but believe it or not, we have never done it! What you'll need: Boiling water Below freezing temps outside That's it! Watch the video below to see what happens: Hubby didn't find it all that fascinating but the girls and I thought it was cool. Have you tried to throw boiling water in cold air to watch it freeze? … [Read more...]
Top 13 Posts of 2013
Can you believe another year has gone by?! Last year we did a post titled Our Top 12 Posts of 2012 so this year we thought we would do our top 13 posts of 2013. These are not technically our top viewed posts of the past year (we had a variety of posts from 2011-2013 that got top page views), these are the top viewed posts that we published in 2013. Without further ado, in order of least popular to most popular, our top 13 posts of 2013... 13) Halloween Finger Print Art 12) Easy DIY Giant Slip and Slide 11) Britax Convertible Car Seat Review 10) 21 Post Surgery Activities For Kids 9) Caught You Being Good--FREE Printable 8) Character Applique Shirts for Disney 7) Best Ever Spring Cookies 6) Make Your Own Disney Character Autograph Book 5) Disney Countdown Ring--FREE Printable 4) Christmas Bingo--FREE Printables 3) Brownie Mix 2) Camping Birthday--FREE Printables And our all time … [Read more...]
Christmas Pajama Tradition
Do you have any traditions that came out of nowhere? We do! We have an annual Christmas Pajama photo tradition. It was a tradition that I started in 2006 and I had no idea it would become a yearly thing. In 2006 our first child was born and I thought it would be cute to take a photo of him under the tree in some Christmas PJs. I love that photo! The next year my son was busy climbing into things. I caught him climbing into a box that I had wrapped to store some fun presents for our families. He had taken all the gifts out of the box and I caught a photo of him inside the box. Not realizing he had on some cute Christmas PJs again the tradition was born. Each year we added more photos.....and more kids....he he he! This year I went all out and got hats to match the PJs. Yep, I'm THAT mom! Christmas PJs AND Santa Slippers! Come on....the cuteness is overwhelming! This was the year we had just moved into our new home. I was about 33 weeks pregnant with my youngest...we had been in … [Read more...]
15 Must Do Family Christmas Activities
It seems like every year Christmas creeps up faster and faster. Life gets super busy with the hustle and bustle of the season and you forget to slow down and spend quality time as an immediate family. We've got 15 must do family Christmas activities to encourage you to stop and have some fun. 1) Cut your own real Christmas tree. Take your family on an adventure to a Christmas tree farm and enjoy the hunt for the perfect tree. It's definitely more fun than you think! 2) Go ice skating on an outdoor rink or on a lake. When was the last time you bundled up and went ice skating outside? Get outside and enjoy the fresh air! 3) Go Christmas caroling in the neighborhood next to yours. Grab some friends and neighbors and spread Christmas joy with the lost art of caroling. No one will care if you can't sing. 4) Go shopping for toys to donate. Teach your children the importance of giving in this time of "I want..." by shopping for those less fortunate. 5) Have a family movie … [Read more...]
Christmas BINGO- Free Printables
BINGO is such a fun and easy game for kids to play. I thought it was a good idea to make a set of BINGO cards for Christmas parties and print them off. I'm sharing them with you today and hope you like them. Simply click on the photos and print them. Easy, peasy, lemon, squeezy! The first photo is for the cut outs, simply print and cut out each photo for the game caller. The Merry Christmas can be used as a Free Space if you chose or it can be a regular game play. Card one Card two Card three Card four Card five Card six Card seven Card eight Card nine … [Read more...]
