Instead of our normal Pinterest Interests in the summer I would like to share the highlights of the activities from our summer jar 2013!

Picnic for their stuffed animals

Sumo Wrestling

Water Balloon Target Practice

Hot Wheels Obstacle Course

Microwaving a bar of Ivory Soap

We are having a blast and its keeping us on track to remember to play and have fun before the summer passes us by! You can keep up with all of our summertime adventures during the week on Instagram:

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Here is our 4th of July Pre-K Pack Expansion!  4th of July is one of my families MOST FAVORITE Holidays!  We for sure do lots of fun extra things around this Holiday!  So, I knew that I needed to make N a 4th of July Pre-K Pack Expansion!  This is the Expansion Pack to the 4th of July Pre-K Pack!  These learning activities are more challenging than those that are in our basic Pre-K Packs!  I create the Expansion Packs for my 4 (almost 5) year old.  To help him with mostly letter and number writing practice!  Enjoy!

In this pack is:

Letter Maze

Character Word Tracing

Character Letter Tracing

 1-10 Number Tracing

Do-A Dot/Magnet Sheets

This is meant to go along with our 4th of July Pre-K Pack for those who have not already checked it out!  It’s great for ages 2-5!

Each Summer I create a “What do we do in the Summertime” jar with fun ideas for the boys and I. I started this tradition because I use to feel like the whole summer passed us by before we knew it and before we had done any of the fun things I was planning.

My goal is that the items on the list are not too hard or too difficult that we don’t get them done. We try to draw three or four a week depending on how involved they are. A few of them are repeats because they were big hits or we didn’t get to them last year. I have included our new list here with links to the ideas if they have a tutorial or printable that goes along with them. I also offer it as a printable so you can print the list off and create your own jar. All you have to do is cut the list into strips and then add them to a jar. You can take the ideas off that don’t fit your family and add in your own ideas.

1. Glow in the dark ring toss

2. Water balloon fight

3. Make glow in the dark slime

4. Nature scavenger hunt

5. Wash the car

6. Splash and Score

7. Build a fort

8. Magazine Coloring

9. Play dough

10. Squirt bottle water fight

11. Make your own board game

12. Jump on the trampoline with ice cubes

13. Flashlight tag

14. Simple Chemistry Experiment: Clean Pennies with Vinegar

15. Make tiny bow and arrows

16. Write a letter to cousins with fun items under 13 oz

17. Water Balloon target practice

18. Backwards Day – Have dinner for breakfast and breakfast for dinner, eat dessert before lunch

19. Hold a bike wash

20. Sponge Tag

21. Organize a game of Dodge Ball

22. Jelly Bean bracelets

23. Play catch

24. Make watermelon cookies

25. Plan and create a picnic for your stuffed animals

26. Golf tee water gun target practice

27. Make cookies and visit a Grandma in the neighborhood

28. Plan a lemonade stand or bake sale and donate the money to a good cause

29. Ivory Soap experiment

30. Create a Hot Wheels obstacle course

31. Visit the fire station

32. Have a paper airplane contest

33. Freezer Baggie Ice Cream

34. Pick a snack from Moms Cooking for kids Pinterest board to make

35. Pencil top mosaic stamping

36. Excavate toys out of ice

37. Lego Board Game

38. Drive in Movie Night

39. Sumo Wresting

40. Spaghetti and marshmallow creations

You can download a printable copy here:

I updated my label too and am offering that as a printable too. It comes in 8 different colors.

For even more ideas check out our lists from 2011 and 2012. We cant wait to get started!

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Happy Friday everybody!  I decided to go back to some of my older Pre-K Packs and create their Expansions!  So, today I’m sharing the Dinosaur Pre-K Expansion! This is the Expansion Pack to the Dinosaur Pre-K Pack!  These learning activities are more challenging than those that are in our basic Pre-K Packs!  I generally create the Expansion Packs for my 4 year old, but being that he’s a boy – I don’t think he’ll be using this one too much!  hehe  I had a great response to the original Pack though and wanted to offer the Expansion for our readers!  It is to help with mostly letter and number writing practice!  Enjoy!

In this pack is:

Letter Maze

Character Word Tracing

Character Letter Tracing

 1-10 Number Tracing

Do-A Dot/Magnet Sheets

This is meant to go along with our Dinosaur Pre-K Pack for those who have not already checked it out!  It’s great for ages 2-5!

We headed out of town this weekend on a two day camping trip and it was just what I needed to get away and have fun with my family without any distractions! My hubs lamented before going that we couldn’t take ice cream with us because we couldn’t keep it cold long enough. I don’t like to disappoint so I decided to try to baggie ice cream at the campground. It was a hit and so easy to do!

What you need:

• Half and Half (we used a little whipping cream too because we wanted it extra creamy)
• Sugar
• Vanilla
• gallon Ziploc baggies
• quart Ziploc baggies
• Ice
• Rock salt

For each serving you need 1 cup of  half and half, 2 Tbsp. sugar, and 1/2 tsp. vanilla. Just dump it into a quart bag and seal up. We did about 3/4 cup half and half and 1/4  cup whipping cream. The whipping cream made it really smooth and creamy. Do not use all whipping cream though because it kind of whips up and doesn’t freeze as well.

Fill a gallon Ziploc bag a little less than half way up with ice and then add 1/2 cup rock salt and the quart baggie with the ice cream ingredients. Then shake it!

It took about 5 minutes of shaking to get it to a really good thick consistency. Even our 4 year old could do it!

It was yummy! So yummy in fact that since we were only about 15 minutes from a store we had to head back the next day to get more ingredients to do again! We added strawberries the next day to the bags to make strawberry ice cream. There are so many possibilities – like adding hot cocoa, raspberries, Oreos…Be prepared for happy and messy children!

Trust me this makes for very happy campers! Although it was funny to watch them trying to get the last drops and catching a little taste of the salt on the outside of the bag! This is a new must do for our camping trips!

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