Being in the dog days of summer, we found that it was just too hot to be outside. Little ones get dehydrated so fast when it is this hot outside, so we have been opting to go to the park in the morning and at night and save the hottest times of the day for inside fun!
This meant that I had to get really creative for Kenzie, because she was going crazy indoors! She is a really active and sporty girl like her mommy so being inside makes her climb the walls. Since I totally get it, I had to do something for her!
We started out by getting some baskets, which we tied little ribbon bows on to decorate them. These were our collection baskets and we did this while the baby was sleeping so we could move around the house easier. We started collecting bits and scraps along the way like some glue, paint, glitter, paper, an old shirt, pipecleaners, google eyes and outdoor stuff like pinecones.
We put it all in our basket and went inside where I put butcher paper over the table. Then we got crafty! We made some of the best pinecone paint prints ever! Then we made what we called "whatzits!" where we took pipe cleaners, glue, glitter and google eyes. We painted on a thin coat of the glue to the pipe cleaners then rolled them in glitter. Then we bent them into shapes and glued google eyes on to them. Kenzie even made a hat for hers! It was so much fun!
After we were done, we went into the kitchen and she helped me make some pudding. Later, we took our butcher paper and did our favorite craft - finger paints with pudding!!! Even though most of it goes into the mouth, we still had some really fun pictures and it makes her crative jucies flow until we can get outside to the park to let her run off some steam!
Later on Matt and I put the kids to bed early, popped some low fat popcorn, poured us each a glass of wine and watched a movie like real couch potatoes! It was a nice relaxing end to a very busy day!
