Showing posts with label family fun activities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family fun activities. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Save 30% Off Summer Fun Kiwi Crate Discovery Activities

Kick off a fun family summer with the Summer Discovery Series activities by Kiwi CrateKiwi Crate offers hands-on kids' projects designed to encourage kid curiosity and promote new discoveries. Each Kiwi Crate kit comes with 2-3 kid-friendly project activities. The best part is all project materials and instruction are included! 

For the month of June, July and August 2015, Kiwi Crate will be sending unique fun summer themed projects that will inspire exciting and new adventures and discoveries for kids!

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Hands-on Activities from Kiwi Crate


Kiwi Crate mission is to inspire kids’ creativity and to help equip the next generation of innovators and explorers with the tools for creative problem solving and exploration. Kiwi Crate offers high quality award-winning activity products across four brands for young discoverers ranging in age from 3 to 16+. 

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Thursday, April 02, 2015

25 Spring Fun Activities For Kids To Do At Home

Spring is finally here! And Spring Break is next week for us! We were hoping to go away, but just not able to this year. So instead, I put together a Spring Fun Activity Bucket List to keep my kids busy.

  1. Create an amazing art piece! You can paint or even make a collage of things you found in nature. Here are some great ideas that I found:

  2. Plant a flower or vegetable! Here are some kid diy gardening ideas I'm collecting on Pinterest.
  3. Create an outdoor obstacle course  
  4. Jump rope
  5. Transform your driveway into an imaginary world with chalk
  6. Ride a bike or scooter
  7. Face paint 
  8. Make Homemade Juggle Bubbles 
  9. Have a movie day! 
    • Color popcorn using food dye
    • Make movie tickets
    • Blend and shake your favorite fruit smoothie recipe
  10. Make some fun food crafts
  11. Window art! Paint fun designs on windows using Liquid Chalkers
  12. Make a bird house  
    DIY Kid Bird House

  13. Have a picnic
  14. Build an outdoor or indoor kid fort
  15. Design your own outdoor sidewalk games using chalk. Tic Tac Throw, Hop Scotch and
    Checkers!  
    Checkers Chalk Game

  16. Read a book 
  17. Have a dance competition
  18. Create and act out a play
  19. Explore nature
  20. Paint rocks
  21. Sell lemonade 
    Kid Lemonade Stand
  22. Play board games
  23. Write cards and mail to friends and family
  24. Kid Science Experiments 
    DIY Lava Lamp
  25. Play a game of kick ball, whiffle ball or four squares
There are so many fun things to do in the Spring! Have fun and enjoy this special time!

Friday, November 07, 2014

Forester's Tech Timeout $100 Sweepstakes for Families

Let's do it! Let's spend quality time with our kids by turning off our phones, putting away our eReaders and tablets, and shutting off our computers.

I love what this sweepstakes is trying to accomplish! Kids especially need a break from technology. Families could use some bonding time by playing a game outside together or pulling out one of your families favorite board games like HeadBandz or Monopoly or Apples to Apples!


ENTER THE FORESTERS TECH TIMEOUT SWEEPSTAKES

Sweepstakes ends December 4, 2014. Winners will be announced December 5, 2014!

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Great Bowling Tip To Teach Your Kids

I grew up loving bowling! In fact, I even was on my high school's bowling team. Not ten-pin. I bowled candlepin, which is bowling with a ball that has no holes in it. The ball actually fits in the palm of your hand. Truthfully, I think bowling helped my softball pitching accuracy and vice versa.

The first time I bowled ten pin was when I was dating my husband. And what a great story that made. My now husband bet me to a game of bowling, thinking that he would win hands-down. I actually thought he would too. I had never bowled ten-pin. The bet...if I won, he would take me to Las Vegas, Nevada. If he won, I would take him to South Beach, Florida. And I won! He and I both were in shock because I could hardly even pick up the balls. But I did win, and he honored the bet and took me to Las Vegas.

Well...just recently, I learned that selecting the right bowling ball can have an affect on your bowling game. I wish someone would have shared that tid bit of information years ago. Below is what I learned. I do want you to know that the following is a sponsored post, where I did receive a small payment. Bowling is such a fantastic family sport. And what I learned is educational and something every parent can share with their child.

What a Bowling Ball Is Made of:

Selecting the best bowling ball will definitely have an affect on your bowling game. Every person will have their very own set of preferences when it comes to the size and weight of the balls that they use to bowl. If you are a beginner, you can be confused as to which kind of bowling ball is best suited for your needs. Maybe understanding how a bowling ball is created and exactly what is inside of it may help you make a greater decision regarding your own bowling ball.

 

The bowling ball is pretty much one solid piece of material. If you decide to cut one out of half, you might discover a solid core making up a lot of the ball. This core is manufactured out of polyester resin which is combined with various minerals such as limestone. This mixture is then simply placed in a container to accept the form of a bowling ball and then left to set. However, the shape the core of the bowling ball takes will differ in order to create various kinds of bowling balls. Some will not only be heavier than others because there is a bigger core, but they may also behave differently.
 
 

 


In order to take the round shape of a regular bowling ball, the core, which is asymmetrical, is then put into another container and is given a polymer shell. Lastly, the outer layer from the bowling ball is known as a coverstock. These are manufactured from various materials such as plastic and polyurethane and each one has its very own unique characteristics. It is up to you to determine which one is better for your game.
 



Once you do decide on a bowling ball, you will need to look after it properly such as keeping it in a bowling ball bag. At http://bowlingbags.com you will have a large choice of products to ensure that you are on top of your game.