Tuesday, January 17, 2012
3 Pinteresting Ideas for Kids
I am crushing on Pinterest! My favorite board is Have Fun With My Kids. I have been pinning ideas left and right and actually putting them to good use every weekend.
1. Make a sorting basket for nature walks - this idea helped us to avoid a ton of arguments as the cups we used were labeled with initials. Thankfully the kids took turns helping to carry the basket since they found a ton of interesting stuff.
2. Use Ivory soap to practice whittling - the boys were given pocket knives when they were younger and since we have been spending a lot of time outdoors hiking, I thought it would be a great time to break them out. We tried whittling but it was a lot harder to explain with sticks. So thankful for the power of Google:
http://www.ehow.com/how_10012758_whittle-soap.html
3. Microwave Ivory soap - We did this. It's amazing what happens. It was also a great way to introduce my kids to the idea of a science experiment. I asked them what they thought would happen and they were very surprised at just how wrong they really were.
1. Make a sorting basket for nature walks - this idea helped us to avoid a ton of arguments as the cups we used were labeled with initials. Thankfully the kids took turns helping to carry the basket since they found a ton of interesting stuff.
2. Use Ivory soap to practice whittling - the boys were given pocket knives when they were younger and since we have been spending a lot of time outdoors hiking, I thought it would be a great time to break them out. We tried whittling but it was a lot harder to explain with sticks. So thankful for the power of Google:
http://www.ehow.com/how_10012758_whittle-soap.html
3. Microwave Ivory soap - We did this. It's amazing what happens. It was also a great way to introduce my kids to the idea of a science experiment. I asked them what they thought would happen and they were very surprised at just how wrong they really were.
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Look at all those cool treasures! AWESOME!
ReplyDeletewow that's sooo cool! Valentine's Giveaway
ReplyDeleteOh wow - I might have to try the Ivory soap one with my nephew - I wonder who was the first person to come up with that lil' experiment.
ReplyDeleteI love all of these ideas! I'm going to try the Ivory soap one myself, just because it looks cool!
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