Showing posts with label kids crafts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kids crafts. Show all posts

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Kids Craft Time - Food Colouring & Snow = Fun

March 29th - Yep - We still have HUGE snow banks in our back yard!

After my announcement on Wednesday that I was taking a break from blogging.............here I am!

Its funny how a passion can be inspiration for a hobby. And then the hobby becomes an obligation. And then you lose your passion for your hobby.

But as soon as that hobby is no longer an obligation................it becomes a passion again. So I felt like posting something today. Just not food related.

I did do some major baking yesterday (recipes to come some day - maybe) and came up with this fantastic idea for my kids.........

FOOD COLOURING SNOW ART

Which one of my friends informed me is not actually a new idea. So some other brilliant mother has thought of this before. Oh well. Its fun.

If you are in Winnipeg.......or anywhere that the POLAR  VORTEX laid its cold and frigid hands, you might still have mountains of snow in your backyard. And you might be itching for spring and/or to kick your kids outside to play. Cabin fever anyone?

This will get them out there and keep them happy for a while:

  • Fill several containers with water. I used leftover plastic fruit cup containers that I save for such occassions; 
  • Add a few drops of food colouring to each one. Stir; 
  • Give each of your kids a medicine dropper (I used 10 ml ones); 
  • Let them suck up the coloured water and spray it on the snow to create abstract snow art;
  • My friend said this also works with SPRAY bottles - why didn't I think of that? Brilliant.
Note - you might not want them to wear their good jackets when they do this...........unless you want tie-dyed outerwear on them next year.

Have a fun and colourful Sunday!

Friday, April 26, 2013

Spring is Finally Here..............Get out of the Kitchen and Enjoy the Outdoors!


Well, it was a long time coming but we are finally getting spring.

Isn't it wonderful!!! I finally put my parka away. Hopefully not prematurely since we do still have a fairly sizable snowbank in our yard.

Give yourself a break this weekend if you don't feel like cooking. You can still eat clean. Just keep it simple. Boil a bunch of eggs. Eat salad. Grill some meat and veggies. Pick up a rotisserie chicken. Make smoothies for supper. Whatever. 

Don't fuss if you don't feel like it. Jump in some puddles with your kids. Take out their bikes. Breathe in the fresh air. Enjoy! And if you feel like fussing - go to my Mama's recipe page for lots of ideas from cold winter days when I felt like fussing because I don't now. I want to play.

We put baby in his swing outside for the first time today - he loved it. Tomorrow we're pulling out the bikes and we're having a birthday party. 

So I'm not leaving you a recipe.................I'm busy playing! And finishing our taxes.

But I do have a couple of cute and simple spring crafts we did this week. Something to do in the morning when its still too nippy to get outside.

Have a great Saturday. I think we will!