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On days when things seem overwhelming and you feel as if you might break — remember you are precious, but not perfect! You are a diamond in the rough. Keep hanging in there and before you know it the whole world will see you shine.
Love,
Stacy
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We’ve been pretty busy around here crossing things off of our Summer Do list (still need to share it with you, hopefully before summer is over 
). I found this recipe for Sidewalk Chalk Paint on the Family Fun website and knew right away it would be the perfect post nap activity. Bonus points since I already had all the supplies needed for this on hand.
To make your own homemade sidewalk chalk paint, you will only need three ingredients ~ water, corn starch and a little food coloring. Quite possibly the simplest project with the kids ever! So simple in fact, I let them make the whole thing. The kids chose to make our first batch in purple, orange, green and blue but it wasn’t long before we had to come back in for a resupply. That’s when they cooked up some pretty neat red and neon green. The colors turned out so gorgeous, in a pastel sort of way.
To make you own, you’ll need:
- 1/4 cup Water
- 1/4 cup Corn Starch
- Food Coloring in assorted colors
- Paint Brushes
- Leftover Containers
- A clear patch of concrete
I found a great step-by-step photo tutorial for you over at the Petite Elephant. Note: I only used between 6-10 drops of food coloring for each paint color (and made one recipe’s worth of each color). I read later, on at the Idea Room, that adding too much food coloring could potentially stain your driveway.
This was such an easy craft (even Dads could do it) and the results were so cool I think it would be great for preschool, a play date, a birthday party or any event with lots of kids.
The paint has a nice chalky texture when it dries and can even be painted over again with water (when you run out of paint) to create a new blended look (see pic below).
All three of my children (ages 1-4) were able to participate in this summer boredom buster and the fun lasted for well over an hour so that ranks up there pretty high on my scale of activities for the kids.
Let me know if you give this a try, I can’t wait to see pics. (Here’s a few pics of us in action)
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The Backyardigans: Robot Repairman
Did you catch the Backyardigans premiere, Robot Repairman, on Nick Jr last week? There was no way we were going to miss it. We started counting down weeks in advance. It was all anyone talked about … 3 more days till the new Backyardigans, 2 more days Mommy, 1 more … Mommy, is today the day? I’m very selective of the shows I let my children watch, but the Backyardigans are so cute & musical I just can’t resist them. I’ve been known to burst out singing Boinga, the Alicia Keys song from Mission to Mars (what, you didn’t know that was Alicia Keys? I told you these guys were cool) at any given moment.
Oh yeah, about the robots … well, as usual, they rocked. The story line was cute (our favorite Backyardigan actually got a starring role – Yay!), the music was catchy and well the theme, the theme was one of our favorites. We just can’t pass up a good robot story.
When it was over we were still engrossed with robots. We needed them, we wanted them, we had to have them. So, we built our very own robots out of items in our recycle bin. We had a ton of fun and played with our new friends for the rest of the afternoon. If you have a preschooler at home, you know that’s a pretty decent amount of time to hold their attention span Bonus points for that!
Meet Robot Guy
& Robot Girl
& one very happy future space camper
{Notice he has planned his wardrobe around this monumentous event}
Pretty Cute, eh?
To Make Your Own Robots, You’ll Need:
- Cardboard (We used a cereal box)
- Some Alumnium Foil
- Pipe Cleaners
- Googly Eyes
- A Glue Gun (Unless your eyes are stick ons)
- Jewels, Stickers, Beads, Whatever you can find to adorn them with
Draw your robot shape on a cereal box, ask Mom & Dad to cut him out, wrap the shape in Aluminum Foil, smoosh till the foil is nice and flat, cut the foil in any knicks and crannies and the fold until you get the look you’re going for, have Mom hot glue some eyes on, and then go wild decorating him with whatever shiny stuff or buttons & knobs you have on hand. ~ Enjoy!
I added this to the ABC & 123 Show & Tell Tuesdays!
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These adorable Valentines CutOuts from Secret Agent Josephine were sooo cute, I just had to share them with you – Click on the images to download a copy & give these babies to everyone you know. Upload the whole image to facebook and tag each square to a close friend as a quick way to wish everyone a Happy Valentine’s Day!
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