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Friday, March 21
Good Friday Easter Crafts
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 Easter is a time when families come together and enjoy traditions like dying easter eggs, holding a big family brunch, and of course, that easter egg hunt.
But it's also a great time to create new memories with your kids, Helen Porter has a great craft activity you can do with your kids this weekend. Eggcelent Egg Crafts
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Monday, May 21
Kristen's Kids Summer Activities Ideas |
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Things To Do at Home:
Backyard entertainment
 Sidewalk chalk
Rock painting
Gardening (kids love veggies/fruits/herbs OR garden with things that start with the same letter as their name … Halle might grow Hydrangeas or Honeydew)|
Backyard Messes
Finger painting
Backyard food fight Get rid of those leftovers, or make your own pudding, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, anything messy and quick to make. They’ll run around the yard destroying each other with food … and they’ve got a handy snack if they get hungry.
Spontaneous Parties
Treasure hunt. You can get pirate coins, treasure chests, fake rings and such and hide them somewhere and make a treasure map with clues to where their treasure is hiding.
 For the girls, you can throw princess parties. Assemble all of their fake tiaras, boas, high heels, and Halloween princess dresses.
Things To Do Away From Home
Cool Outings For Kids
Airplane Viewing at Executive Airport
-Aviators Restaurant serves B/L/D and has a 'cadets menu'
Effie Yeaw Nature Center
http://www.effieyeaw.org
Funderland at William Land Park.
-Kid rides. Tickets are $1.50 during the week, and $1.75 on the weekends
Wading & Swimming Pools
-16 regular pools & 16 wading or play pools
-http://www.cityofsacramento.org
click on "parks and rec"
Southside Park/5th & W Streets
-Totally accessible park with tot lot, infant area, solar system theme playground, wading pool and big pool,
and a community garden with a kids garden area
IKEA Kids Room
-45 minutes of free shopping while your kids play in a ball pit, indoor climbing area and tons of fun toys
Pet stores/Aquariums
-Capitol Aquarium downtown (29th Street, Sacramento)
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Friday, December 22 |
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Arts and Craft Activity – Puff-Paint Stockings 
Materials:
Fabric paint (puff-paint) assorted colors
Mini holiday stockings (available at craft stores, party stores)
Glitter (if you prefer)
Treats to place inside!
Directions:
Shake the puff paint well so that the paint does not spray or splatter when you first apply it. Be careful not to get paint on your clothes, as fabric paint will not wash out. A craft smock or apron is a good idea to use with young children.
Choose a stocking. Decorate as you wish! Common decorations include dots, stripes, a gift recipient’s name, etc.
If you prefer, shake glitter over wet puff paint and tap off excess.
Let dry for a few hours (until not tacky anymore).
Fill stocking with treats inside (candy canes, small ornaments, gift cards, etc).
These make great door hangers (with additional ribbon), decorations for holiday windows, wreaths, and are perfect for holding small gifts. They are also great to hang on Christmas trees as ornaments!
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Friday, December 15 |
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 Gingerbread Boy Puppet Instructions
“Run! Run! Run! Catch me if you can! You can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Boy!”
See if you can keep up with the Gingerbread Boy as he outruns a little old woman, a horse, and a cow. Then watch what happens when he meets up with a clever and very hungry fox! Cut out two identical Gingerbread Boys from brown felt. Glue together at the edges only, using fabric glue. Be careful! Don’t glue the bottom third of the Gingerbread Boy.
 Glue on three front buttons or pom-poms and a red felt smile.
Dot in two eyes and a nose using the white fabric paint.
Put a line of white fabric paint around the edge.
Handle the puppet carefully until it dries.
Scented Sachet Instructions
Cut a piece of fabric into a 10 inch square.
Place one-half cup of potpourri mixture in the middle of the square.
Draw up the four corners of the fabric and bunch it together on top of the potpourri.
Wrap a rubber band around to hold it closed.
Tie a pretty ribbon on top of rubber band.
Push a little fake flower under the ribbon. |
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Friday, September 15 |
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Recipe for "Decorate a Chicken"
Instructions
Styrofoam ball 2 ¼ inches
Styrofoam ball 2 inches
Spray paint yellow or (color of your choice)
Feathers your choice of colors (available at any craft store)
Foam for feet and beak ( color of orange or of your choice available at any craft story)
Ribbon for bow
Glue gun or any other type of glue that works.
Most important ingredient is "Imagination".
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Friday, May 26 |
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Jam on a Wooden Harmonica!
Instructions
Take two strips of paper.
Wrap them around two tongue depressors.
Pull them both off of the two depressors.
Put them back on ONE of the tongue depressors.
Wrap a large rubber band around the long way, ONLY
ON THE TONGUE DEPRESSOR WITH THE PAPERS!
Put another tongue depressor on top.
Tape the whole thing together at the ends.
Blow through the middle part.
When you blow through the harmonica, the air passes over the paper
sliders,
causing them to vibrate and create sound waves. When you
move the sliders to the middle,
they vibrate faster and create a
higher pitch! |
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Monday, May 8 |
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May Basket and Tissue Paper Flowers
Supplies:
Paper plates
Construction paper
Crayons
Scissors
Tape
Glue
Ribbon
Hole punch
Instructions:
Decorate a paper plate (or a circle of construction paper) with
markers in any spring-like fashion. Curl the plate into a cone shape
with decorations on outside. Tape seam of plate to keep in cone
shape. Punch a hole on opposite sides of top
Run a piece of yarn/ribbon through holes to hang basket.
Fill with your choice of flowers (real or fake).
Tissue Paper Flowers
Supplies:
Tissue Paper
Pipe Cleaners
Instructions:
Let the child choose three colors of tissue. Help the child line the
three pieces of tissue up so all the sides are matching.
Help the child fold the tissue packet like an accordion. Let the
child choose one colored pipe cleaner (this will be the stem)
Help the child wrap one end of the pipe cleaner around the center of
the accordion folded tissue to secure it. Help the child fluff out
the tissue around the center where the “stem” is attached. |
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Wednesday, April 5 |
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Fire Drills For Your Mind.
It is important to run through these drills on a regular basis,
to ensure your preparedness should disaster strike.
Have the latest "headlite" technology on hand. On average, 12 hours
of each day are dark. This technology gives you hours of bright,
effective emergency lighting to protect your family without tying up
your hands.
Invest in transportable water filtration/purification products.
After shelter, water is the most important aspect of any survival
situation. We can go a month without food, but we can’t least a week
without water.
Be prepared to administer your own emergency first aid. Learn CPR.
Update your first aid kit and know how to use each item it contains.
Paramedics may not be available when you need them.
Have sufficient amounts of all necessary medications handy. The
pharmacist or drug store may be out of reach or damaged.
Create a communications plan for staying in touch with loved ones in
an emergency situation. Write out all important numbers. Don’t plan
to rely on a cell phone – they could be inoperable.
Stockpile extra food for you and your pets. Choose foods that
require little preparation. “This is about surviving, leave the
gourmet stuff for after the emergency.
Store season-specific clothing where you can gain access to it very
quickly, such as rain slickers and other protective gear. You may
have to pack and leave your area in a hurry. Don’t forget spare
toiletries.
Invest in a weather radio. This is a great way to learn what is
going on if your Internet and TV access are knocked out.
Carry an emergency credit card with a zero balance, along with some
cash.
-Brian Brawdy |
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Thursday, March 30 |
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 Coffee Filter Butterfly
Materials Needed:
Coffee filters
Water color paints (or food coloring)
Clothes pins
Chenille stems
Pipettes
Paint brushes
Acrylic paint (optional)
Directions:
Use the pipettes or paint brushes to apply the liquid
watercolor to the coffee filter.
When the coffee filter is dry, squeeze the middle of it between your
thumb and forefinger to form the wings. Secure with clothes pin.
Cut a chenille stem to about 4 inches in length. use the clothes pin
to attach it to the butterfly to form the antennae.
(Optional) Paint the clothes pin with acrylic paint to form the body
of the butterfly. |
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