Friday, May 25, 2012

Retro Post - What Should I do Jar?

Summer is here... wooohoo! So wanted to remind you of this quick project that might help you through the summer months with kids of any kind... grand, greats, cousins, friends. If you have any ideas I  could add let me know. I am looking for self-motivated ideas to add to the list and refresh "the jar" for this summer.
I am  taking new ideas to add on my facebook page to... HERE I'd love to have yours here on my blog or on facebook.


You can see my original post here. 

Here is the original Conglomeration list from that post of ideas you can make your own.

I can say the two hits were freeze a toy and excavate it out, Marshmallow and toothpick model. I don't know why these were fun but they were for my son!




A conglomeration list.
Make homemade finger paints
Make a masterpiece with sidewalk chalk
Go on a bike ride
Make a treasure map and go on a hunt
Make your own Memory game and play
Create puppets and put on a show
Build a bed sheet fort
Write and illustrate your own story
Make your own movie
Make a card for the next person's birthday.
Make a crayon/watercolor painting
Write some thank you notes
Create artwork using your hand/footprints
Activities w/ colored pasta
Make old coins shiny w/ salt and vinegar
Play pretend restaurant
Decorate letters cut from the Cricut
Red Light/Green Light
Play “Hot and Cold”
Play Hide and Seek
Make an obstacle course and time yourselves
Make a collage of your favorite things
Make an ABC book
Go on a color hunt
Create sculptures using toothpicks and marshmallows
Make masks from paper plates
Reverse treasure hunt
Make homemade bubbles
Make HUGE bubbles
Wash cars and bikes
Paint cement with water
Jump on tramp
Water games in the backyard
Squirt bottle tag
Learn some origami
Have a dance party
Have a pretend “drive-in” theater
clean up bathroom

paint a chalk mural

play checkers

play with your puppy

brush your horse

brush your dog

learn a new card game to teach M&D

play in sandbox

skate on patio

write a story

clean up patio

take a swim in the water tank

work on a wolf elective

write a thank you note

read for 15 minutes

color a page in your  coloring book

make a card for the next birthday
make something out of a craft magazine

put together a sock puppet show

make your bed

clean up your legos

run through the sprinkler

play uno or guess who?

play with bubbles

fly a kite

clean up your fort area

go through your sock drawer &

matchup socks teach Freckles a new
trick

call someone & tell them a joke

make a bird feeder

fill the bird feeders

write a secret code & mail the message & the code seperate

cut out pictures of your favorite things from a magazine

find a new recipe

cut letters on the cricut and decorate them

work on 2nd grade spelling words

practice scout motto, pledge and handshake

play with Legos

make your own Lego pattern with Lego builder

write and send a cousin a letter cut from magazine letters

write and send a cousin a letter or picture drawing practice crab crawl


make little cars out of boxes and
house goodie
Create puzzles from drawings/photos
Set up a mini golf course
Make pinwheels
Play a board game
Do some school worksheets
Have an impromptu photoshoot w/ props
Draw while blindfolded
Make slime
Make your own “Headbandz” game and play
Freeze things in ice and “dig” them out
Dress ups
Play charades
Research a topic on the internet (w/mom or dad)
Play with the R/C cars
Make a craft from mom’s idea
Straw and cotton ball race on the kitchen table
Do a pretend cooking show
Make finger puppets
Interview family members
Make a family tree
Write in your journal
Do something nice for someone else
Take care of our garden
Do a Wolf Scout elective
Play in the playhouse/swings
Memorize a poem
Do a science experiment
Diet Coke and Mentos experiment
Make up a secret code and write notes
bake cookies/brownies

make homemade ice cream

clean up book shelf.

Make homemade finger paints
Make a masterpiece with sidewalk chalk
Go on a bike ride
Make a treasure map and go on a hunt
Make your own Memory game and play
Create puppets and put on a show
Build a fort
Write and illustrate your own story
Make your own movie
Make a crayon/watercolor painting
Write some thank you notes
Create artwork using your hand/footprints
Activities w/ colored pasta
Make old coins shiny w/ salt and vinegar
Play pretend restaurant
Decorate letters cut from the Cricut
Red Light/Green Light
Play “Hot and Cold”
Play Hide and Seek
Make an obstacle course and time yourselves
Make a collage of your favorite things
Make an ABC book
Go on a color hunt
Create sculptures using toothpicks and marshmallows
Make masks from paper plates
Reverse treasure hunt
Make homemade bubbles
Make HUGE bubbles
Wash cars and bikes
Paint cement with water
Jump on tramp
Water games in the backyard
Squirt bottle tag
Learn some origami
Have a dance party
Have a pretend “drive-in” theater
Create puzzles from drawings/photos
Set up a mini golf course
Make pinwheels
Play a board game
Do some school worksheets
Have an impromptu photoshoot w/ props
Draw while blindfolded
Make slime
Make your own “Headbandz” game and play
Freeze things in ice and “dig” them out
Dress ups
Play charades
Research a topic on the internet (w/mom or dad)
Play with the R/C cars
Make a craft from mom’s idea
Straw and cotton ball race on the kitchen table
Do a pretend cooking show
Make finger puppets
Interview family members
Make a family tree
Write in your journal
Do something nice for someone else
Take care of our garden
Do a Wolf Scout elective
Play in the playhouse/swings
Memorize a poem




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1 comment:

jknapp00 said...

That's a pretty extensive list. How about looking up new words in the dictionary. Or trying a new food. Or learn to cook something (depending on the age of the child).

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