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Make a Summer Fun Day List

May 27, 2011 By: amyswanderingcomment

Now is the time to make a Summer Fun List, instead of waiting until you are all hot, sticky & bored.

Here are some really cute ideas to help you make your list:

~ This 50 Days of Fun chart will appeal to you digital scrapbookers. Don’t miss the photo journal idea!

~ Good ol’ posterboard and markers are what we’ll be using. So colorful!

~ Put your list on some watercolored circles and attach to a ring.(Put watercoloring on your list & you can mark off your first activity HaHa!)

~ Choose from these color-coded activities jars or paper grab bag calendar.

~ This summer list bulletin board is eye-catching.

~ Make a summer bucket list out of a thrifted lunchbox.

Need some more ideas to add to your list?

– 100 free things to do with your kids this summer

– 101 fun things for teens to do this summer

Summer Fun Forecast: CHEAP!

May 26, 2011 By: amyswanderingcomment

I was chatting with friends over the weekend, and it seems that everyone is having to tighten the purse strings this summer.

Don’t let a lack of money cloud your summer plans!

I will be linking to lots of frugal fun over the next few weeks!

And for those of you in the Dallas area, I’ll be sharing some fun local events that don’t cost a fortune.

Here are a few goodies from my archives to kick us off:

~ Indoor Summer Fun Tub

~ Turn Your House into a Ho(me)tel

~ DFW Staycation (prices/deals might be different now)

Here are some easy ways to stay tuned to my Summer Fun Forecast:

-Follow my RSS Feed

-Like my Facebook Page (my Facebook fans get extra freebies 🙂 )

-Put my Summer Fun Days button on your blog with this code:

p.s. If you want your cheap summer fun well-organized, then check out Life As Mom’s Summer Survival Guide. I haven’t read it, but I’ve seen great reviews!

Run on over to Frugal Friday for lots of great ideas!

bible reading challenge

June 21, 2010 By: amyswanderingcomment

This is a fun challenge for the whole family – take the Scripture Adventures’ Summer Bible Reading Challenge!

bass pro family summer camp

June 15, 2010 By: amyswanderingcomment

Bass Pro Shops Family Summer Camp is chock full of fun stuff!

wfmw – indoor summer fun tub

June 2, 2010 By: amyswandering1 Comment

This week’s WFMW is the Mom, I’m Bored – Summer Edition.

My kids love to play outside, but we live in Texas and summer afternoons are usually spent inside. It’s starting early this year – Saturday’s high is supposed to be 101!!

I inwardly cringe when my kids want to drag out all the craft stuff, but I am working hard on being a Yes Mom. I created an Indoor Summer Fun Tub that my kids are allowed to play with anytime without having to ask permission first, as long as they follow the TWO rules.

Rule # 1 ~ use the supplies correctly

**translation – don’t waste the window art paint by squeezing it into big puddles on the newspaper covering the table.

Rule # 2 ~ clean up your mess completely

**translation – don’t make me come hunt you down when it is dinnertime & your projects are still all over the table.

All of the books in our tub came from Goodwill for .25-.50. Goodwill & thrift stores are great sources for inexpensive crafts & games! I am linking to Amazon so you can get a closer look.

Fabulous Book of Paper Dolls

Little Red Riding Hood Puppet Theater

I also threw in a package of plastic bubbles, pipe cleaners and plastic laces. I am going to pick up some paint & craft kits at Dollar Tree and change out some of the activities every couple of weeks. (I will post a pic of our tub if I ever find my camera cord!)

~~Be sure to enter my~~

Summer Science Camp Giveaway!

~~(Ends Saturday, June 5th)~~

Run on over to We Are That Family for tons of summer fun tips!

Tips I Want To Remember:

Crafts for Every Room

Koolaid Playdough

Art Binder