Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Summer Entertainment

Looking for some easy, cheap summer entertainment for your kids?


Mine could entertain themselves all day with an outdoor table sprayed periodically with shaving cream and dotted with food coloring, a kiddie pool to rinse and play in, and some plastic army guys & boats thrown in for extra adventures!

The big boat was sinking and the guys were escaping in the lifeboats!

And we've even been known to bring the shampoo outside and consider it the day's bath -- makes for a quicker and easier bedtime routine!

So what if there are bits of grass floating in the water, we just think of it as organic body wash!


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16 comments:

  1. Ooo, I LOVE the shaving cream idea. Totally doing that with my kids tomorrow. Thanks.

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  2. What a fun mom you are. Great ideas. Thanks so much for linkin up.

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  3. Shaving cream is fun! As a teacher I used to spray it on their desks and call out their spelling words and math facts for them to practice.

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  4. Oh ya! We love to have fun like this too!

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  5. I used to do the shaving cream with my kids until Will decided to eat it. (ewwwww) So, now we do whipped cream. Much tastier ;)

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  6. I would never have come up with that shaving cream idea. Good one!

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  7. Great summertime fun ideas! I love the outdoor bath. The organic body wash is hilarious! :)
    Thanks for stopping by. Have a great evening.

    Kristi, Live and Love...Out Loud
    @TweetingMama

    PS Following you via Google Friend Connect.

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  8. very fun! I will have to steal your idea for this weekend! thanks!

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  9. Kids and shaving cream are like magnets! My oldest LOVES that, and they use it at his preschool for an activity!

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  10. Looks like fun! Too bad it's been raining here everyday or else the shaving cream and food coloring would be a hit with my little boy :D Happy WW!

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  11. I remember doing things like that with my kids-what fun memories...

    Best wishes,
    Natasha.

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  12. May have to try the shaving cream one of these days. Today I want to head out to get pain brushes so the kids can paint the sidewalks with water.

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  13. The shaving cream is brilliant!! And shampoo! HAH! Thats awesome!

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  14. we used to play with shaving cream in school... it was an easy way for the teachers to get the marker off our desks!

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  15. ohh! the shaving cream idea is wonderful. Thanks for the brilliant idea. I will definitely try this.

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  16. My boys love to play in water but for some reason they won't TOUCH shaving cream. It is one of the things we work on for their sensory integration activities but so far we haven't had any luck with it.

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