Is summer scarring you? Not so much because of how hot it gets, but because of the phrase you know you are going to hear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mom! I\u2019m so bored!\u201d Here is what I\u2019ve come up with to help you combat the boredom in your home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pom Pom Sorting<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This activity is not only one that will help develop fine motor skills in your child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Supplies required – Pom pom balls, Clothes pins, Bowls<\/p>\n\n\n\n Directions- This sorting activity was using the clothes pins to capture the pom pom balls and transfer them over. Pour some pom poms into a bowl and a single clothes pin. And ask child to sort the colored pom pom in different bowls with same color in each bowl<\/p>\n\n\n\n Crayon Push Activity<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Supplies required – Crayons, Juice container (or something similar), Scissors<\/p>\n\n\n\n Directions- Cut three holes in the top of the lid just big enough for a crayon and cut off any sharp edges push a crayon back and forth through the holes to make sure it was just big enough that the crayons could go through. This also helped smooth everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cardboard Box Coloring<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This activity requires two simple things a big cardboard box and crayons. Stick your toddler in the box and voila he\u2019s occupied creating mommy a masterpiece! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Juice-Pouch Rocket<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In this rocket uses the power of compressed air to launch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Supplies required – Empty juice pouch, 1 flexible straw, 1 standard straw; colored card, tape, modeling clay<\/p>\n\n\n\n Directions- Insert the pointed end of the straw into the straw hole of the juice pouch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cut the second straw in half.. Make three trapezoids from cardstock, in the dimensions: 3 inches (base) x 1 inch (height) x 3\/4 inches (top). Set 2 aside to be full fins. Cut the last one in half vertically. Tape the full fins on each side of the straw. Don\u2019t flatten the straw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tape one half-fin perpendicularly to each full fin as shown .Add tape to decorate the straw (optional)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Roll a small bit of clay into a ball. Add this to the top to seal the straw completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To launch the rocket, fill the pouch by blowing into the flexible straw. Bend the flexible straw to aim and place the rocket straw over the end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Is summer scarring you? Not so much because of how hot it gets, but because of the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fun-projects"],"yoast_head":"\n