Bubble Painting

Now there are several ways to do this, but this is the way we chose to do for my daughter’s art party. She loved it so much we do often. It is so simple and easy to do and it is so much fun!

Here is what you will need:

Bubble solution and bubble wands or straws

Food coloring

Paper.

When I first tried it out, I used acrylic pain.  It worked alright, but the bubbles became really heavy, thick, and extremely messy. This made the bubble fall really fast and turn into globs and a stringy mess. So I decided to try and use food coloring and that worked out much better.

I used gel and liquid food coloring and both worked just as well.

The Process

1.      .    Pour a couple drops of food coloring into the container of bubble and then I shake it up.
2.  .. Once the foam on the bubbles settles you are ready to start creating.
3.     You lay your paper out on a protected surface or a surface you don’t care about getting messy and start blowing bubble towards your paper.
4.          After you start adding colors, it starts to look very neat!

So there you have it. Bubble painting. 

Ice Cream in a Can (or bag)

This was by far Kaitlyn’s favorite summer activity. We made ice cream in a #10 you can and even use a big ziplock bag. It was so easy and so much fun!

What you need:

• A gallon size Freezer bag or a #10 can
• 2 sandwich bags
• Lot’s of ice
• Rock salt or just plain old table salt
• Half & half or Milk
• Vanilla
• Sugar
• Spoon  and toppings if you want

Recipe

• 1 cup  Half and half or Milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 tablespoons of sugar

The process

1. Start by adding about 3 cups of ice and 1 cup of salt to the #10 can or your Ziplock bag.
2. Next stuff one sandwich bag into another
3. Add half and half, sugar, and vanilla into the bag and seal
4. Put the sealed bags into the larger container and either start shaking it. If you are using a #10 can make sure there are no sharp edges on the inside. With the can you can kick the can around. Kaitlyn had fun with that part!

 

Long dead grass --> drought and day before cutting grass...ah well

If you  are using a bag you can easily feel and see when the cream starts to solidify, once you reach the desired consistency you are ready to enjoy.

With the can you’ll obviously have to open it up and check, but again Kaitlyn had fun checking on her ice cream.

There you have easy peasy yummy ice cream. 

Picnic Treasure Hunt

Now that we are heading into perfect picnic whether, why not turn a typical picnic into a treasure hunting adventure? That's just what we did! We picked up a dinosaur fossil kit. One of us went a little ahead an buried the Dinosaur fossils and put the map in the bushes. Here is how our little adventure went. 

Is that a treasure map?

Yes it is!

 Go here to get or make your own.

After we ate lunch we looked into the bushes and there was something there...We walked over and Gavin couldn't believe his eyes! It was a treasure map!!!!

We followed the map...

First to a bush..then to the swings

then down the slide

then to the "sandbox"

AND THEN...we found the X

He dug...

and found

Bones?! A Dinosaur!!!!

Here it is all put together!

It was a fun, fun, day with my sister and her son (my gorgeous "big" man) Gavin!

What are you waiting for? GO! print out your treasure map and find the buried treasure!

~Jacky