Fun Activities

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For a variation on your soap bubble blowing activity, tape 4 straws together to blow through them. You'll get lots of multiple bubbles!

Bubbles

For some reason, I am enamored with blowing bubbles. Even in my decrepit age. Maybe I never got enough of blowing them when I was a child. Maybe my inner child loves blowing them so much that she begs and whines to blow them. Whatever . . . Because of […]

Improve your child's vocabulary this summer by playing this fun word game.

Word Island

I love learning new words. And, I love confabulating* with my children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and the random man on the street to help them learn new words. (*confabulate – verb that means chat) So, I came up with a game that you can play with the grandchildren that will […]

Water bull's-eye is a great game to keep kids busy, happy, and cool during summertime.

Water Bull’s Eye!

Summer. Kids. Water. Those things go together like bacon and eggs. If you are like me, you’re already thinking about things that you can do in the summertime with your grandchildren. When you put water activities on your agenda, it will be a hit with the kiddos. Water Bull’s Eye […]

Make this soft-as-silk play dough with your kids! GrandmaIdeas.com

Soft-As-Silk Play Dough

(Note: my husband used my cell phone to take pictures of this activity. They all turned out sepia-toned. Let’s pretend that we intentionally planned it that way, okay?) My older sister, Linda, shared with me a recipe for homemade play dough that is super soft. She shared it a LONG […]