This is a fun quick activity you can do with your kids while you’re making dinner.
p>My boys are fans of the show Phineas and Ferb. I admit that I think it’s pretty cute myself. Being an older sister I can relate a little to Candice! Anyway if you haven’t seen the show, Perry is a pet platypus who is actually a secret agent (Agent P). I pinned this tutorial on Pinterest a while back and the boys made their own Perry’s out of a plastic water bottle, forks (leftover from the Harry Potter Party), masking tape, cardboard from a cereal box, markers, and googly eyes.
So the big crafting plans I had for this changed a bit when the boys got involved (isn’t that how it always works?!) I figured we’d use these boxes for something so the boys and I came up with making a house which then turned into a Lego Spy Headquarters. When I asked why a Lego spy headquarters wouldn’t be made out of Legos I got an exasperated look and “Mom, if it was made out of Lego’s the bad guys would know it was a spy headquarters”. He has a point!
I have some science projects lined up to share, but the boys have been wanting to do these projects that we’ve seen around the blog and they are most important right?!
We finally got the main things we needed for these 2 activities
I think every kid should know how to make a newspaper hat. It can transform you from a normal kid to a sailor, a soldier, a pirate – whatever you want to be! There’s something about props that helps you get into character. I used to love making these hats.
Thank YOU all for reading! I love blogging, finding, and coming up with fun things to do with our boys. I wanted to post some newspaper fun today but we’ll do that tomorrow. Today I wanted to share this super fun Virtual Summer Science Camp from Classic Play I posted it on Facebook but thought it deserved a post if you don’t follow on Facebook.
My boys first pick was the Play Dough Circuits
Sawdust and Paper Scraps shared a very smart DIY on their blog. It’s a Play and Store Toy mat where you can play in a city and then cinch up the mess when you’re done. You could build Lego skyscrapers and drive around town with your Matchbox cars or Thomas trains.
To go along with my secret stash we have some fun things that the boys like to do while waiting at a dinner table or airplane or wherever they need to sit still for a long period of time. One of those is making backgrounds for their Legos, plastic animals, Playmobils or whatever small toy they happen to have along at the time.
My friend Jaime from Three Paper Peonies (a digital scrapbooking design company) posted this on her blog and I had to share it here. She broke the glass…
toy a day to download and create. SO fun! Go browse through the Toy-A-Day blog and download your favorites! Here are some of ours (clicking on the pictures will take you to the blog post you can download them from)
