6 Days of Summer Fun with the SUPERMOMS!

Last week I am teamed up with another SUPERMOM {aka Angela from Secrets of a Super Mommy} to bring you 6 Days of Summer Fun!

We wrapped up the week yesterday, but I wanted to post a recap of all 6 days just incase you missed any of the SUPER fun summer ideas!

Day One: Liven Up That Lemonade Stand

Day Two: No Sew Felt Library Bags

Day Three: Welcome Summer Banner

Day Four: Rainbow Pudding Pops

Day Five: Backyard Campout

Day Six: Upcycled Sand Toys

Thanks so much to Angela at Secrets of a Super Mommy for helping make this week so great!

If you decide to try out any of our SUPER fun summer ideas, please send me a link or a few pictures and I will feature some of your projects on my blog throughout the summer.

Now go make your summer SUPER fun!

Upcycled Sand Toys

Upcycled Sand Toys

Upcycling is taking something that would otherwise be considered trash and turning it into something useful.
There are four main reasons that I love this project:

1. It's basically free

2. It's good for the environment

3. If the kiddos lose or break it, no big deal!

4. Easy clean up and storage

Plus the kiddos will have a TON of fun with it:) ****

So here is how to make your very own upcycled sand toys!

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*First*, collect containers that you think would make great sand toys. I collected yogurt cups {my boys eat the kiddie yogurt so our sand toys have characters on them at not extra cost}, plastic juice bottles, and various small bowls. Clean out all the containers well. You could even try spray painting or decorating the containers if you wanted to. Ours were cute enough on their own, so we didn't paint them.

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*Next*, you will need a net produce bag. Mine is from a small bag of lemons, but you could use the bigger ones that oranges come in. Use a piece of duct tape and cover the label of the produce bag. Use that space to write your child's name or to decorate the bag a little with a permanent marker.

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*Last*, put all your new upcycled sand toys in the bag. Weave a piece of ribbon through a few of the holes in the produce bag and then tie up your bag with the ribbon. You can also tie the ribbon at the top so that it makes a handle.Once your bag is finished, head to the beach, the sandbox, or the playground!

When it is time to leave, clean up is SUPER easy. At the beach, place all your toys back in the bag and dip it a few times into the water. If you are playing at the sandbox, a good spray with the water hose will get rid of most of the sand.

6 Days of Summer Fun! Day Six: Upcycled Sand Toys

Welcome to Day 6 of our 6 Days of Summer Fun with the SUPERMOMS!

My final project is:

Upcycled Sand Toys

Upcycling is taking something that would otherwise be considered trash and turning it into something useful.

Go check out my final post at Secrets of a Super Mommy!

Tonight I will post a Summer Fun Wrap Up and give you a chance to share some of your summer fun projects!

6 Days of Summer Fun! Day Five: Backyard Campout

Welcome to Day 5 of our 6 Days of Summer Fun with the SUPER moms!

The Perfect Fireless Campfire!

Just let the kids create their own little camp fire with some colored paper, crepe paper, and glue.
However they make it is just right!

Then give them skewer sticks (you may want to cut the sharp tips off) and a bag of marshmallows to "roast."

This will keep them busy for about as long as the bag of marshmallows lasts : )
You can even make them into real S'mores in the Microwave!

Enjoy!

~Angela
secretsofasupermommy.blogspot.com

Rainbow Pudding Pops!

It is day four of our 6 Days of Summer Fun and I thought it was time for a yummy snack:)

Today, I am sharing how to make

RAINBOW PUDDING POPS!

Just as yummy as regular pudding pops, but so much more fun:)

Gather your ingredients, supplies, and helpers.

You will need a box {or two} of instant vanilla pudding, milk, food coloring, a couple of mixing bowls, a whisk, plastic or paper cups, and popsicle sticks. Have one of your helpers pour the pudding mix into your biggest mixing bowl.
Have another helper pour in the milk. Make sure to follow the directions on your package of pudding.
Once the pudding is mixed according to the directions, evenly separate it into 5 or 6 smaller bowls.
Add in red, orange, yellow, green, blue {and you can do purple...my boys didn't want it} food coloring to your divided up pudding. Then get a little help stirring until the pudding is the color that you want.
Spoon the different colors of pudding into your cups. Try to do smooth and even layers so that you will see a good rainbow on the sides of the pudding pop. Have one of your helpers put a popsicle stick into each of the cups of pudding. The pudding should be thick enough to hold up the stick...if not, cover the cup with plastic wrap and then put the stick through the plastic wrap and into the pudding.
Place the pudding pops in the freezer for a few hours. The time will depend on the size of your cups.
After they are completely set, take the pudding pops out of the freezer. Use your hands to warm up the sides of the cup so that the pudding pop will come out of the cup easily.
Then enjoy {& try not to make too big of a mess with} your SUPER cute and SUPER yummy treat!

6 Days of Summer Fun! Day Four: Rainbow Pudding Pops

Head on over to Secrets of a Super Mommy to check out my project for day four.

A step by step picture tutorial on how to make this SUPER yummy treat:

6 Days of Summer Fun! Day Three: Make Your Summer Plans with a Welcome Summer Banner

Welcome to Day 3 of our 6 Days of Summer Fun with the Super Moms
This post is from Angela at Secretsofasupermommy.blogspot.com
I like for Summer at our house to be SUPER FUN, of course!
But I wanted to be sure that we were doing the important things as well (reading, making bank deposits in their savings accounts{and that means earning money by doing chores}, and working on goals (CubScouts, Piano, etc)! I made this banner last year to help be sure we were getting the things done that we needed to get done and mixing the right amount of FUN in with it!

First, I printed out little tags with all of the things we were planning to do this summer.

Here is my list:
Surprise!
Something Special! (this is great for those one time things)
Extra Fun (this was for when I added something on to one of our weekly activites)
School (they went to vacation bible school and a summer play school hosted by a local preschool)
Playdate (when a friend has us/them over)
Picnic at the Park
Storytime (lots of book stores host these)
Library
Meet Daddy (sometimes we meet for lunch)
Going to a Movie (we love Regals free movie program)
Going out to Dinner
Leaving on a Trip!
Playgroup (there are several that we occasionally attend)
Party
Roaring Springs (our local water park)
Bank (they get to make deposits and my husband matches it, this means they have to do their chores)
Having Friends Over
Working on Goals
Volleyballin’ (sometimes I meet up with friends to play)
Water Day (there are lots of fun pools, splash parks, and beaches on the lakes or rivers)

And here is how they look once I cut them, punched a hole in the top, and put a piece of jute rope through the hole (this makes it easy to pull them out of the envelope).

Next, make a pocket for them.

Fold a piece of cardstock and staple the sides. Make a label for the front and distress it with an ink pad, then punch a hole and tie on an 18 inch piece of jute rope or ribbon (tie it onto the wide ribbon when you get to that point).

Then, to make your envelopes:
My SIL, Jen, and I shared a box of these from Office Max. I think there was 500 in the box. I printed the days of the week, distressed the edges with an ink pad, and glued them on. Then I punched a hole in the top and hung it from an 18 inch piece of jute rope or ribbon.

At this point you could be done by just hanging the days of the week onto a thicker ribbon!

Or you can make the whole Welcome Summer Banner to make it SUPER cute.

Heres How:
First, get some chipboard shapes (they come in a "book" of 5) and some chipboard letters (or use vinyl).
I got mine at Michaels, but I heard you can sometimes find them at Archivers in the $1 section.

Mod Podge decorative paper onto them, turn them over and cut the excess paper off with an exacto knife.

Then sand them to get the edges nice and smooth. Distress them with an ink pad if desired. Glue the chipboard letters on to make your words.

Punch holes in the tops and hang onto a wide ribbon.

Leave enough room on the ends of your wide ribbon to hang. String one or two ribbons through your chipboard and tie it to the larger ribbon.


My kids LOVE to take the tags out and see what is in store for the day and the week!
Your kiddos will enjoy a Summer of Fun with an easy to follow plan!

~Angela
secretsofasupermommy.blogspot.com