summer camp

Summer Camp for Kids: ABC Letter Splash

by Marie July 26, 2011

Summer Camp guest post by Amy of Teach Mama. It has been hot, hot, hot here in the Nation’s Capital, so aside from spending time in the comfort of our air conditioned home, we’ve been doing a lot with water lately. Washing bikes, watering flowers, running through the sprinkler or washing toys, for the last [...]

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Summer Camp for Kids: God’s Eye

by Marie July 18, 2011

Summer Camp guest post by Steph of Modern Parent Messy Kids The God’s Eye is a quintessential summertime project. Whenever I see one it sends me straight back to my childhood summers spent at Camp Roganunda crafting and exploring nature. I love the idea of passing down this tradition to today’s generation. And while we’re [...]

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Summer Camp for Kids: Photo Scavenger Hunt

by Marie July 15, 2011

Summer Camp guest post by Marisa of MakeHappy My kids love scavenger hunts. I love scavenger hunts, too, because it can turn a mundane walk to the grocery store into a fun outing. (I live in a teeny tiny town, you see, and we walk everywhere. The grocery store, the library, the post office, school, [...]

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Summer Camp for Kids: Toy Camp

by Marie July 14, 2011

Summer Camp guest post by Amanda of OhAmanda.com and Impress Your Kids Welcome to Camp! Yeah, it’s Summer Camp here at Make and Takes. But at our house? We’ve been having Toy Camp! And just what is Toy Camp? And what do do we do there? Well, let’s have a look around, shall we? First, we’ll begin with [...]

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Summer Camp for Kids: Tie-Dye Baby Wipes

by Marie July 11, 2011

Summer Camp guest post by Melissa of The Chocolate Muffin Tree We’ve been working with Kool Aid lately for many art projects! We’ve made Microwave Kool Aid Play Dough and we have made Kool Aid paintings! We are even planning to have a Kool Aid stand some time over this Summer. So today we decided to [...]

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Summer Camp for Kids: Fancy Fans

by Marie July 7, 2011

Summer Camp guest post by Vanessa of I Never Grew Up From the title of the post you can already tell I have a house full of girls. There are plenty of tea parties, dressing up and making up dances over here. I thought a Fancy Fan would be the perfect addition to all of [...]

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Summer Camp for Kids: Buzzing Bee Hand Puppet

by Marie July 5, 2011

Summer Camp guest post by Christie of Childhood 101 Puppets are a staple play item in our home. As a teacher and a mama, I love that puppets have the capacity for so much playful learning; promoting language skills, imagination, creativity, social awareness, they are even excellent for building confidence and self esteem. Puppets are [...]

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Summer Camp for Kids: Paper Plate Frisbees

by Amanda July 4, 2011

Summer means spending time outside enjoying the nice weather and hanging out with friends. Sit down and make these fun frisbees from paper plates, and even on days when it’s too hot, you can play a summertime game! Because these frisbees are made from paper plates, they are reasonably safe to use inside and are [...]

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Summer Camp for Kids: Sailing a Stick Raft

by Marie June 28, 2011

Summer Camp guest post by Tonya of Create-Celebrate-Explore With two little ones who absolutely love the water, finding a variety of water activities for them over the summer is high on our priorities. There are only so many times they can swim in the pool or go to the beach before it quickly becomes just [...]

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Summer Camp for Kids: Going Fishin’

by Marie June 27, 2011

Summer Camp guest post by Jenae of I Can Teach my Child. Nothing says “summer” like fishing. And who says you can’t learn a little while going fishin’? That’s why this activity is so fun much fun for kids of all ages. The best thing about it is that it can be used over and [...]

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