7/21/06 WONDERSURF, READ, ART, GAMES, WORDS, FUN, 0 TAX, RECIPES
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ENCOURAGEMENT TO WOMEN
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7/21/06 WONDERSURF, READ, ART, GAMES, WORDS, FUN, 0 TAX, RECIPES
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WONDERSURF
FUN AND FAST ART IDEAS
GAMES KIDS PLAY
CREAMY AVOCADOS
THE FRAGRANCE OF CHRISTIAN FRIENDSHIP
OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES
BABY CONGRATULATIONS!
ENCOURAGING SCRIPTURE AND QUOTES
WONDERSURF
Have you or your children ever gone to a Good News Cub or Five Day Club? Have you ever seen a wordless book or wordless bracelet? If so, all this originated with Child Evangelism Fellowship. We used to have both clubs in our home and were blessed to see children invite Jesus into their hearts. It was after a Good News Club in our home that one of our own young children asked me questions and became a Christian.
If you want to encourage your teenage children to do something very worthwhile this summer, call Child Evangelism Fellowship in your area and see how you can help. They may be able to use you or your children as helpers, teachers or provide another opportunity to win boys and girls to Christ. It would be a way to make your time count for eternity!
If grandparents and friends wonder what to give children for birthdays and Christmas, this link gives a list of age-appropriate books for every age from preschool to seniors in high school.
Copyright 2005 Deborah Shelton - All rights reserved - Used by permission
http://fiveminuteparent.com/
When boredom strikes, introduce these fun and fast art activities to get their creative juices flowing:
"Circle Art"
Materials: paper, pencil
On a sheet of paper, draw a picture using only circles -- no straight lines or other shapes. Everything in the paper should be drawn with a series of circles. It's actually harder than it sounds. Give it a try! The results are often hilarious!
"Dot Art"
Materials: paper, pencil
Draw a random series of dots on a sheet of paper. Connect the dots to create a unique picture. Give your picture a title.
"No-Peeking Pictures"
Materials: pencil, paper
Choose an object to draw (a tree, a car, a stuffed animal, etc.). Draw the object while looking at it, but not looking at the paper while drawing. Keep your eyes on the object.
"Chalky Salt"
Materials: bowls, salt, colored sidewalk chalk
Instead of buying bags of colored sand for projects, make your own with salt and chalk. Pour a handful of salt into separate bowls -- one for each color. Rub the salt with colored chalk until the salt turns the same color.
"Color Folds"
Materials: white paper, crayons
Fold a sheet of white paper several times in different directions. Unfold the paper to reveal the unusual shapes. Use a crayon to outline each shape on the folds. Fill in the shapes with different colors.
--Deborah Shelton is the author of 'The Five Minute Parent: Fun & Fast Activities for You and Your Little Ones'. Visit Deborah online at: http://www.fiveminuteparent.com/
By Deborah Taylor-Hough - Used by permission
1) ride bikes
2) roller blade
3) basketball
4) play board games
5) make a tent out of blankets
6) squirt with hoses
7) run through the sprinkler
8) jump rope
9) read books
10) blow bubbles
11) make homemade play dough
12) play with play dough
13) press flowers
14) do crafts with pressed flowers
15) write a letter to a relative, friend or pen pal
16) clean bedroom
17) vacuum living room
18) clean bathroom
19) make a craft
20) draw
21) color
22) paint
23) pull weeds
24) watch a movie
25) write stories
26) use binoculars
27) use magnifying glass
28) use microscope
29) bird watching
30) write a play
31) act out a play
32) invent circus acts
33) perform a circus
34) play card games
35) make art on the front walkway with sidewalk chalk
36) play catch
37) play baseball
38) collect rocks
39) collect leaves
40) collect feathers
41) play Frisbee
42) make Frisbees out of old plastic lids, decorate with markers
43) dust the house
44) brush the pet
45) write letters
46) read a magazine
47) play dress-up
48) play Cowboys
49) pick vegetables
50) play outside with the pet
51) build a fort in your rooms
52) build a fort in the backyard
53) do a jigsaw puzzle
54) play on the Geosafari
55) play on the computer
56) listen to a story or book on tape
57) do extra schoolwork to get ahead
58) do brain teasers (i.e.: crosswords, word searches, hidden pictures, mazes, etc.)
59) cook
60) prepare lunch
61) surprise a neighbor with a good deed
62) play store
63) prepare a restaurant lunch with menus
64) hold a tea party
65) have a Teddy bear picnic
66) play with toy cars
67) play dolls
68) play house
69) chase butterflies
70) collect caterpillars and bugs
71) plant a garden or a pot
72) collect seeds
73) hunt for four-leaf clovers
74) learn magic tricks
75) put on a magic show
76) plant a container garden
77) sprout seeds or beans
78) make sock puppets
79) put on a puppet show
80) make Christmas presents
81) make homemade wrapping paper
82) make homemade gift cards
83) make picture frames from twigs glued onto sturdy cardboard
84) crochet or knit
85) make doll clothes
86) sew buttons in designs on old shirts
87) run relay races
88) make bookmarks
89) take a quiet rest time
90) take a shower or bath
91) bathe a pet
92) feed the birds or squirrels
93) watch the clouds
94) organize a dresser drawer
95) clean under the bed
96) empty dishwasher
97) vacuum under the couch cushions and keep any change found
98) write these ideas on pieces of paper and pick out one or two to do
99) whittle
100) whittle bars of soap
101) practice musical instruments
102) perform a family concert
103) teach yourself to play musical instrument (recorder, harmonica, guitar)
104) fold laundry
105) sweep kitchen or bathroom floors
106) sweep front walkway
107) sweep or spray back patio
108) sweep or spray driveway
109) wash car
110) vacuum car
111) vacuum or dust window blinds
112) clean bathroom mirrors
113) clean sliding glass doors
114) clean inside of car windows
115) wash bicycles
116) clean garage
117) play in the sandbox
118) build a sandcastle
119) work with clay
120) copy your favorite book illustration
121) design your own game
122) build with blocks or Legos
123) create a design box (copper wire, string, odds-and-ends of things destined for the garbage, pom-poms, thread, yarn, etc.)
124) plan a neighborhood or family Olympics
125) have a marble tournament
126) paint a picture with lemon juice on white paper and hang it in a sunny window and see what happens in a few days
127) finger paint with pudding
128) make dessert
129) make dinner
130) give your pet a party
131) paint the sidewalk with water
132) start a journal of summer fun
133) start a nature diary
134) have a read-a-thon with a friend or sibling
135) have a neighborhood bike wash
136) play flashlight tag
137) play Kick the Can
138) check out a science book and try some experiments
139) make up a story
140) arrange photo albums
141) find bugs and start a collection
142) do some stargazing
143) decorate bikes or wagons and have a neighborhood parade
144) catch butterflies and then let them go
145) play hide-and-seek
146) create a symphony with bottles and pans and rubber bands
147) listen to the birds sing
148) try to imitate bird calls
149) read a story to a younger child
150) find shapes in the clouds
151) string dry noodles or O-shaped cereals into a necklace
152) glue noodles into a design on paper
153) play hopscotch
154) play jacks
155) make up a song
156) make a teepee out of blankets
157) write in your journal
158) find an ant colony and spill some food and watch what happens
159) play charades
160) make up a story by drawing pictures
161) draw a cartoon strip
162) make a map of your bedroom, house or neighborhood
163) call a friend
164) cut pictures from old magazines and write a story
165) make a collage using pictures cut from old magazines
166) do a secret service for a neighbor
167) plan a treasure hunt
168) make a treasure map
169) make up a Bored List of things to do
170) plan a special activity for your family
171) search your house for items made in other countries and then learn about those countries from the encyclopedia or online
172) plan an imaginary trip to the moon
173) plan an imaginary trip around the world, where would you want to go
174) write a science-fiction story
175) find a new pen pal
176) make up a play using old clothes as costumes
177) make up a game for practicing math facts
178) have a Spelling Bee
179) make up a game for practicing spelling
180) surprise an elderly neighbor or relative by weeding his/her garden
181) fingerpaint with shaving cream
182) collect sticks and mud and build a birds nest
183) write newspaper articles for a pretend newspaper
184) put together a family newsletter
185) write reviews of movies or plays or TV shows or concerts you see during the summer
186) bake a cake
187) bake a batch of cookies
188) decorate a shoe box to hold your summer treasures
189) make a hideout or clubhouse
190) make paper airplanes
191) have paper airplane races
192) learn origami
193) make an obstacle course in your backyard
194) make friendship bracelets for your friends
195) make a wind chime out of things headed for the garbage
196) paint your face
197) braid hair
198) play tag
199) make a sundial
200) make food sculptures (from pretzels, gumdrops, string licorice, raisins, cream cheese, peanuts, peanut butter, etc.) and then eat it
201) make a terrarium
202) start a club
203) take a nap outside on your lawn
204) produce a talent show
205) memorize a poem
206) recite a memorized poem for your family
Have a wonderful summer! (And for all you people in the Southern Hemisphere, feel free to save this article for December reading!)
Deborah Taylor-Hough is a freelance writer, editor of the Simple Times e-zine and author of the bestselling books Frozen Assets: How to Cook for a Day and Eat for a Month and Frugal Living For Dummies (Wiley, 2003). Visit Debi online and subscribe to her free e-newsletter at http://hometown.aol.com/dsimple/
After using an avocado, save the pit for a future plant.
Using 3 - 4 toothpicks, stick them in the avocado pit.
Place in a jar or glass of water, so only the bottom of the point is in the water.
It may take a while for the roots to appear.
Once there are a fair amount of roots, plant in a pot and place in good bright light.
Thanks to Karen Coughlin in Florida for this cute family tree!
His dizzy aunt ------------------------------------------------ Verti Gogh
The brother who ate prunes ------------------------------Gotta Gogh
The brother who worked at a convenience store ---Stop n Gogh
The grandfather from Yugoslavia ------------------------U Gogh
The cousin from Illinois -------------------------------------Chica Gogh
His magician uncle ------------------------------------------Where-diddy Gogh
His Mexican cousin ------------------------------------------A mee Gogh
The nephew who drove a stage coach-----------------Wells-far Gogh
The constipated uncle ---------------------------------------Can't Gogh
The ballroom dancing aunt ---------------------------------Tang Gogh
The bird lover uncle ------------------------------------------Flamin Gogh
The fruit loving cousin ---------------------------------------Man Gogh
An aunt who taught positive thinking --------------------Way-to-Gogh
The little bouncy nephew ------------------------------------Poe Gogh
A sister who loved disco ------------------------------------Go Gogh
And his niece who travels the country in an RV -------Winnie Bay Gogh
I saw you smiling ---------------------------------------------- There ya Gogh!
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Teaches children about the beach and its inhabitants; can also serve to refresh children in a stressful situation or as an imaginary field trip during a summer program.
Ziploc® bag for each child
sand
shaving cream
blue food coloring
seashells
small plastic crabs, fish, seagulls, or any other beach inhabitant
1. Allow each child to pour enough sand (but not too much)to cover the bottom of the Ziploc® bag.
2. Add seashells and beach inhabitants so that they can be seen from the outside of the bag.
3. Squirt some shaving cream into the bag.
4. Add a few drops of blue food coloring.
5. Close the bag.
6. Allow the children to rub their fingers over the outside of the bag to mix the food coloring and shaving cream to create foamy waves.
7. The bag can then be reopened to add fish and other sea creatures into the "water," if desired. I would suggest sealing the bag with blue or clear packing tape so the children cannot get into the shaving cream.
To read the remainder of President Bush's proclamation, visit the White House Web site
Thanks to my sister Nancy Marlow in Pennsylvania for this greeting to each one of you precious ladies!
12 (8 oz.) plastic cups (or popsicle molds)
12 craft sticks (They look like popsicle sticks)
100% grape juice - enough for both juice and blueberries to total 4 cups
White Layer:
2 cups plain yogurt, sweetened with honey (or Stevia, found in health food stores)
Red Layer:
4 cups strawberries sweetened with honey
The Lord blessed Daniel and Jen Luce in Indiana with their 4th little bundle on June 12, 2006. Her name is Haddie (Hadassah) Marie Luce. Congratulations to all!
It is comforting to know that the God who guides us sees tomorrow more clearly than we see yesterday. -- Author Unknown
Forgiveness is the fragrance that a flower leaves upon the heel that crushes it.
-- Author Unknown
Many Heart to Heart ladies and their families need our prayers, so
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