Summer Bucket List

Figured I better do a post with my summer bucket list (ya know, since June is almost over). I keep forgetting what all we were gonna do so this is really more for me than anyone else. ;)

A Summer Bucket List, if you don't know, is just a list of fun things you intend to do over the summer. A lot of families write things out and let the kids choose a slip from, oh say, a bucket, but this year I'm picking off the list or just giving them a couple of options. Items in italics we've done at least once.

Make ice cream
Make popsicles - These or these are nice :)
Make playdough
Make slime
Have glow in the dark drinks
Learn new songs
Make crayons from old crayons
Make melted wax art
Go to the lake
Paint Mommy's belly
Play with cars and finger paint
Get sno-cones
Family water gun fight
Make big bubble wands
Let the boys make their own pb sandwiches
Crazy hair with hair gel
Dye hair with koolaid
Pick our grapes
Build a fort in the living room
Wash the car
Make and decorate sugar cookies
Water color
Make smores
Go for a picnic
Go to the zoo
Make fizzing sidewalk paint
Dress up play day
Make short videos for the baby
Make and play with pinwheels
Mail someone a surprise
Discover the wonderful world of gluesticks
Discover the wonderful world of paper punches
Handprint art
Paint with rolling pins
Make placemats with old books

Will we get to all this? Who knows. Will we add other stuff to it? Maybe. Is it better than watching tv all summer? Oh yes!

Felt Food!

Every little kid likes play food, right? Ever get hit in the head with a plastic mustard bottle? Not fun. Worry that your toddler is going to (good-naturedly, of course) throw said plastic mustard bottle and hit the baby or the old-lady dog when you have your back turned for 2 seconds? Enter felt food. So soft, so cute, so affordable. Mine is homemade, but you can also buy it. My friend Shay just opened an etsy shop for felt food, she enjoyed making it so much! (Check her out at Gourmet Play Food!)

As you can see, I've made a mish mash of things. Chocolate chip cookies, a fried egg (which I hate in real life!), baby carrots, and a lime. The egg and the carrots I just drew the shapes on the felt free-hand. The lime and the cookies I traced circles. The chocolate chunks were free-handed, too. I sewed everything except the egg white by hand while watching tv or riding in the car. :)

I definitely want more felt food!!! You can see all kinds of awesome creations at Helping Little Hands. I missed the link up, but you can see tons of creative ideas for play food! It kicks plastic's hiney! :)

And now for something completely different, check out the amazing blog candy on Amy Young's blog. There are 4 different candies being offered through Saturday so I can't link it directly, just scroll down. Besides, you will want to catch all of her awesomeness. Her coloring is fabulous and her creations are beyond adorable!