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Creation Story Activities for Kids

We love playing while learning at our house. Hands down it is one of our favorite ways to learn! Play makes everything better. Am I right?! Just like that saying, “Bacon makes everything better!” haha.

I really do try to come up with ways to engage my kiddos while learning at home. Especially since we have been home so much lately.

Aside from our regular scheduled lessons (I sound like a newscaster), we have been diving into bible stories.

We just wrapped up doing an Easter lesson that my kiddos had fun with!

When we finished, they asked to keep going. So, to the beginning it is!

If your house is anything like my house, we color ALOT. Like we have papers and papers of doodles. We may have a doodling problem. Send help! Just kidding.

My kids can spend hours doodling and coloring.

So, I thought, “Why not make doodles for them to color that help them learn the Creation Story?” And, of course, adding activities that get them outside, get them moving and get their creative wheels a turnin’.

So, these are the Creation Story activities for kids I came up with for them to do. I hope you  join in on the fun!

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15 Simple Paper Crafts to Do With Your Kids

Here are some simple paper crafts for kids that don’t require you to take a trip to the store! And the kiddos will have so much fun! High fives all around.

I’ve been on a journey of simplifying my life.

I’ll be homeschooling preschool and kindergarten starting September. So, my life can easily gets packed full of things to do. And my home, well let’s just say, it gets so messy in such a short amount of time because of all the clutter.

It’s time to simplify everything.

Including crafts.

And that’s perfect!

Why?

Because as a mom of 3 kids, I don’t have time to do elaborate crafts and activities. I don’t have time to visit the store.

How do we simplify crafts?

We use the things we already have lying around the house. And, if we have to use craft supplies, we use just the basics that we can keep in a medium-sized bin.

Easy Peasy. Lemon Squeezy. LOL.

The simpler the better, am I right?!

Today, I want to share with you crafts that you can make with your kiddos using paper and basic supplies.

Just to share with you a few basic supplies I keep handy at all times, here is a small list:

  • construction paper
  • scissors
  • glue
  • glue sticks
  • tape
  • wiggly eyes
  • feathers
  • pom poms
  • empty cereal boxes
  • cardboard tubes
  • pipe cleaners
  • craft sticks
  • paint (various colors)
  • foam brushes
  • colored pencils
  • crayons

I have these supplies handy; because, you can make almost anything with them.

If you can think it up, you can create it.

Now, here are the paper crafts you can make with your kiddos:

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Happy 4th of July Activities for Kids

Happy 4th of July! Here’s an American Flag Puzzle you can make with your kiddos! Plus, I curated a list of fun patriotic activities to do with your kids!

4th of July is one of my kiddos favorite holidays to celebrate. They love the fireworks, the BBQ and the swimming.

But, this year, they’re old enough to learn some fun facts about independence day. Like: why we celebrate the Fourth of July.

Of course we will be doing Happy 4th of July Activities (that will be later in this post). But, before we dive into that, I want to share a few facts with them:

Why We Celebrate the Fourth of July

Fact #1 July 4th is called Independence Day (or America’s Birthday). So, I totally want to make a birthday cake with them! Like this Fourth of July Strawberry Poke Cake by See Mom Click.

Fact #2 On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed giving the United States independence from Great Britain. I use big words with my kiddos. If they ask what a word means, I tell them. So, for the word independence, I would tell them it means separate, free from outside rule or by itself. I would demonstrate it with two puzzle pieces. They’re together, now they’re not.

Also, we have a world map in our activity corner. So, I’ll be showing my kiddos where Great Britain is on the map. Then, we will look up a picture of the Declaration of Independence.

Fact #3 John Adams (one of the founding fathers who signed the Declaration of Independence) wrote a letter to his wife Abigail. In the letter he wrote that this will be the most memorable day in history. We will celebrate it with “pomp and parade, bonfire and illuminations from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward and forever more.”

I’m only going to share these three facts, because they’re 4 and 2 years old. So, they won’t understand all the history. But, a little bit here and there will work!

You can read more facts at Kids Play and Create.

So, now for the fun activities to get them excited! Whoo hoo!

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10 Absolutely Free Summer Activities for Kids

These 10 FREE Summer Activities for Kids take me back to my childhood! You don’t need to go on a vacation to have a memorable summer. These fun things to do during the summer will help save you trips to the store. Yay!

Summer mornings are weird. Sometimes frustrating!

The routine goes out the window. Late nights call for late mornings. Heck! The kids still wake up at the same time no matter what time they went to bed. Lord help us all!

So, what do you do with the kids? They aren’t going to school for 3 months! Aaaaaaaaaggggghhhhh!

I did do a post of 25 Awesome Summer Activities you can pull from. But, what if you forget to plan for those for the week (you forget to draw the summer bucket list cards and go shopping for any supplies you don’t have laying around the house)?

Stuff happens. Life happens. Mom brain happens.

Don’t stress, Mama.

I have made another awesome summer activities list that doesn’t cost anything and doesn’t require a trip to the store. It simply uses what you have already.

Whoo hoo! Am I right?!

Free and simple are the best.

As a kid, we didn’t have much. So, my brother and I had to get creative alot. Especially during the summer time when we were bored out of our heads. But, those games and activities we made up are some of the best memories I have.

So, don’t go thinking, that even though you don’t go on some fancy vacation, your kids are missing out on a fun summer.

No way!

Sure vacations are nice. But, you can make the most memorable summer for your kids with simple things. Just be totally 100% present; and, they will love it!

So, here are the free summer activities for kids:

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Summer Activities For Kids

I need all the summer activities for kids ideas I can get! So, using this list will help us get through summer with less chaos. There are printables, backyard activities, crafts, watermelon and slime ideas! Fun, fun!

The last school bell has rang for most families. The kids are so excited! It means it’s Saturday everyday for them! Whoo Hoo!

But, are you screaming Whoo Hoo, Mom and Dad?

Maybe.

Maybe not so much. What the heck do you do with your kiddos so they don’t turn into those creatures from Where the Wild Things Are?

I mean, when my kids are cooped up in the house all day, a wild ruckus does begin. Fights happen. I hear, “Mom, brother poked my eye with Captain America!” or “Mom, sister is pinching me!”

I was sort of jokingly saying to my husband yesterday, that there should be a place where parents can go to drop off their kids in a sound proof room (with babysitters of course) and right next to that room is a pillow room. A pillow room that parents can take a lovely nap in complete silence.

Doesn’t that sound ah-mazing?! A mama can dream.

But, I digress…

Now, what to do with those kiddos before they turn into little tornadoes, destroy the house and drive everyone bananas {insert thinking emoji}.

I got your back, Mom and Dad! I compiled a list for you to draw from. Now are you screaming Whoo Hoo?

Read on for the 25 Best Summer Activities For Kids

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