Pizza on the Grill

I found this really fun blog today. It is called Lost Button Studio and it is full of great ideas. I especially appreciated her post about how to make pizza on the grill. I have always wanted to try this, but have been too intimidated. Her tips and instructions are really helpful, and I think I might just give it a try now.

So click here to check out her pizza post and be sure to take a look around at the rest of her blog. I think you will really enjoy it.

Frozen T-shirt Contest

I just took my boys to a birthday party and they played a fun summer game. The host had taken several adult-size t-shirts, wet them down and folded them neatly, then put them in separate ziploc bags. Then she froze them. She handed one bag out to each child and instructed them to remove the t-shirt, unfold it, and put it on over their clothes. The first one to accomplish this was the winner. The kids had a lot of fun. It took a few minutes, because the frozen t-shirts were hard to unfold. I thought it was a pretty cool activity for a hot summer day. : )

Crayon Jars

My husband and I have been working in his classroom, getting ready for the school year. He has buckets and buckets of old crayons, and he was getting ready to toss them. I told him to wait, and I would look for some kids craft projects using old crayons. I found this one using old crayons and a jar. Since I was just giving it a try, I only used two colors, so my jar isn't as vibrant as it could be.

The project was pretty easy and fun. Click here for instructions on how to make one of these jars with your kids.

Leaf Tracings

My boys and I made these leaf tracings today. It took up some good time and they loved it! This is what we did.

1. We went into the back yard and picked leaves off of some of our plants. As you can imagine - I supervised this pretty closely.


2. We brought the leaves inside and laid them flat under pieces of scrap paper.


3. We unpeeled a few crayons and then rubbed the side of the crayon over the paper on top of the leaves.


4. The images of the leaves - and all their cool details appear before your eyes.

My two year old needed a lot of help with this one, but after I helped my 4 year old with one, he was able to do them by himself. They thought it was just like magic. We all had a great time with this.

4th of July T-shirts

Creative Chicks at Play have done it again! Click here for their simple and fun tutorial on how to make these cute t-shirts for the 4th.

Family Fun has a short video tutorial on how to make these cute summer flip-flops. Aren't they cute? Click here to check it out.

Sponge Balls

Betz White has a great tutorial on how to make these fun sponge balls. Click here to check it out.