5 Easy and Inexpensive Fun Summer Activities For Kids

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There's a hundred and four days of summer vacation,

Till school comes along just to end it.

So the annual problem of our generation, 

is finding a good way to spend it. 

These are the first few lines of the opening song of the Disney show Phineas and Ferb. And its been playing inside my head since summer vacation started for me and the little boy. My summer vacation will be cut short this year because I'll be starting my clinical clerkship (my last year in medical school) by mid-April. This is why I want to have a worthwhile summer vacay and spend every waking moment with my little boy. 

Since the hubby is still on his last week of exam in law school, we still can't go out of town. Thus I've rounded up a bunch of easy and inexpensive fun activities and ideas on Pinterest that we can do at home. Here are my top 5:

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1. Water Balloon Target Practice from Motherhood on a Dime

2. Ice Eggs from A Little Learning for Two

3. A cool science experiment from JDaniel4's Mom if you can fry an egg on the drive way 

4. Rainbow Bubble Snakes from Housing a Forest 

5. Spray bottle painting from Carrots are Oranges

To view more activities like these, you can follow me on Pinterest and check out my Kids' Summer Activities board. Have a great summer everyone!

BABY BLAST 4: Discover. Create. Imagine. Explore!

       

Kids nowadays are spending less and less time outdoors, having been exposed to gadgets and other forms of technology even as infants. But recent studies show that children, especially those aged 3 and below, who play outdoors regularly grow up happier, healthier, and stronger!

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Our Balloon Family

The house was full of balloons last night as my mother-in-law was preparing for her latest gig. (She does party balloon decorations.) While they were pumping the balloons with air, Henry approached them and asked for a balloon and they gave them a white one.

Henry went to our room to show me his white balloon which gave me a bright idea. *insert Ting! sound here.* I handed him a permanent marker and told him to decorate the balloon. He came back with this.

The Henry Balloon

He drew a portrait of himself! When daddy saw this, he asked Henry to draw a daddy balloon as well. And so off he went to get another balloon and drew this. 

Four-eyed daddy

He made a balloon of version of me too. 

Balloon Mommy looks like a chicken, doesn't she?

These guys kept the little one busy for about half an hour. He talked to them and made them dance. After which, he asked me to take this picture.
  

Balloon Henry with Real Henry

Of course, they needed a family picture as well. So, I present to you the complete balloon family with Henry. 

Our Balloon Family

How do you keep your kids busy? I'd love to hear from you.

P.S.

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