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Responses to Reader Question About Things for Kids to do This Summer

May 8, 2007

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I received several excellent responses to the reader question about things for her grandkids to do this summer while spending time at her cabin on Beaver Lake:

Rebecca says:

We’re big on board games in our family. We started when the kids were little, and they still play now that they’re big. Parlor games are also fun, and most kids nowadays have never played them before. Charades, 20 Questions, Dumb Crambo… Cards, jacks, dominoes — again, the video game generation often has never even played them. Older folks often think these things are old hat, but to the kids, they’re brand new.

Corinna adds:

Maybe buying him a skateboard or inline skates so he can learn a new skill and work on perfecting it while on vacation (if he doesn’t know how already).

Susan suggests:

My granddaughter and I have enjoyed making stepping stones for my garden.  Take a disposable pie pan or other foil pan, follow instructions on Kwikcrete sack and fill pan with concrete.  Before it dries, press handprints, marbles, rocks, shells or other items you have had fun gathering together (permanent ones; not leaves) and allow to dry.

Actually, leaves can be pressed into wet concrete and when it dries the leaves can be scraped away, leaving a fossil-like print.

Be sure to put initials and date on this wonderful keepsake.

One more thing….don’t forget to wear rubber gloves.  Concrete was not made for hands!

Ginger recommends:

Something my 3 kids always love is building a fire pit and
hanging out around the "bondfire", cooking hotdogs on a stick,
smores, marshmallows.  And just throwing small sticks into it.  Also,
sparklers around the firepit are fun as well.  Of course, parental
supervision is a must, but we always sit around there, eating,
talking, and laughing…..

These all make me ready for summertime.  Any other suggestions?  Comment to this post or email me directly at allsidesoflife@gmail.com

Posted by Terri Chadick | Filed Under Reader Questions 

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