J is for Jellyfish

J is for jellyfish! This was a quick and easy project we did a few weeks ago for our ABC's of Summer.  

They're so easy and fun to make! So, next time you have a lull in your afternoon and need a quick project for your little ones, make some jellyfish!!! I think it would be fun to make a whole bunch (school?) of them to hang from your ceiling to let your kiddies run through!

Supplies needed:

-Paper bowls

-Markers or paints for decorating

-Ribbons, string, or yarn

-Tape

-Googly eyes (or you could always just draw your eyes!)

To make:

Let your kids decorate the bowls as they please, then curl your ribbons, tape them to the inside of the bowl, add your eyes and you're done! So simple!!! 

We still have ours hanging from the ceiling in our family room and they make me happy every time I see them :)

Stay tuned, we'll be wrapping up our ABC's of Summer soon (I know, summer is pretty much over, but we got a late start!!!) and so I'll be excited to share a few more of our fun projects and outings!

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The ABC's of Summer

I am definitely not taking credit for this one, but it's such a fun activity that I thought I definitely need to share! I actually heard of this idea from my sister, Whitney. She and her three kids starting doing this at the beginning of the summer and it was going so well, that I thought we really needed to incorporate the ABC's of Summer into our routine as well!

It's pretty simple. Get 26 craft sticks and label them each with a letter A-Z. Then, on each stick write an activity that corresponds to the letter. Go in order throughout the summer, or as we are doing it, let your children draw out a random one each day and go for it! (Some of our activities need to be planned, so those ones are chosen on certain days, but a lot of them are simple and can be done spontaneously.) It was really fun to have William help me decide on the activities while working on spelling at the same time. And because he helped in the process, there are several activities in the jar that he can hardly wait to do!

We tried to get a good mix of activities that we can do at home as well as fun outings. (And most of our outings include going to places where we already have passes :)) Some of our other activities include: Bug hunt, Donuts and a Dance party, Exercising in the park, Heart attack a friend's house, Visiting a children's museum, Water fight, and Zoo.