Rainy Day Activities

Is your child bored? Are they driving you crazy because they have "nothing" to do?

On this site you will find 35 homemade art materials, activites, and crafts your child with LOVE to make and or do. Have fun. Maybe you can find one you can do too! :)

http://www.artfulparent.com/artfulparent/

Kool-Aid Playdough

These smell fantastic!

Supplies needed:
1 cup self-rising flour
1/2 cup salt
1 cup boiling water
1 tablespoon oil
2 Kool-Aid packages (unsweetened) different flavors

Mix the first 4 ingredients together. Divide in half, add a package of kool-aid to each half. Knead well. Keep in air tight containers or ziploc bags.

Borrowed from: http://www.squidoo.com/kids-craft-a-lot

The Toddler Station

Visit the Toddler Station for tons of wonderful ideas for your growing toddler!!!  This site is created for toddlers from the age of 1 1/2 -3.  It builds skills of all kinds.  Enjoy.

http://www.preschoolexpress.com/

Huggies Brand Brigade®

Ever think about getting PAID for trash?
Huggies® partnered with TerraCycle® to help reduce the waste of the plastic diaper packaging.  TerraCycle® is eco-friendly and wants to recycle the bags into something useful. 


Check out the TerraCycle® website to learn more on how to ship (for free), get paid in $$ or in points or you can even donate your earnings to a non-profit organization or school of your choice.


http://www.terracycle.net/en-US/brigades/huggies-brand-brigade.html
GET PAID FOR TRASH!

Best Cereal Cookies

Ingredients:
1 3/4 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup veg. oil
3/4 granulated sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup maple syrup/brown sugar
1 cup Reese's Puff's cereal (or 1 cup of your favorite cereal or 2 if
you prefer not to use oats)
1 cup uncooked oats (or 2 cups if you prefer not to use a cold cereal)
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
1 pkg (6 oz. or 1 cup) semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional)

What your little helper will need:
1 medium mixing bowl
1 large mixing bowl
1 wooden spoon
1 mixing spoon
cookie sheet
wire cooling rack
2 tablespoons
cooking spray (parent does the spraying)
measuring cups and spoons

Directions:
In medium bowl stir together flour, baking soda and set aside. (your
little helper can do this part)
Mix together oil, sugar, egg, and vanilla.  Add maple syrup.
Add flour mixture, cereal, and oats.
Use tablespoons to drop onto lightly greased cookie sheet. (little
helper can help)
Bake at 350F for about 11 minutes.
Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to cool on rack.

Yields: about 40 cookies.

Note: To make it healthy you can substitute unsweetened apple sauce
for the same amount of granulated sugar and even a part of the brown
sugar without effecting the taste.