Ways to Play

Are you overwhelmed with Christmas planning yet?

I know I am. That’s why the weekend is the perfect time to set aside some time and have a little fun together as a family.

Here are 10 ideas that I’ve rounded up that are all perfect form some weekend fun.

1. Make some Christmas contact paper art with Fun-A-Day
2. Have a sight word snow ball fight with Coffee Cups and Crayons
3. Make button snowflakes for your Christmas Tree with Red Ted Art
4. Write stories to Christmas music with This Reading Mama
5. Make pretty laminated Christmas baubles with Childhood 101
6. Play parking lot addition with What Do We Do All Day?
7. Make cookies for the birds with Creative With Kids
8. Do some Christmas ribbon measuring with Inspiration Laboratories
9. Make some fun Christmas shakers for baby from Dirt & Boogers
10. Make Santa hat ornaments with Creative Family Fun

It’s the weekend before Thanksgiving and we’re going to spend some time relaxing and trying not to get too cold. The weather’s going to be quite frigid… brrrrrrr!

Rumor has it, we may put up our Christmas tree early. Shhhh! Don’t tell anyone!

Here are 10 fun ideas for family time this weekend.

I’ve got a few Christmas ideas thrown in because I’m ready to start Christmas crafting. But, don’t worry, it’s not all holiday related. I’m sure you’ll find something fun to do in the list.

1. Start up a Secret Stories Society with Little Wonders’ Days
2. Make beautiful salt dough sun catchers with Homegrown Friends
3. Use your Legos to make flags from around the world with Csupamoka2
4. Play with cranberry dough with Learn Play Imagine (This is super-fun to play with!)
5. Make easy scratch-art Christmas ornaments with Creative Family Fun 
6. Play sight word bingo with Playful Learning
7. Bake up a batch of easy fall bread with Fantastic Fun and Learning
8. Make fun sponge painted turkey hats with Stay at Home Educator
9. Make puzzle snowflakes for your Christmas tree with Red Ted Art
10. Make a Christmas bulbs sun catcher with Here Comes the Girls

After battling a cold at the beginning of the week, I’m ready to play this weekend.

These 10 ideas from some of the best kid’s activity blogs all look like great fun.

Some are crafty, others will get you outside, and all are perfect ways to spend some time with your kids!

1. Go on a turkey feather color hunt with Coffee Cups and Crayons
2. Play musical letters with Reading Confetti
3. Make beautiful autumn art with some DIY leaf rubbing plates from Freshly Planted
4. Make and play with pomegranate play dough with My Nearest and Dearest
5. Play some printable Thanksgiving games with Creative Family Fun
6. Make gratitude turkeys with Little Family Fun
7. Play sight word shake with I Can Teach My Child
8. Learn about magnetism while playing with homemade mini magnet mazes with Science Sparks
9. Bake some shapes with NurtureStore
10. Go outside and make a sound map with No Time for Flashcards.

Now that it’s November, the air is definitely getting colder in my corner of the world. We even had a dusting of snow a few days ago!

We’ve cleaned up our Halloween decorations and we’re ready to start creating some fun Thanksgiving projects.

I’ve rounded up 10 fun things you can do with your family this weekend. And there are plenty of non-Thanksgiving ideas for all of you lovely readers not in the US.

1. Make Lego-printed socks with The Pleasantest Thing
2. Make pretty turkey sun catchers with Stay at Home Educator
3. Play in a pretend-play airport with these free printables from Playdough to Plato
4. Decorate your driveway using a DIY chalk rake with Laughing Kids Learn
5. Make an insect hotel and see what moves in with Babble Dabble Do
6. Create an outdoor clock using natural materials with Sun Hats and Wellie Boots
7. Make a fall hand print wreath with Mess for Less
8. Make Thanksgiving story bracelets and learn the history of this holiday with Little Wonders’ Days
9. Make simple thankful trees and talk about what you are thankful for with Creative Family Fun
10. Do some simple experiments with mirrors to learn about reflections with Buggy and Buddy