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My husband loves to do things with the kids, but arts and crafts really aren’t his thing. He likes to play video games with them, take them on outings, or play outside. When he saw the book, he thought it would be cool to do a couple of the projects inside. We’ve done a few of the projects inside already and we can’t wait to try more. Here’s what we’ve done so far:
Paper Glider
We’ve made paper airplanes before, but this one was different. We immediately went to the recycling bin and pulled out a box. It was on the small side, but I was hoping it would still work. I printed out the template, cut it out and traced it onto the box. Then we cut out the plane parts. The project called for modeling clay, all we had was homemade play dough, so I gave it a shot.
It totally worked! It went really far and my son loved it! When it did hit the wall, the top wing popped off frequently, but we were able to easily put that back in. He loved it. And now we decided that this book ROCKED and we needed to do more from it.
Imaginative Questions
As soon as I saw the Imaginative Questions conversations, I thought they would be perfect for sparking conversations at dinner. What a fun activity to do as a family! In order to protect the book from getting stained/spilled on, I wrote out the questions on some paper and put them in a question box. It’s been really interesting and neat to learn more about each other this way.
Nature Scavenger Hunt
We go on nature walks pretty frequently, and I’m always looking for a different activity for us to do when we walk. We’ve taken pictures before and we’ve counted the different types of animals we’ve seen, but we’ve never done a scavenger hunt...until now! There’s a whole list of suggestions for a scavenger hunt. Because we were walking in our neighborhood, not at a park, I chose nine of the items and wrote them out on a grid, which I glued onto card stock. We took a jar with us to hold our dirt and grass. We were able to do 3 of the nine items on our very quick walk.
We’ve only done 3 activities in this book, and it’s been awesome. I would definitely recommend it for family fun time.
The Social Connection:
When you do these activities as a family, you work on social skills like following directions, communication & conversation skills, and working together. Plus you learn more about each other, reconnect and make memories together.
