50 of the Best Kid’s Books Published in the Last 25 Years.

What’s more fun than reading a great book with the kids.  Check out this list of books for your grandchildren that I found on Huffington post.

Classic Toys

Since I live on a small island,I often start thinking about Christmas in the late summer and early fall.   Recently I posted about one of my favourite classic toys –the ball and cup.   While I was researching that,I started thinking about other classic toys that I played with as a child and I’ve recently compiled a list of these.

Jack in the Box
Pick up Sticks
Paddle &Ball
Cup and Ball
Slinky
Etch a Sketch
YoYo
Rocking Horse
Hula Hoop
Marbles
Jacks
Kazoo
Jump Rope
Football Soccer Ball
Silly Putty
Spinning Tops
Pogo Stick
Frisbee
Radio Flyer Red Wagon
Push Puppet
Wooly Willy
Rubber Duck
View Master
Rubiks Cube
Blocks
Tinkertoys
crayons
hopscotch

Have I missed any?

Made me laugh

Recently I was watching an old episode of the Good Wife and fell over laughing.  This is such a funny scene and I have to get my grandkids one of these.

 

Homemade Play Dough

Homemade Play Dough

Found this recipe online.

The secret to this recipe??
Two things:First,Cream of Tarter… it’s what helps the dough stay together. and Second,not a lot of salt… all that salt dries out your dough!

Ready to make it? Here we go:

Ingredients:
1 C Flour
1 C Water
1/4 C Salt
1 TBSP Vegetable Oil
2 tsp Cream of Tarter
Food Coloring (actual coloring or a kool-aid packet will do)
Sparkles (If you wanna be a fun mom!)
Sauce Pan and Wooden Spoon
Little helping hands.

Pour in all ingredients. (No particular order… each time is different for us.. and it always turns out the same.)
(I used the NEON food coloring… cause everything is better neon… but feel free to use a koolaid packet sitting in your cupboard.)

Stir until everything is mixed well.

Once the mixture is (mostly) clump free. Heat over MEDIUM heat.

Stir. Don’t stop stirring. After a few minutes it will start to clump up.

Stir,Stir Stir.Just keep stirring until the Play Dough is formed. It will  form one big clump

Remove from heat,and knead by hand. (This is my favorite part! It’s so warm and squishy! hah) Note:I forgot to add sparkles in the mix at the beginning,so I just kneaded the sparkles in and it turned out just fine.

Once cooled it’s ready to go. Package it up for some party favors or stocking stuffers. (Baby food containers work GREAT!

Or grab your cookie cutters,plastic scissors,rolling pin,etc.. and let your toddler go to town.

Here’s the source for this recipe with photos of the steps.

Origami Fortune Teller

I loved making these and playing with them when I was small.   I never knew the name for them until about five minutes ago when I came across a photo of one online.

origami fortune tellerI found a link with the instuctions on how to make them.   Check it out.  Great game to teach your grandchildren.   Easy and fun.

Magic Potion

How about making ice cubes using coloured Koolaid and then putting the cubes in a clear drink like Sprite or Ginger Ale.   Just found this online and love the idea.

Found this on Mrs Happy Homemaker’s Blog

Grannyhood

Growing up,I never had a grandmother close. One was in Germany and the other was in Scotland. I was in Canada.

So not having a role model,it's all completely new to me and I LOVE IT. It's so much fun having these lovely little babies to play with. Still learning what being a Granny is all about.