BOSTON (WHDH) - A little creativity is all it takes for parents to give their kids a break after a day of online classes, experts say. Here are some places to start:
What you’ll need: Jar, water, food coloring, glitter, cooking oil, salt. Optional: a flashlight.
- Fill a jar ¾ of the way up with water.
- Add drops of food coloring.
- Sprinkle in glitter.
- Fill the jar to the top with oil until it separates from the water.
- Pour in salt.
- Watch the cool lava blobs.
- For an even spookier experience, you can backlight the lava with a flashlight.
What you’ll need: Printable chart and a writing utensil.
- Print the A-B-C chart and go around your neighborhood looking for objects that start with the letters of the alphabet.
- Write down each object as you find them.
Make your own outdoor bowling game:
What you’ll need: Yoga mat, some pool noodles, a serrated knife, some beans or sand, toothpicks, 10 empty soda or water bottles, beach ball.
- Connect the noodles with the toothpicks, cut on the corner.
- Fill the bottles with sand or dried beans.
- Line each side of the yoga mat with the cut noodles
- Knock down the pins with the beach ball.
Hunt for the perfect leaf and preserve it in wax paper:
What you’ll need: Wax paper, hot iron.
- Take a walk on your favorite trail or in the woods.
- Take home a bunch of pretty leaves.
- Take two pieces of wax paper. Put one sheet down.
- Place the leaves inside.
- Cover with a second sheet.
- Take a hot iron and press for some instant art.
What you’ll need: 5 ounces clear glue, 1 Tbsp. baking soda, green glitter paint, 3 Tbsp. saline solution and googly eyes.
- Squeeze in the glue into a bowl.
- Add 1 Tbsp. baking soda.
- Stir in glitter paint until you get a color you like.
- Mix in 3 Tbsp. of saline solution and mix in your hands for about 5 minutes or until it is sticky enough.
- Add in the google eyes!
What you’ll need: 2 cups of cornstarch, 1 cup of water.
- In a bowl, slowly add one cup of water to the cornstarch.
- Mix.
It’s a version of the classic “Duck, Duck, Goose” with a nature-friendly twist. This game is best-played out-doors, but you can also gather pinecones play inside on a rainy day. Whoever is “it” must not only touch the heads of the other players, saying, “Leaf, leaf, leaf,” but must also drop a fresh pinecone in the lap of the child they choose before running back around the circle without being tagged.
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