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75+ Summer Activities

May 20, 2019 by Kelly Dedeaux

75+ Summer Activities for Kids and Families / round up by BusymomsHelper.com

With summer vacation fast approaching, I’m starting to build myself a little ‘arsenal’ of ideas for those days when we need something just a bit more. These 75+ Summer Activities for Kids or Families will definitely come in handy those times when the kids want a change, and even Mom and Dad like a little more excitement! Also check out our list of 75+ MORE Summer Activities. (originally shared May 2018 – sharing again as summer is coming and we all could use great ideas!)

75+ Summer Activities for Kids and Families / round up by BusymomsHelper.com

DIY Laptop for Kids

Make Your Own Laptop for Kids / by Busy Mom's Helper #craft #kids #feltfun

Ice Excavation from Hands on as We Grow

75+ Summer Activities

Giant Bubbles from Tatertots & Jello

75+ Summer Activities

PVC Pipe Sprinkler Set from The Idea Room

75+ Summer Activities

DIY Tic Tac Toe Game from Tatertots & Jello

DIY OUTDOOR TIC TAC TOE GAME

Glow in the Dark Bowling from My Kids Adventures

Indoor Bowling Collage with Text

Sponge Balls from One Charming Party

water bucket

Squirt Gun Races from This Grandma is Fun

Water Games Both Patios

Sprinkler Bottles from Housing a Forest

Homemade Sprinkler

Ice Boats from Reading Confetti

river

 DIY Water Wall from Tinker Lab

75+ Summer Activities

Water Blog from We-Made-That

75+ Summer Activities

Water Relay Race from Party Peacock

75+ Summer Activities

Homemade Sidewalk Chalk Paint from Passion for SavingsSidewalk Chalk Paint

 Simple DIY Tent from Daisy Mae Belle

75+ Summer Activities

Backyard Movie Night from Ellie Petrov

backyard movie night

Over TWENTY fun summer games from A Girl and a Gluegun

over 20 outdoor summer games to keep your kids active

Make Popsicles – over 30 Popsicles Recipes form Craftaholics Anonymous

33 Summer Popsicle Recipes

30 Summer Science Activities for Kids from Growing a Jeweled Rose

summer science 00

Kinetic Sand from Kids Activities Blog

homemade kinetic sand recipe

DIY Rope Bridge from Let The Children Play

75+ Summer Activities

DIY Sandy Handprint from Crafting a Green World

Sandy Handprint

Painted Sand Castles from Sandy Toes and Popsicles

75+ Summer Activities

Giant Angry Birds Star Wars Game from Honey-Mommy

angry birds sling shot xl

Build a Bug House from Classic Play

bug house group

Water Obstacle Course from Meaningful Mama

1 water obstacle course kids summer activities

DIY Travel Coloring Tote

DIY Travel Coloring Tote / by Busy Mom's Helper #craft #kidstravel #coloring #roadtrip

Mason Jar Aquarium from Hello Wonderful

 mason jar aquarium

10 East Science Experiments from Mom.me

 lemon volcano easy science

12 Genius Outdoor Ideas for Kids from Crafty Morning

lighted trampoline summer kids activity

Filed Under: Kid Friendly Tagged With: family activities, Family fun, Round-up, summer break, summer vacation

Summer Science Water and Liquids

June 30, 2016 by Nikki Cole

Summer Science Water & Liquids By Nikki Christiansen For Busy Mom's Helper

Water covers more than half of the earth!  We swim and play in water and we even dance in the rain.  Water is a liquid and this week we will learn about water and different liquids that we encounter all the time.  Summer Science Water and Liquids we will explore how a boat floats, command a sea diver, and even make a refreshing drink!

Summer Science Water & Liquids by Nikki Christiansen for Busy Mom's Helper

Water is needed for us to survive and also to help us grow plants.  Water is a liquid which is a substance that flows easily.  There are other liquids such as oil that we use in cooking.  Liquids can also become solids, like ice, when we freeze water we are changing it from a liquid to a solid.  Heating the water up causes it to evaporate or turn into a gas which is called ‘water vapor,’ which disappears into the air.  This water vapor will cool and when it does it turns back into water, a liquid.  Everyone needs water, even animals and plants need water to live.  Water help us keep our bodies working.  Water is very strong and can change the shape of land.  Waves from the sea hit the shore and will wear the rocks away.  Rain washes dirt into rivers which carry the dirt from place to place.  A Snowman is made with solid water which we call snow.  Snow is made up of frozen water crystals.

Sink and Float

Ever see a ship and wonder why it doesn’t sink?  Weight does not matter whether an object will sink or float it matters how much water it “displaces” or pushes aside.  Boats have safety levels on the sides of them which helps show a safe load level for that boat.

Supplies:

  • modeling clay
  • marbles
  • glass container of water

Directions:

  1. Drop marbles and a ball of clay into the water and notice how they all sunk, which means it did not displace much water.
  2. Take the marbles and clay out and shape the clay into a boat shape.
  3. Place the clay into the water and watch it float, more water was displaced and pushes with more force so it can support the clay boat causing it to float.
  4. Carefully place some cargo, or marbles, into the boat.  The boat lowers but can still float.

Summer Science Water & Liquids by Nikki Christiansen for Busy Mom's Helper

Command a Sea Diver

Command your own dive.  The concept of this pen diver demonstrates how submarines and other vessels work that dive deep under the sea.

Supplies:

  • Modeling clay
  • Glass of water
  • Plastic pen top
  • Plastic bottle (I used an empty 20 oz. pop bottle)

Directions

  1. If there is a hole in the tip of the pen seal it with modeling clay.
  2. Roll a small piece of clay into a ball and stick on the pen clip.
  3. Put your diver into the glass of water, add or remove clay so it floats.  The tip of the pen should be above the water.
  4. Fill the bottle to the top with water and place the diver in and put the lid back on.  A bubble of air is trapped inside the top of the pen and causes it to float.
  5. Squeeze the sides of the bottle and watch the diver dives down to the bottom.  Water enters the top of the pen and pushes the air out so the pen now sinks.
  6. Release the bottle and see the diver return to the surface.  Water left the top of the pen and the air in the top of the pen causes it to rise back to the top.

Summer Science Water & Liquids

Underwater Volcano

Hot water rises to the surface and floats on cold water.  So when an Underwater Volcano erupts the hot water will rise to the surface.

Supplies:

  • Narrow-necked small bottle
  • Hot and cold water
  • Red food coloring
  • String
  • Large glass jar

Directions:

  1. Cut two pieces of string and tie around the narrow-necked bottle so you can easily lift it into the large glass.
  2. Fill the large glass jar with cold water until it’s about ¾ the way full.
  3. Fill the small bottle with hot water and dye it red.
  4. Hold the small bottle by the string and gently lowers into the jar of cold water.
  5. The hot red water rises from the bottle like smoke like a volcano.

Summer Science Water & Liquids by Nikki Christiansen for Busy Mom's Helper

Mixing Liquids

Even though there are different liquids not all liquids will mix together.  See how oil and water will separate from another and how some liquids like oil won’t dye another color.  I had way too much fun with this one and I know that sounds stupid but I tried different colors, mixing it differently, and even multiple colors so a lot of fun with a simple experiment.

Supplies:

  • Water
  • Vegetable oil
  • Food coloring
  • Spoon
  • Glass container

Directions:

  1. Pour some water into the glass container.  Dye it another color like blue or green.
  2. Pour oil into the container of water.  Have the kids try to mix it together and let them watch it separate again.
  3. Let the oil and water separate.  Drop a couple drops of food coloring into the oil.  It will rest at the bottom of the oil.
  4. Now with a fork push the food coloring down into the water and watch the water change colors.

Summer Science Water & Liquids by Nikki Christiansen for Busy Mom's Helper

Water has Holes?

Substances like water are made up of very tiny particles called molecules.  When sugar dissolves in water, the sugar molecules get into tiny holes between the water molecules.  Because of these little gaps we can add sugar to an already full cup of water.

Supplies:

  • Bowl of sugar
  • Cup of warm water
  • Teaspoon

Directions:

  1. Fill a cup with warm water all the way to the top so it’s almost over flowing.
  2. Now pour a teaspoon of sugar on top.  The sugar will dissolve into the water but not over flow the cup.
  3. Add in more teaspoons of sugar waiting a little bit between each one and the cup will not over flow.  See how many teaspoons you can get in before it overflows.

Summer Science Water & Liquids By Nikki Christiansen For Busy Mom's Helper

Mixed Drinks

Now we know oil and water doesn’t mix, what about other liquids?  These liquids will mix together but we can layer them.  Because these drinks of different amounts of sugar the ones with lighter amounts of sugar in them will sit on top of heavier sugar content ones until stirred.  Since 4th of July is coming up we will do red, white, and blue.  You can do these drinks with other colors/flavors just check the sugar content, the heaviest sugar content drink will go on bottom.

Supplies:

  • White Sobe Pina colada drink
  • Red CranApple juice
  • Blue Gatorade
  • Ice

Directions:

  1. Fill your cup about 1/3 of the way with CranApple juice.
  2. Fill to the top with ice.
  3. Slowly pour in the Pina Colada Sobe
  4. Finish by slowly pouring in the blue Gatorade.

Summer Science Water & Liquids By Nikki Christiansen For Busy Mom's Helper

Filed Under: Kid Friendly Tagged With: activities, Drink, Family fun, fun, kids, science

Celebrate with Hasbro

December 28, 2020 by Kelly Dedeaux

Celebrate with Hasbro / by BusyMomsHelper.com / perfect non-candy Easter ideas / great new toys for kids #ad

I received some product to facilitate this post. All opinions are 100% mine alone. #PlayLikeHasbro

Since we have boys AND a girl in our household, it’s amazing at the variety of toys filling up our game room. From Transformers to My Little Pony and Equestrian Girls, to trucks and balls and dolls. It’s awesome! It’s really great to see all of them playing with it together, too. Since I didn’t want a bunch of candy for their Easter baskets, we decided on some exciting toys that we could all share. And now YOU can Celebrate with Hasbro in 2016 for their family fun celebrations!

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First, let me share my favorite toys that we gave our kids for Easter! We wanted a variety – family board game, activities, as well as fun figures they enjoy. Hasbro didn’t disappoint!

Celebrate with Hasbro / by BusyMomsHelper.com / perfect non-candy Easter ideas / great new toys for kids #ad

They all loved the Game of Life Yo-Kai Watch Edition. Board games are really fun, at least for our family, and gives us some great time together.

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They all really liked practicing their trick shots with the Nerf Dude PerfectShot Hoops Set. It was super easy to hang on the door in the game room – but it also comes with a moldable-type tubing so we could secure it to banisters, bed posts, whatever really! Gotta love flexibility.

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Since my boys (and even my girl) are HUGE Transformer fans, they’ve been playing with both the Mr. Potato Head Transformers Mixable Mashable Heroes figure – Bumblebee was what we got – as well as the Transformers 3-Step Changers. Even my 4 year-old can switch it to vehicle mode easily!

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My boys aren’t quite as into My Little Pony as they use to be, but my girl sure is – especially the newer Equestrian Girls version. She had a blast with her Rarity Mini Story Pack, from playing ‘makeup and hair’ to Rarity’s fussy little kitty.

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Ready to create your own fun family memories and give your kids some fun toys to help inspire their creativity and bring non-stop play? Don’t forget to help celebrate this great dates coming up….

Celebrate with Hasbro / by BusyMomsHelper.com / perfect non-candy Easter ideas / great new toys for kids #ad

Celebrate with Hasbro / by BusyMomsHelper.com / perfect non-candy Easter ideas / great new toys for kids #ad

Filed Under: Kid Friendly, Products we Love Tagged With: Family fun, Games, Sports, Transformers

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