| Craft: Colored Bubbles | | | | and picks up the cotton ball with their nose. |
| | | | Either the first one back wins or set a time |
| Activities: Flyswatter Bubbles, Cotton Ball | | | | limit and whoever gets the most cotton balls. |
| Pickup, Balloon Water Fun | | | | You can also play with teams!ACTIVITY: |
| | | | Balloon Water FunNeed: |
| Snack: Chewy Popcorn Balls | | | | |
| | | | waterguns |
| Reading Selection: The Twenty-One Balloons | | | | |
| by William Pene du BoisCRAFT: Colored | | | | balloons |
| BubblesNeed: | | | | |
| | | | pennies or small objects |
| dishwashing detergent | | | | |
| | | | string |
| food coloring or washable paint | | | | |
| | | | markers |
| a straw | | | | |
| | | | clothes lineDirections: |
| paper | | | | |
| | | | Children will love these fun targets they |
| shallow panDirections: | | | | can squirt with water guns. Insert a few |
| | | | pennies in a balloon. Blow it up and attach a |
| Mix about 1/2 dishwashing detergent, and 1/3 | | | | string. Tie the string to a clothes line. To |
| of water in a shallow pan(cold or hot)mix any | | | | make it more fun, faces or bulls eyes may be |
| kind of food coloring until you get the ideal | | | | drawn on the balloon. Hang many balloons of |
| color you want. If you use paint, make sure | | | | varying sizes and string lengths to increase |
| it is washable. Go outside with the pan full | | | | the challenge. Stand back and take aim!SNACK: |
| of the colored bubble mixture. tip one end of | | | | Chewy Popcorn BallsNeed: |
| the straw in the pan, lift it up, and blow | | | | |
| through the other side to create a bubble, | | | | 1/2 cup sugar |
| then slowly pick up the paper and pop the | | | | |
| bubble on it. Keep doing this with different | | | | 1/2 cup light corn syrup |
| colors of paint and you will get a great | | | | |
| colorful bubble print picture!You can also | | | | 4 Tbs. margarine |
| use the straw to blow a lot of bubbles in the | | | | |
| pan and then place a piece of paper over the | | | | 1/2 tsp. salt |
| top to 'absorb' the bubbles. It will leave a | | | | |
| nice print!!ACTIVITY: Flyswatter BubblesNeed: | | | | 8 cups popped popcornDirections: |
| | | | |
| clean fly swatter | | | | Place the sugar, light corn syrup, |
| | | | margarine, and salt in a large saucepan. Cook |
| bubble solutionDirections: | | | | over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, |
| | | | until the mixture reaches a steady simmer. |
| Fill a shallow plastic bowl with bubble | | | | Add the popped popcorn to the mixture, |
| stuff and provide each child with a new clean | | | | stirring until all the popcorn in entirely |
| flyswatter. Have them dip the end in and then | | | | coated. Remove from the stove and let cool. |
| swish it through the air creating tons of | | | | Fill a medium-sized bowl with water. Dip your |
| bubbles!ACTIVITY: Cotton Ball PickupNeed: | | | | hands in the water and shape the popcorn into |
| | | | balls, about the size of a tennis ball. Place |
| Cotton balls | | | | the balls on a sheet of wax paper and after |
| | | | they are completely cool, place each in a |
| vaseline | | | | plastic bag or wrap in plastic wrap.Reading |
| | | | Selection: The Twenty-One Balloons by William |
| string (or handkerchief)Directions: | | | | Pene du Bois This is a great children's story |
| | | | to go along with these ideas!Pam Lester is |
| Spread out cotton balls in a designated | | | | the owner and creator of The site offers |
| area. Each player has their hands behind | | | | free kids crafts, recipes, games and |
| their backs, or hands in their pockets and | | | | activities for parents, teachers and |
| vaseline on their nose. When the game begins, | | | | caregivers. Please visit for more great |
| the player walks to a cotton ball, bends down | | | | ideas! |