Comments on: Savoring the Last Weeks of Summer: Carbon-Free, Low-Cost Entertainment for Kids http://greenbabyguide.com/2008/08/20/savoring-the-last-weeks-of-summer-carbon-free-low-cost-entertainment-for-kids/ Earth Friendly, Budget Friendly Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:41:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Sara http://greenbabyguide.com/2008/08/20/savoring-the-last-weeks-of-summer-carbon-free-low-cost-entertainment-for-kids/#comment-728 Sara Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:03:49 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=513#comment-728 We tried our hand at some homemade fingerpaint the other day. I had read a recipe in a mag but couldn't find it so I just improvised, it sort of worked. Now I'll be rechecking your posts. We have lots of big paper from my husband's work (architectural plans) and we plan to put it to good use! I haven't done this myself but I imagine that a nature scavenger hunt would be fun. We tried our hand at some homemade fingerpaint the other day. I had read a recipe in a mag but couldn’t find it so I just improvised, it sort of worked. Now I’ll be rechecking your posts. We have lots of big paper from my husband’s work (architectural plans) and we plan to put it to good use!

I haven’t done this myself but I imagine that a nature scavenger hunt would be fun.

]]> By: Lynn http://greenbabyguide.com/2008/08/20/savoring-the-last-weeks-of-summer-carbon-free-low-cost-entertainment-for-kids/#comment-727 Lynn Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:10:47 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=513#comment-727 Just stumbled on your blog today. Love this list. It's so easy to get kids into having fun on their own with out a lot of direction from adults. Just give them a few pails of water and see what happens! Our upcoming book, Celebrate Green! has lots of of other hints. Just stumbled on your blog today. Love this list. It’s so easy to get kids into having fun on their own with out a lot of direction from adults. Just give them a few pails of water and see what happens!

Our upcoming book, Celebrate Green! has lots of of other hints.

]]> By: Cathy http://greenbabyguide.com/2008/08/20/savoring-the-last-weeks-of-summer-carbon-free-low-cost-entertainment-for-kids/#comment-726 Cathy Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:47:09 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=513#comment-726 I'll definitely have to check out the bubble recipe. We made playdough this summer, too, and I'm never going back to the store-bought stuff. I’ll definitely have to check out the bubble recipe. We made playdough this summer, too, and I’m never going back to the store-bought stuff.

]]> By: sara l http://greenbabyguide.com/2008/08/20/savoring-the-last-weeks-of-summer-carbon-free-low-cost-entertainment-for-kids/#comment-725 sara l Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:58:39 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=513#comment-725 Yah for Mr. Linky! Yah for Mr. Linky!

]]> By: Quiskaeya http://greenbabyguide.com/2008/08/20/savoring-the-last-weeks-of-summer-carbon-free-low-cost-entertainment-for-kids/#comment-724 Quiskaeya Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:43:50 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=513#comment-724 Love this list! So reasonable and doable. We made play dough this summer and our next project is to make paper. Love this list! So reasonable and doable. We made play dough this summer and our next project is to make paper.

]]> By: Eileen http://greenbabyguide.com/2008/08/20/savoring-the-last-weeks-of-summer-carbon-free-low-cost-entertainment-for-kids/#comment-722 Eileen Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:49:59 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=513#comment-722 looks like you can make your own adult-size hula hoop: http://www.hooping.org/archives/000028.html looks like you can make your own adult-size hula hoop:

http://www.hooping.org/archives/000028.html

]]> By: Eileen http://greenbabyguide.com/2008/08/20/savoring-the-last-weeks-of-summer-carbon-free-low-cost-entertainment-for-kids/#comment-721 Eileen Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:45:13 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=513#comment-721 One inexpensive set of sidewalk chalk goes a LONG way. We play endless hopscotch. I like to set up a little course that my kids have to run - like I give them certain trees they have to touch in a certain order as fast as they can. This game will tire them out in no time. We found a cheap croquet set a few years ago and the kids LOVE it. Even very little kids can manage hitting the ball with the mallet. Joy, on the hula hoops, I recently found out that adults need BIGGER hula hoops. I was at the fair a few weeks ago and they had some adult-sized ones and I was amazed that I could actually do it! I was thrilled because it is a fun way to exercise - I need to find one now. One inexpensive set of sidewalk chalk goes a LONG way. We play endless hopscotch.

I like to set up a little course that my kids have to run - like I give them certain trees they have to touch in a certain order as fast as they can. This game will tire them out in no time.

We found a cheap croquet set a few years ago and the kids LOVE it. Even very little kids can manage hitting the ball with the mallet.

Joy, on the hula hoops, I recently found out that adults need BIGGER hula hoops. I was at the fair a few weeks ago and they had some adult-sized ones and I was amazed that I could actually do it! I was thrilled because it is a fun way to exercise - I need to find one now.

]]> By: Asianmommy http://greenbabyguide.com/2008/08/20/savoring-the-last-weeks-of-summer-carbon-free-low-cost-entertainment-for-kids/#comment-720 Asianmommy Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:22:25 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=513#comment-720 Jump rope & Chinese jump rope, if you have enough players. Jump rope & Chinese jump rope, if you have enough players.

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