It's Too Hot To Blog...

I am grateful for this weather but it's HOT HOT HOT. I am loving getting to spend all this time with the kids but we have to get creative to stay cool!

A snack cart is an absolute must, to keep the kids hydrated and everyone snacking healthy!

Planting in the cool soil keep us feeling good but also gives us an excuse to splash with the hose a bit!

A water bottle, hammer and screwdriver make the BEST watering can for little hands! Just poke holes in the cap using the screwdriver and hammer!

Some screen stretched in between scrap wood and screwed into our porch makes the BEST place to clean out goodies while found on our outdoor adventures.

A little bit of soapy water is the best way to stay cool, with a bike and scooter wash!

Add in a bucket of clean water for rinsing and it's become a magnet for hot children!

Time to get ready for beach weather too! This net bag is recycled from oranges that I bought and all I did was save recyclables for castle building and some shovels we got from going on a school tour. Now I have an all-recycled beach bag for each child that allows the sand to fall out of it and if something gets broken, no big deal throwing it away!

Enjoy every minute and take chances everyone! 

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Wednesday Treasures...Recycled Fun

Hello everyone! Welcome to a fun recycled Treasures post! My little guy and I are enjoying our last week at home together. He starts school for the first time ever on Monday (*tear*). What will I do without him? Will I do crafts and activities alone??? I was actually hoping he wouldn't get in to our 1st choice preschool, so that I could homeschool him some more and keep him close! LOL! 

I have 3 kids that are constantly fighting over who gets to water the plants! They have tiny watering cans from the Water Table, but of course they constantly need to be refilled. I have 1 large one, that they all want to use and it becomes a sharing game, where there are often squabbles. I came up with this idea on one of those days! Heading straight to the Rubbish bin, I found a couple large juice gallons that we had and I washed them out thoroughly. I took a drill to the lid and cut in 35 smaller holes and then about 6 larger holes.

Screw the cap back on and you are set to water! My youngest was loving that fact that he was the only one home today as we headed out to water the trees and test out our new treasure! He quickly decided to walk up the block and water everyone's grass as we walked!

Our front yard tree was his favorite to water, as he said it was very very thirsty! See how easy this was!? It took literally no more than 5 minutes and has already produced hundreds of smiles!

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