Tag: DIY

***They are hippos! Andrew saw this picture and said, “That’s creepy. They look like serial killers.” Hippos.*** Today’s DIY Fun is pretty easy, and that’s how we like it these days! We are lucky enough to live 5 minutes from the St. Louis Zoo, which we visit twice a week during the spring and summer … Continue reading “DIY Fun: Animal Study”

So, the other day, in the middle of story hour (yes, we try to make it an entire hour long around here… no summer camp, people!), Oliver came up with a brilliant idea. We were reading this book: Yes, I am aware that it is a book about winter when here we are in the … Continue reading “DIY Fun: Popsicle Stick Puppets”

Andrew’s sister-in-law Kristin (who has four kids under the age of 8!) recently sent me a couple of pages from a parenting magazine that had some great ideas for summer activities for the rug rats. One of these ideas was a foil river. We, having foil in our drawer, decided to give it a try. … Continue reading “DIY Fun: Foil River”

Monday morning we went to the zoo. And got drenched by a torrential downpour as we sloshed through rivers of water back to the van, past a car that had stalled in the middle of the monsoon, abandoned by a wet and distraught zookeeper on her way to work. We literally had to dump water … Continue reading “DIY Fun: Pirate Ship Fort”

*Andrew “strongly recommended” that I change Adventure Day to DIY Fun, as this better captures the content of these posts… so I begrudgingly oblige.* This morning’s adventure DIY fun is a lot less complicated than the last two. I know that some days you need a last minute idea to occupy the littles that involves very … Continue reading “DIY Fun: Shadow People”