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10 End Of Summer Activities

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I know summer is winding down, and here at the AOK household we’re trying to hold on tight to what is left!  We have a few plans but nothing huge, just hanging out and enjoying us time 🙂  Today, I wanted to share a few activities you may want to try with your babies these last few days of summer break.

10 Fun End Of Summer Activities

1. Make Crayons: The kids and I love to make crayons, plus it gives purpose to all those old broken neglected crayons.  We have special muffin tins for our crayon-making, I usually get them at the Dollar Tree. (Once you use the tins for crayons, they become crayon tins)

DIY Crayons

Have your kiddos unwrap, break, and separate crayons {this is a good time to preheat the oven to 250*}. Make sure your crayons are broken into small pieces, you may want to go in and break the crayons more. In a muffin tin have your little artists add their broken crayons and if they are anything like my girls, you MUST add glitter. Put your muffin tin in the oven for about 10 minutes at 250* Once your crayons are melted, carefully take crayons out of the oven and either let them sit and harden, or stick the tin in the freezer to speed things up. Once your crayons are ready, pop those babies out and go color outside 🙂

 

2. Treasure Map: This is a fun thing my husband and I like to do with our kids.  We make a map of either our house or backyard and hide a goodie or two for the kids to find, using their map.

 

3. Do a good deed: Believe it or not kids love to do good deeds.  Spreading kindness is contagious and you WANT your kiddos to catch that 🙂  Have your kids help you make a dish for the local firehouse or a family friend.  This week we’re spreading kindness by handing out kindness cards that Stephanie from Captured in the Lens shared with me.  She is one the sweetest!!!

My babies enjoyed doing this….

Random Act of Kindness #RAOK #Redbox

4. Make Play dough: If you follow this blog regularly, you know we love play dough at mi casa.  We’ve made play dough here and play dough there. How about a play dough week and then rating the play doughs?

Simple Squishy Sparkly Play Dough

5. Water ballon Toss…. do I need to explain how awesome a water ballon toss is? Everything here is for a championship….

6. Scrapbook the Summer: We like to pull together pictures from our summer and make a mini scrapbook. Trust me, this activity also reminds the kids they did have fun after all.

Scrapbook

7. Library: Check out your local library for fun end-of-summer activities… that’s where we’ll be today 🙂

Library

8. Spa Day: Create a fun at home spa day, make your own sugar scrub, grab your favorite lotion, and perfect nail polish paints for those piggies. Cupcakes are good too 🙂

MoodyWinter8

9. Summertime Dessert for Dinner: I know this one may sound crazy, but my parents did this when we were younger.  We would have a little something but our main course was a big banana split!  We were able to make our own banana split and gobble it down for dinner. Good times…

10. Just have fun… don’t forget to have FUN! Scheduling is for back-to-school… stay in your jammies watch the Price Is Right and play Uno while you eat breakfast.

24 thoughts on “10 End Of Summer Activities

  1. Brittnei

    August 5, 2014 at 12:21 pm

    These sound like lots of fun. I know the activities will be even more frequent as my kids get older. I love seeing what moms with older children are doing with their kiddos. Make crayons? Sounds so fun. JR is just starting to cowor (color) more. 🙂

    1. MrsA0K2001

      August 6, 2014 at 8:45 pm

      Aww cowor… cute! You’re going to love doing these types of activities 🙂 Actually, my son made his first set of crayons when he was around two, maybe approaching three. I was able to also make it a learning activity with him, sorting & separating colors to create new crayons. Plus, breaking crayons in a baggie and banging them was a good time for him 🙂
      XO

  2. Diana Schneidman

    August 5, 2014 at 2:09 pm

    My kids are grown but it sounds like a lot of fun. I’ll be right over!

    1. MrsA0K2001

      August 6, 2014 at 8:46 pm

      You’re more than welcome, the more the merrier 🙂
      XO

  3. Uplifting Families

    August 5, 2014 at 6:51 pm

    This is a great list of ideas. I can’t believe that we only have about three more weeks until school starts. I am getting kinda sad, it has gone by way to fast.

    1. MrsA0K2001

      August 6, 2014 at 9:10 pm

      Me too! I feel like summer just started 🙁
      I’m going to miss our lazy,crafty,fun summer days.
      XO

  4. Tamara

    August 6, 2014 at 5:00 pm

    I LOVE the homemade crayons. Scarlet got some for her birthday and I thought they were awesome. I had never thought of it before.
    She’s still a little afraid of manicures.. but hoping for it at some point.
    And I love the popcorn good deed! It’s one of my favorite foods. Gotta share the love.

    1. MrsA0K2001

      August 6, 2014 at 9:15 pm

      My babies love making the crayons for gifts. We’ve made snowmen & mittens crayons for Christmas gifts in the past.
      My youngest daughter all of a sudden has become a nail polish naysayer!!
      XO

  5. Stephanie

    August 7, 2014 at 10:08 am

    Your posts are always fun fun and full of happiness. I just loved reading all of this. These activities all look so fun and I can’t wait to do a few with my daughter. Thanks for sharing, I’m especially excited about making the crayons!

    1. MrsA0K2001

      August 9, 2014 at 4:50 pm

      Thanks, Stephanie!!
      Honestly, that’s all I can ask for, bring a little happiness if just for a minute, through my blog. You comment means more to me than you will ever know, thank you!
      XOXO

  6. Lady Lilith

    August 7, 2014 at 1:48 pm

    The crayon making is a great idea. Very clever and cost effective.

    1. MrsA0K2001

      August 9, 2014 at 4:51 pm

      Thanks! I don’t mind spending a little money on crayons here, because I know we will always do something with them to extend their life 🙂
      XOXO

  7. Susen @ Dabbling Momma

    August 10, 2014 at 9:43 pm

    LOVE #3!! How great of an idea is that!!

    1. MrsA0K2001

      August 15, 2014 at 8:55 am

      Thanks, Susen. I love seeing how these little acts of kinds make the kids excited. I think we’ll have to do the Redbox & popcorn this weekend or today… it was SO much fun for the kiddos 🙂 and me too.
      XO

  8. viviene

    August 10, 2014 at 10:34 pm

    Wonderful ideas! Love the spa of course! hahaha

    1. MrsA0K2001

      August 15, 2014 at 8:57 am

      Thanks, Viviene 🙂 I love spa days with my girls. However, lately they’re not as into it….
      XO

  9. Akaleistar

    August 11, 2014 at 10:06 pm

    All of these ideas look like so much fun!

    1. MrsA0K2001

      August 15, 2014 at 8:59 am

      Thanks 🙂 We’ve enjoyed them.
      XO

  10. Tanya @ Moms Small Victories

    August 14, 2016 at 8:43 pm

    Such fun ideas, I can’t believe summer is almost over already! Thanks for hosting Mommy Monday and hope you linked up with us at Small Victories Sunday and Pretty Pintastic Linkups both going on now!

  11. Mimi Rose & Me

    August 15, 2016 at 8:53 am

    I love the idea of making crayons, they look great. You have come up with some amazing ideas lovely. #MMBH

    1. MrsA0K2001

      August 16, 2016 at 5:21 pm

      Making crayons is something my kids still enjoy doing. Getting them to unwrap the crayons and break them up keeps them preoccupied for a good 20-30 minutes. 🙂 The crayons make good handmade gifts too.
      Thanks for stopping by!
      XO

  12. sunphant

    August 6, 2017 at 9:46 pm

    Oh, how I miss doing things like this with my kids. Fun, easy, and cheap is right up my alley!

  13. barriebismark

    August 7, 2017 at 3:40 pm

    What great ideas. I can’t believe that summer is just about over and school is nearly back in session! How did it go by so fast? #MMBH

  14. K. Elizabeth @ YUMMommy

    August 10, 2017 at 10:56 pm

    These are some great ideas. We’ve been hitting up our new library and love it so far. I think a spa day is just what we need before we start our year of homeschooling next week.

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