- downloaded Summer Fun kit
- laminater (optional)
- dry erase marker (optional)
- tape
- jar or other container
- scissors or paper trimmer
- pen
2. Cut out each of the 80 Activity Cards using a paper trimmer or scissors. The cards are color coded into different categories as follows...
3.Use pen to fill in additional activities already scheduled or that your family enjoys on the blank Activity Cards provided labeled Wild Card.
4. Laminate calendar page. Use dry-erase marker to indicate the week.
5. Decorate jar (or other container).
6. Place cut Activity cards into jar.
7. On Sunday have children take turns drawing cards of different colors out of jar.
8. Use scotch tape to arrange Activity Cards onto your calendar next to the day your family will do that activity.
Don't miss tomorrow's post where I have a Free Printable of a Summer Journal so kids can record their madcap adventures during their Summer of Fun!
[ emilie ]
33 comments:
how fun! When my kids get a little older we're so doing this!
Thanks for sharing!
I wish I had your creative talents!!
Man, that is AWESOME. You're amazing! Can't wait to download, dude.
This is amazing!! Thanks for sharing such a wonderful idea!
I totally LOVE this! Thanks for sharing!
You rock!!! Thank you so much for sharing this! I LOVE it!!!
Love, love, love this! Such great ideas!
Thank you!
This is wonderful, thank you so much for sharing!
This is brilliant! Thanks so much for sharing!
You are SO creative to come up with something like this!
What a great collection!! Newest follow here. You are very cool and awesome. Love your projects and style.
Thanks!! That's an awesome list - summer keeps looking better and better :)
This ROCKS!!! I can't wait to try it with my boys.
Wow! What a fun idea. When my 3 boys get a bit older we will have to do this for sure. It would awesome to have a "rainy day" jar of activities too. Thanks for the freebie! http://raisinggentlemen.blogspot.com/
Fabulous idea! I'm looking for ways to spend more time having fun with my kids when I'm off of work. We will definitely be doing some of these.
Wonderful idea, I saw it on facebook from Frugal Living Northwest. I am now following, and printing this out!
Nichole Carter @
carterfamilytable.blogspot.com
Awesome Work! I posted a link to your post on my blog...I have been working to fight boredom in this house..and it is soooo nice to have all these ideas! Thank you!!!
Awesome! Gonna print these out tomorrow. May not be able to do all of these, but we can do a good chunk with my 3 year old. Thanks for the freebie. They're cute too! :)
I <3 this! Thanks so much! And Colour-coding?! Genius! I featured you on my blog, hope you don't mind! Check it out if you have time! ;)
http://bedroomcrafter.blogspot.com/2011/06/summer-fun-for-kids.html
Yours is the last one. last, but certainly not least! S xx
Thank you for sharing!! I'm excited to get started on this!
Barb M.
We're starting our totally awesome summer of fun tomorrow! I am going to blog about our activities for the rest of our summer vacation! Check out my posts if you want to!
LOVE your website!
xoxox,
Jessica
Printed off and set up all ready to go. Also done a copy for my friend. Thank you. ~x~
Amazing!!! I'm posting to my blog!!
Whoo - hoo! I'm posting a link to this on my site. It's awesome! Thank you for doing this!
For some reason I can't DL this file!! HELP!! Would you be able to email me the PDF? stacirae@rogers.com....Thank you!
It looks so fantastic, I so want to use it with my kids! but unfortunately I can't download the file. Could you please be so kind and send it to me to elena.simic@yahoo.com
Thanks for sharing your ideas!
I am over a YEAR late on this blogpost. I was doing some research for my blog "Fun Ready Mom" and came across your fun and amazing idea for a summer calendar! I'm going to share it on my blog and link it to your website. This is incredible and will definitely help me!!!!
Thank you for creating this!
Blessings,
Kennisha
Thanks so much for sharing this and allowing so many to share for free. I truly appreciate all the work you put into this and as a fulltime working mom can say thank you thank you thank you so many times over for providing me with help this summer as I attempt to keep kids occupied as I work from home.
Incredibly cute ideas! Thank you so much!
Printed it and Pinned it too. Thank you for doing all the work so I can enjoy it! :)
THANKS! I just printed it and pinned it too! Thank you so much for taking the time to put this together--and SHARE!
Yes! What a terrific find! Thanks so much for putting so much work into this--and SHARING! Printed and pinned. Perfect.
Used this last year and looking forward to using it again. How about a single sheet of just blank ones?
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