Make land art
Yesterday my daughter was at a beach party here in Toronto. Don’t you think outdoor birthday parties are the best? Kids can be as loud as they want and with proper planning an outdoor birthday party is easy to organize for parents. One of the activities they did at this party was land art . It was a quite the success and the kids really liked it.
Plant tomato plants in an upside down planter
Even though I have a backyard we still like to grow vegetables, herbs and potatoes in containers. It is nice to have edibles close by. Last year I bought two upside down planters to grow tomatoes, but never got a chance to get them started until this spring. So this year we decided to do it for a fun experiment for the family. My daughter thought it was a funny way for plants to grow.
Are you by the sea this summer? Catch some sand crabs
We love to be by the sea; with the smell of the salt water and to swim. It might surprise you, but thanks to the Gulf Stream, the ocean can get quite warm in Norway. If you go to the coast during the summer in Norway, you will notice that kids do not just love to swim and make sand castles there. You will see kids on docks, rocky outcrops and the beach catching sand crabs and proudly creating aquariums for their catch.
Read more: Are you by the sea this summer? Catch some sand crabs
Family biking in the city
Elizabeth Nemethy
First of all let me say that this post is not meant to come across as a sanctimonious brag about how wonderful we are as a family that bikes. Sure, we are wonderful but we also have a lot of factors working in our favor that make getting around by bike an easy choice lots of the time. For example we live within a block of an excellent, flat bike path. I hate hills so I can guarantee that if our rides involved any kind of incline, I'd be a lot less inclined to bike. So while I'd encourage everyone to bike more and car less, I know it's not always easy. And before I polish my halo too brightly, I cannot begin to pretend that we are giving up our vehicle. We're not that hardcore! But we are trying to make a conscious choice bike as often as we can and for trips that we might not typically have thought of as bike trips (we biked to the movies the other day for example).
Letterboxing
I'm not quite sure how it all started, but I think I was reading an article in one of those airline magazines on my way to somewhere when I discovered letterboxing. There were several elements that intrigued me: nature, treasure hunting, and stamp making. I prefer good old clues than trying to find something with a GPS and I like the notion that all you leave behind and take with you are prints of stamps, either hand made or store bought. I'm going to give you some simple info about letterboxing, which is a fun to do with the whole family!
Courtney shares everything you need to know about letterboxing read more :Letterboxing 101
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