Have a Picnic

Planing a day in nature is and excellent way to start having fun with your kids. Make a picnic lunch and set a stage for something special from the beginning.

If weather is not good, make a picnic lunch and enjoy it on the floor of your family room. Use your imagination to make it fun. Are you in a meadow? On a mountain top or on a sandy beach? Let the children decide. Set a blanket on the flour of your most comfortable room and enjoy goodies you prepared. Let your children imagine the trip to place they selected.

Walk around the house as they describe all of the beautiful sights, sounds and smells they are experiencing.

Take your kids to African safari. Let them decide what animals they want to be. Zebra, cheetah, tiger, giraffe, lemur, elephant and monkey are usually very popular choices. Use big papper bag or thin sheet of stiff paper or thin cardboard, big enough to cover the top part of their body. Paint the animals background color first, add stripes or spots using different colors.

Cut a strip of thin cardboard about 2 inches wide and long enough to attach to both sides of animal body and go around the back of their neck.

Glue or tape each end of the strip to the top of the decorated animal body. Decorate their faces accordingly and let them have fun imitating the sounds of the animal they represent.

Take a lot of pictures and have fun!

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