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Nature Sticky Wall

Nature Sticky Wall

Posted by on Aug 12, 2013 in Camping, Contact Paper Art, Outdoor Activities, Science Activities | 0 comments

We have been doing A LOT of camping this summer, which has been wonderful! I love watching my boys play and explore all day outside. By dinner time, it’s inevitable they will appear covered in dirt and sweat, with their pockets nearly bursting with souvenirs they found along their travels, and huge grins plastered on their gritty faces. Of course, neither of my bugs want to part with the treasures they’ve collected, and usually end up dumping them on chairs or inside of the trailer *sigh*. The boys have made sticky wall art , rainbow rice sun-catchers, and nature collages using Contact Paper in the past, so I decided to use the same concept to display the items they collect on the side of the trailer to deter them from tracking it inside.

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Hot Rock Melted Crayon Art

Hot Rock Melted Crayon Art

Posted by on Jul 29, 2013 in Camping, Outdoor Activities, Rock Activities | 0 comments

This is a fun and simple activity to do either on a cold/rainy day indoors or on a very hot day while camping and/or enjoying the outdoors. The only difference will be in how you heat up your rocks. If it happens to be a sweltering, sunny day, instead of turning on your oven, try letting the sun do the baking for you! When we coloured our rocks, it was a warm day with an overcast sky, so we were restricted to using the oven. I’ve been meaning to try this project while we’re out camping, to see if the sun will actually heat the rocks to a warm enough temperature- which, I’m pretty certain it will- but I keep forgetting!

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Rock Creatures

Rock Creatures

Posted by on Jul 10, 2013 in Camping, Outdoor Activities, Painting, Rock Activities | 2 comments

My boys love collecting rocks, especially when we’re camping. I remember being obsessed with rocks as a kid too. I must have driven my parents a little bananas because wherever we went anywhere I was always on the hunt for a unique rock to take home and add to my expansive collection. There was a time when I could go through each individual rock and tell the story behind it- where it was from, who was with me, what we were doing, how I found it- but my teenage self flippantly dumped all of them in our alley one morning, in order to make room for more important things like CD’s, and magazines :(. It’s funny how our priorities seem to come full circle as we grow; it’s only once we’ve reached late adulthood that we finally realize how wise we were as children, to actually see and appreciate the wander and beauty in all the “little things”.

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Canada Day Craft (DIY Night Light)

Canada Day Craft (DIY Night Light)

Posted by on Jun 27, 2013 in Camping, Canada Day, Handprint / Footprint Crafts | 0 comments

Originally we were booked to go out camping in beautiful Kananaskis, beginning today and ending just after Canada Day, but due to flooding and mudslides, we’ve had a change of plans. Luckily, we have farmland where we can still take the kids for a fun camping trip, otherwise the boys would have been SO disappointed! I had planned on making these cute DIY night lights as a camping activity for Canada Day, but realized we should probably make one ahead of time so I can share it on my blog.

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DIY Canada Day Shirts!

DIY Canada Day Shirts!

Posted by on Jun 24, 2013 in Camping, Canada Day, Handprint / Footprint Crafts | 0 comments

With all of the crazy flooding that has been happening in southern Alberta, my home city of Calgary included, I almost forgot that Canada Day long weekend is coming up. We had planned on celebrating Canada Day camping and biking in serene Kananaskis Country, but sadly they too have been ravaged by floods and mudslides :(. This has truly been a devastating past few days, so to help get my mind off of the grave current events, I decided to do a Canada Day craft with my boys. When I stumbled across this blog post on Pinterest, I was inspired to create our own Canada Day, keepsake T-shirts.

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Nature Scavenger Hunt and Contact Paper Collage

Nature Scavenger Hunt and Contact Paper Collage

Posted by on Sep 19, 2012 in Camping, Contact Paper Art, Outdoor Activities, Science Activities, Spring Crafts and Activities | 0 comments

I haven’t added a new post to my blog in literally months! Summer is such a busy time for everyone, and it always seems to just zoom by. My family and I do a LOT of camping in the summer. Between my siblings and I we have five boys (ages 7-1) and one sweet baby girl, which means it’s a good idea to have some activities planned when we’re all camping together. Some of the things the boys enjoy doing are painting rocks, playing with cars and trucks outside, exploring the paths, riding their bikes and simply just running around. This time I thought it might be fun to organize a little nature scavenger hunt that was challenging enough for the 7 year old, but not too difficult for the 3 year olds.

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