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Mini Wood Slice Ornaments
This is a cheap and fun kids activity that combines art and creativity with the outdoors! I had my Husband chop down a tree “lumberjack-style” with his machete from our backyard…..I know…..it was AWESOME…..and HOT! I used a miter saw to create the wood slices and then drilled small holes to lace the ornaments after painting! Teamwork makes the dream work!
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Pumpkin Painting
This is a cheap and fun kids activity for your child(ren) to freely express themselves! I told the kids to give me scary faces in the “featured picture”…..😂🤷♀️!!! Creatively, there is no right nor wrong way to execute pumpkin painting…..and that is the beauty of it! Let those imaginations run wild! Painting pumpkins is long lasting and a better option in lieu of pumpkin carving. We tend to paint pumpkins a couple of weeks before Halloween and then on the Eve of Halloween, we will carve them (saving the seeds as a yummy roasted snack…..actually I may try cooking them in the air fryer this year…..I will keep you posted…
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BOO! Bird Feeders
A FUN and CHEAP kids activity that may even give the birds a fright! This kids activity was inspired by my Aunt Kathy…..she lives thirty-ish minutes away from us and always have the best time when we visit! Her backyard backs up to a vast expanse of woods and right off her screened-in porch she must have at least five to ten birdhouses/bird stands lined up next to each other…..filled with birdseed. What I witnessed…..was truly amazing and almost UNREAL…..thirty Cardinals…..no, forty…..maybe even fifty Cardinals swooped down from the treetops and surrounded the bird stands. THEY WERE EVERYWHERE…..and it was the most divine moment I have ever experienced. I looked…
