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Our Activities offer creative ideas that you can do with your family or modify for a unique date idea.  When you add a little imagination to activities you create memories that last a lifetime.

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Host a Teen Tailgate Party

10/30/2014

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Teens love social gatherings, regardless of the activity. They just enjoy being around their friends, eating some food, and having something to do. A mock tailgate party hits all three! No, it does not have to be football season. A mock tailgate party at your home or even at a local park (if you have Wi-Fi that allows you to stream a game from an outside location) can be for ANY sporting event.  Skateboard competitions, tennis matches, soccer, they really do not care as long as they are all together.  They may even learn to enjoy watching a new sport. Set up folding chairs, a portable table for the food, have balls to throw around during commercial breaks, and you have a party.
 
They may balk at, lets say, a figure skating event, but once you tell them you are throwing in food and allowing a get together, they will have fun. Make it theme-based depending on the sporting event occurring that week. Teens do not require as much hand-holding in terms of activities, most of the time they simply prefer to just be left alone hanging out with their peers. 

Don't be surprised by a lot of eye rolling at the suggestion or even at the event, it is their nature, but they will want another tailgate party.  Yes, they will still roll their eyes and maybe even proclaim how lame it is at the next one as well.

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Cake decorating contests

10/16/2014

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Cake decorating is an art form that I have never acquired the skill for, but I still enjoy trying.  Having a cake decorating contest or party can be a fun day project. Yes, you can use cookies or cupcakes, but I find that, since cakes have a much larger surface to create on, they can be more fun.  

You can start from scratch or you can cheat a bit like me and buy a cheap, plain white frosted cake so that everyone has the same cake from the grocery stores. No baking!  That way your time is spent on being creative instead of mixing and cleaning.  The purpose of this is activity is the decoration, not the making of the cake.

Buy mixed frosting colors for each cake, then have a number drawing to see who picks their frosting color first. By using an assortment of frosting color the results of the creations will be unique. Host a decorating contest among your own family or with some of the neighbor kids. Each person gets to take home their creation so they can share those tasty calories with their own family. This idea also makes a unique date activity!   Your own version of Cake wars.

Materials:
Cakes pre-frosted
Candies
Mini cookies like animal crackers
Sprinkles
Draw-on edible pens and frosting pens-fruit-more frosting
The Dollar stores have lots of decorations for... you guessed it, a dollar, that can be put on cakes. But remember to remind the kids that most are not edible. Like mini cars,  trains, and doll figures.
A camera for all the pictures you are going to want to take

You can make it a social media contest if it is adults engaged in the contest.  I think for young kids hoping for votes might be discouraging, but for adults it can be a lot of fun trying to get their friends to vote on their cake. Never say who decorated what cake though. Make the votes only on the cakes. 


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Rock Art In The Park

10/2/2014

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If you have a lunchtime or even an early morning breakfast time free with the kids, consider an art day at your local park. Picnic-lunch style is always a favorite. Spend the first part of your day wandering the area and collecting rocks in a basket. Talk about their shape, size, and color. You can even discuss how rocks are formed.

 After strolling the area for treasures, set up your blanket and set out to make your art project out of the rocks you have collected. Maybe make jewelry, decorate a bird house, or just paint the rocks.
Make sure you bring scissors, glue, markers, string, paint, paper, some jewelry items to glue the rocks to or any other items you might need for your project and  a piece of cardboard for them to work on.  


 This is a great gift-making idea for the grandparents. Don't forget to bring the camera to take pictures as they create their masterpieces and maybe to use as your family picture or next year's calendar photos. Top it off with a  contest of who can stack the most rocks without falling while you are packing up the supplies and you have had a great day at the park.

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