WINTER BOREDOM BUSTERS
IVORY SOAP CLOUDS
I recently begun looking into making a huge vat of laundry soap. With a family of 6, I spend a lot of time washing clothes and budgeting for laundry detergent.
When I was a new mom in 2004 everything had to be baby safe and all natural. Nowadays. not so much.
I came across this great way to expand the ivory soap to make it easier to grate into your soap mixture.
Place the soap on a piece of wax paper and start the microwave for a few minutes. You can stop it whenever you'd like. Also, others have pointed out that you MUST ONLY USE IVORY and the fresher the bar the bigger the cloud. Don't drop or you'll get a powdery mess!
Keeping the bar over the wax paper or a cookie sheet you can crumble it and press the crumbles into cookie cutter molds or silicone molds to make individual soaps. Or just put it in the bathtub with them.
CHEERIO BIRD FEEDER
The winter makes it harder for birds to find food. Worms are hibernating and plants aren't producing seeds.
There's a minute to win it game where you hold a pipe cleaner in your mouth and pick fruit loops. Since this will be for the birds you can use Cheerios. Just use string to hang them from a tree and you can check to see if the birds ate any.
ICE CRYSTAL BALLS
Fill water balloons with water and freeze on a cookie sheet or place outside overnight if the temperatures are cold enough. When you get your ice balls cut the balloon off and you'll have an ice ball. You can add food coloring to the balls to make them different colors. I wouldn't suggest this for a birthday party that will be attended by several little kids. I'd hate for someone to think it's OK to toss one at another person.
I've also seen on Pinterest where you can cut out an indent and place the ice ball on top of a battery operated tea light. Glowing ice balls look awesome on a walking path.
Kool-Aid SNOW PAINT
We don't drink Kool-Aid anymore but I do have a few packets in the cabinet. All you need is a spray bottle or squirt bottle, pour in the Kool-Aid powder, and add water. Shake it up well and send the kids outside to spray the snow.
UNUSUAL SNOWMAN CONTEST
Who can make the silliest and most unusual snowman. Nothing is off limits! Upside down, in the middle of a cartwheel, sitting at the dinner table, taking out the trash... if you can dream it.. BUILD IT!
DUCT TAPE SLED
If the forecast says snow is coming start making a homemade sled. Using duct tape and cardboard you can create your own sled.
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