Ideas and resources
The kids are going to love playing with this homemade floam and it is so easy to make. You will need Borax which I know is a little hard to find in some countries. Once you find all your ingredients you can use the extra supplies to make a ton of other play materials like slime or homemade bouncy balls.
Or try this one – easy slime recipe with a thick, putty-like, sticky slime oozes its way out of simple materials you probably have at home.
I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.
Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.
There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):
Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)
And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.
[Photo: Mrs. Merry]
Looks like fun. But using styrofoam makes this an environmental bugger. The styrofoam will be with us long after all of our kids grow up and their kids grow up… I applaud your diy attitude and hope you’ll use it to find another recipe.