FREE Class on Deck & Patio Staining

Spring time is upon us and it is time to spruce up our home's exterior. Perhaps your deck needs to be brought back to life but you aren't sure just what products to use and how to do it, then you certainly need to check out this FREE CLASS at Home Depot about Deck and Patio staining this weekend!

Try-It Tuesday: Hopscotch (with our rules)

 Hopscotch can be such a fun childhood game (and even fun for adults to play with their kids.) And it's an activity that you can easily add or make up new rules for to make it more fun or challenging.

I thought I would share with my readers the rules we came up with in case you would like to try them out and challenge your kids to a fun game of hopscotch.

Hopscotch, by our rules

* First person to EXACTLY 21 wins

* Earn points by throwing rocks & hopping (alternating legs)

- Earn 1 pt if it lands outside a box & you hop to that box

- Bonus Pt if you throw it past 20 and you hop backwards

- Bonus Pt if you throw it past 50 and you hope forwards and come back to 1

- If you land in a box you get (our hopscotch went to 50)

+ 1pt - squares 1-10

+2 - squares 11-20

+3 - squares 21-30

+4 - squares 31-40

+ 5 - squares 41-50

I love this picture! It is her hopping backwards, so that she can get the extra point. This can be a fun little workout too!

No Supplies Needed for these Activities!

Kids Bored? Tired of Shelling Out Cash for Things They Use Up or Tire Of in 10 Minutes?

You can take them on a Nature Hunt, or for more ideas read my list of OVER 30 IDEAS of

Games to Play That Need Zero Supplies

on Northern Cheapskate.

#164 Make Fairy Wands

These were fun to make. We first collected 4 sticks (one for each in our family) of wand quality from the backyard. They we made a collection of leaves from different sources (maple tree, lilac bush & bean plants). We tied the stems of the leaves to the stick with some twine. Then we decorated the wands using markers. And finally sprinkled the wands with magic dust & sprinkles (see post #163.)