High Five! week 8

High Five! 

to This Week's 5 Hands On Finds!

These are 5 Activities and Crafts that I've found  

but haven't had time to try them out yet, but want to make sure I do them.

[my very high-tech way of bookmarking them]

---- I also need some help making the decision if and how I should do a linky party, see below ---

Body Art, Games, Tools, Spin Art and Errands!

Where'd these finds come from?

The following blogs that are full of hands on finds!

[Be sure to give them a High Five! and check out their blogs and leave a comment.]

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[1] Bean Bag Game : Brick by Brick  I can see our ABC Mat being used as a throwing mat like this game!		[2]  Nailing a Collage : Littlest Birds Studio  Turning the use of a hammer and nail (tee) into an art!
[3] Grocery Scavenger Hunt : My Kids Make I love the idea of making a mundane errand into a fun game for the kids! Use pictures from flyer ads for the little ones!		[4] Funnest Kind of Paint : Curly Birds  This just looks like it would end up as a giggle fest - body art!
[5] Rainbow Spin Art : ABC's of Jess's House I gotta get a turn table of some sort! There are so many possibilities! The simplicity of using markers - and many at a time would be so much fun!		Featured? Grab the button! <a href="http://handsonhouse.blogspot.com/search/label/High%20Five"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_GUJGVTy9KsRlRDtcnFe_364QEQnt-XTWx07yVYy64jlmDvIxgTQNObMuEL3A-ONVkvTHkg6oafonXogcpJ0yBgcq3Y6IsBE1GmWpzlLs9oMTJrPer0VBvNHebHOOYyyECSTmDzjYvQ/s1600/featured2011-01-10_5646lg.jpg" width="150" /></a>

I've been throwing around the idea of starting a linky party of my own. 

What I would call the Wild Child Party.

The topic for linking up : Posts that get your kids up and moving. 

[or is fitting for children with excess energy.]

I have 2 things to decide:
[1] Should I do the linky party?
[2] Should I do the linky party separate or together with my weekly High Five! post?
[If I do them together : My weekly finds would be from the party.
If I do the posts separate : I'd still do my own weekly finds (not from the party) and also have a couple features on the linky party for the last week's party.]

What are your thoughts?

Would you link up?

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Balloon Art

In continuing with our balloon extravaganza :

we painted balloons today.

We painted them two ways :

[1] paint before blowing up the balloons

[2] paint blown up balloons

I liked painting the balloons beforehand the best.

It had a sense of mystery.

What will this look like when it gets big? 

Henry wasn't as interested as I was 

in painting the balloons before they were blown up.

He only made one.

He spent most of his time painting 'lines' on the blown up ones.

[I wish I counted how many times he told me: 'Mom, I'm painting lines.']

Then I blew up the ones we painted before blowing them up.

Henry was excited to see what happened then!

His was completely covered when it was little.

But once it blew up : it was barely marbled! 

and only on half - the line it pretty distinct.

I painted dots on mine.

When I blew it up, Henry noticed :

"Mom, your dots are getting BIG!"

Not art that will stick around long like the 12x12s.

But a fun medium to try!

There's 30 Ways to Play with Balloons 
to get you even more inspired!

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Activity Course with Balloons

Every child I know has a fascination with balloons.

At every birthday party, every kid wants to take one home.

They are usually the highlight of the party.

[unless you have one of these at your party.]

So this week I thought :

Why do the balloons only come out at birthday parties?

They bring lots of entertainment in just being balloons.

But there's so much more you can do with them!

[Check out the previous post : Balloon Badminton.]

I asked Henry what he wanted to do today.

As usual, his answer was to build a road with his mat.

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Balloon Badminton

What can you do with a couple of balloons?[Ideas are welcome!]
I blew up a couple balloons and the first thing we did was:play Balloon Badminton!

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